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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2008 18:24:22 GMT 12
I never knew till I found this 1938 article that one of the pilots who tested the incredible Mayo combination was a Kiwi.   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2008 18:30:28 GMT 12
To see these two aircraft in action see the film here
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Post by sniff on Apr 4, 2008 18:50:19 GMT 12
'mucking about' ? Suddenly I realise that "M" is interchangeable with another letter in the alphabet, and has been in use for some years. Thank goodness for journalists and moderators to keep us on the straight and narrow! (tongue firmly in cheek - I couldn't find an emoticon to match) Now shoot me.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2008 18:52:57 GMT 12
Stop mucking about Sniff!  |
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Post by sniff on Apr 4, 2008 18:56:15 GMT 12
Woger that! ;D
Where do you find these clippings?
They are amazing!
And this one begs the question: Was he part of Piper aviation?
After all, it was the 'little' aeroplane.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2008 19:23:04 GMT 12
I find them on microfilm of the NZ Herald in the library.
I don't know anything about Harold Piper but I'd like to find out what he went onto, and how he got to be the test pilot on this venture too. I wonder if he served in the war. Perhaps he returned to NZ?
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Post by lumpy on Apr 4, 2008 21:04:35 GMT 12
When I went to this link , there is an item in the "related video " window called " Stipa - caproni - flying barrell ". Its truely interesting because its basicly a ducted fan , ( if you used a turbine to power it , its not a lot unlike a lot of much more modern airliner engines ). I also wonder if this is the same Caproni responsible for the aircraft in the Omaka meseum ( if so , he was obviously a man of considerable vision )
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2008 21:19:02 GMT 12
There is, believe it or not, a replica of that Caproni flying barrel in Australia. It was built by the Zuchollis. Did they ever fly it? I doubt it.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 5, 2008 6:49:37 GMT 12
Perhaps he returned to NZ? Believe it or not . . He ended his flying career topdressing for Aerial Sowing out of Christchurch. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 5, 2008 9:24:51 GMT 12
As in retired or crashed?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 5, 2008 10:16:09 GMT 12
Pessimist! Retired in one piece.
A memory cell tells me that he ended up buying a service station in Queenstown, but I could be thinking of someone else.
He died in 1965.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 5, 2008 12:23:12 GMT 12
Thanks Peter. No doubt he had lots more adventure in between too.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Apr 6, 2008 21:46:40 GMT 12
That was a fascinating video, as was the original article. I've seen photographs of these aircraft before, but not video footage.
Leo P.
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