What I Did On My Holidays

[Dave Homewood]

When did that Li-2 get airborne, the last flying example crashed and was destroyed in a high profile accident about two or three years ago, so it's nice to see another one is airborne.

Who flies the Me163 replica? That must be quite something to see

[corsair67]

22 is a Dassualt Rafale.

Gripens are single engined.

[Brett]

#22 Dassault Rafale - correct.

The Li-2 is operated by the Goldtimer Foundation in Hungary.
www.goldtimer.hu/

The Me-163 is owned and operated by EADS. It was built by a former Me-163 pilot, Joseph Kurz, in the mid 90's. It is unpowered, and is towed aloft by a Dornier D0-27. The pilot relaeases over the airfield, and does several circuits and figure-eights before landing. It is externally similar to a Me-163, but internally and weight/balance wise it is set up as a glider.
www.xs4all.nl/~robdebie/me163/kurz.htm

Cheers,

Brett

[Dave Homewood]

I think the Me-163 pilots originally trained in glider versions didn't they, because once the rocket fuel ran out it became a glider anyway, did it not?

[Brett]

Theres been no progress in the last couple of days, so here is the final list.

Part 1.
1 Nielsen & Winter Type AA - Danmarks Techniske Museet, Helsingor, Denmark.
2 Udet U12 (replica) - Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleißheim, Munich, Germany
3 Sopwith Triplane (replica made for a movie) - Russian Airforce Museum, Monino, Russia
4 EKW Hafeli DH5 – Flieger Flab Museum (Swiss Air Force Center), Dubendorf, Switzerland
5 Morane-Saulnier MS 406 - Dittinger Flugtage, Dittingen, Switzerland
6 Polikarpov I-15UTi - MAKS 2009 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Russia
7 CASA 2.111B - Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleißheim, Munich, Germany


Part 2.
8 Lisunov Li 2 - Oldtimer-Hahnweide, Kircheim-unter-Teck, Germany
9 Yakovlev Yak-18 - Sanicole International Airchow, Hechtel, Belguim
10 Ilyushin Il-76 - MAKS 2009 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Russia
11 ? - MAKS 2009 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Russia
12 Tupolev Tu-144D - MAKS 2009 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Russia
13 Max Holste MH 1521 Broussard - - Dittinger Flugtage, Dittingen, Switzerland
14 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 – Flieger Flab Museum (Swiss Air Force Center), Dubendorf, Switzerland
15 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 - Oldtimer-Hahnweide, Kircheim-unter-Teck, Germany

Part 3.
16 Link Trainer – Brussels Air Museum, Brussels, Belgium.
17 “Sehested” (Willemoes class Torpedo Boat – Guided Missile Boat), Royal Danish Naval Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
18 Piper PA38 Tomahawk - Oldtimer-Hahnweide, Kircheim-unter-Teck, Germany
19 Polikarpov I-16 - Oldtimer-Hahnweide, Kircheim-unter-Teck, Germany
20 Grumman TBM-3R Avenger - Oldtimer-Hahnweide, Kircheim-unter-Teck, Germany
21 AVRO Vulcan - Sanicole International Airchow, Hechtel, Belguim
22 Dassault Rafale - MAKS 2009 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Russia
23 Suhkoi Su-27 (Russian Knights) - MAKS 2009 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Russia
24 Messerschmitt Me163 (unpowered replica) - Oldtimer-Hahnweide, Kircheim-unter-Teck, Germany


Part 4.
25 Northrop F-5E (Patrouille Suisse) - Sanicole International Airchow, Hechtel, Belguim
26 Junkers Ju 87R-4 - Deutsches Technik Museum, Berlin, Germany
27 Junkers Ju 87B - Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany
28 Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen (Replica of the remains held by the IWM, London) - Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Germany
29 Fairey Gannet AS.4 - LuftwaffeMuseum, Gatow, Berlin, Germany
30 Reims Cessna F172P (Mathias Rust’s Red Square plane) - Deutsches Technik Museum, Berlin, Germany
31 Piper L-18C - LuftwaffeMuseum, Gatow, Berlin, Germany.


I am still sorting through photos, so more will be posted in the near future.

Cheers,

Brett

[Andy Wright]

That's the funniest thing I've read in ages. Well done!

[kiwikid]

Agreed ;D ;D ;D

To complete the puzzle, No. 11 is a "Black Raven".

"According to Alexandre Voronin, General Manager of the “Black Raven” project, this mock-up will soon be tested in the wind tunnels of TsAGI. The design will be at the base of three further projects: an engineless cosmoplane, a motorised aircraft and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The varying specifications and the somewhat clumsy construction of the mock-up suggest that it is an example of Russian humour, a cheerful note in the serious business that aerospace industry is. At least it is “another way of looking at the matter”, as the Raven (âîðîí - voron) said in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Snow Queen”, a fairy tale very popular with the Russians."

[Dave Homewood]

My guess is it has been made by some larrakins as a joke. It's very shoddily pu ogether and the undercarriage looks very past its best.