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topgun1984 wrote:that i didn't saw it sooner....


C-124 Globemaster II
:worship: I went through about all the US cargo planes but didn´t think of this one....
Nice one, gimme another shot (and question) like this one please!

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what type of plane is this ?

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Post by Iwan Bogels »

I know, I know, I know......

It's a very cool one ! Unfortunately I have no clue what they call it officially, but I like it anyway. Can you imagine that this bird would have been mass produced ?? :-) I wonder what it was intended to do. Probably some kind of late 50's or early 60's design....

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dinovandoorn wrote:what type of plane is this ?

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Ryan XV-5B.

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Post by Heron »

Oops, I would have had that one wrong then... I would have guessed that it was the Hummingbird, but that was the competition.
from Wikipedia:
The Ryan XV-5 Vertifan was a jet powered V/STOL experimental aircraft in the 1960s. The U.S. Army commissioned the Ryan VZ-11RY (which was redesignated as the XV-5 in 1962) in 1961, along with the Lockheed VZ-10 Hummingbird (redesignated as the XV-4).
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.. and as a bonusquestion: where was this Ryan taken..... :wink:
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Heron wrote:Aj... die had ik dus fout gehad. Ik had gegokt op de Hummingbird, maar dat was de concurrent.
uit Wikipedia:
The Ryan XV-5 Vertifan was a jet powered V/STOL experimental aircraft in the 1960s. The U.S. Army commissioned the Ryan VZ-11RY (which was redesignated as the XV-5 in 1962) in 1961, along with the Lockheed VZ-10 Hummingbird (redesignated as the XV-4).
Too bad you can not consult Wikipedia during the championships... :-) Remember, as you know being a regular competitor, that you have to answer within seconds!

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Polecat wrote:.. and as a bonusquestion: where was this Ryan taken..... :wink:
Fort Rucker, Alabama, I think.
Been there, seen it.

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Post by Wijgert IJlst »

I would have said the same, remember seeing it there also...
Kind Regards / Groeten,

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sorry , couldn't help but dreaming away a bit when I saw the pic.. checked the bird out last june; it's still there :-)

next one than, this one was parked next to it...
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Post by kiwi »

Easy :D (finally one for me)

CH-47A Model 347 :D
Although I do only remember it in Desert colors. Is this picture taken at the Army Museum in Ft. Rucker?

Edit: Ah I see the earlier replies now. I remember it standing next to the XCH-62 at Ft. Rucker when I used to live there. Have they moved and painted it?
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Post by sfeyenoord1 »

Not my photo, but thought it would be a niceone for this topic:

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Teacher showed it to me a while a go, and i got to say its one of the most odd aircraft i've ever seen :|
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Unfortunately we didn't see the XCH anymore no.... (just Mohawk, T-37, Navion, US Army Neptune, T-39, OH-6, Cheyenne, the Ryan and this Boeing 347 were parked outside)
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sfeyenoord1 wrote:Not my photo, but thought it would be a niceone for this topic:

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Teacher showed it to me a while a go, and i got to say its one of the most odd aircraft i've ever seen :|
Huh, easy.... VFW.614
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Post by dinovandoorn »

Hans Rolink wrote:
Ryan XV-5B.

Hans.
That was a quick one :-)
yup it is the Ryan XV-5B and it was taken in '93 in a compound close to the Fort Rucker museum.
this plane was an V/STOL experimental aircraft in the 1960s

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