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Aerospace engineers and
aviation enthusiasts can view some of the world's greatest aircraft on-line.
Ron Darner, a longtime CR4er who is also the newsletter editor for Chapter 320
(Watertown, Wisconsin) of the Experimental Aircraft
Organization (EAA), has offered to take us on a tour. Today, let's visit the
Piper Cub Forum, Warbird Alley, and a great gallery of photos from Darrell
Graves.
Piper Cub Forum
The Piper Cub was a small,
lightweight aircraft built by the Piper Aircraft Company; its predecessor, the
Taylor Aircraft Company; or its successor, the New Piper Aircraft Company. Piper Cub Forum covers not just the
original Piper Cubs, but all of the derivatives (L4 Grasshopper, PA-11 Cub
Special and PA-18 Super Cub) along with the look-alikes of today. There's a lot
of information on-hand. Some is for all tail-dragger pilots, and not just for
those flying the immortal Cub.
Warbird Alley
Warbird Alley describes many different military
aircraft and arranges them into categories such as trainers, bombers, and transports.
This page provides links to
a separate page for each aircraft. There are also photos, flying reports, links
to external Web sites, and a wealth of additional information. Warbird Alley is
a great place for anyone with a casual interest in the subject. It's also a
treasure trove for those who are ready to buy and restore warbirds, or who plan
to write a book on the subject. Although the Web site specializes in "birds
which have at least one still-operating example, somewhere", it also lists some
warbirds where only museum-owned aircraft are still in existence.
Darrel Graves
Darrell Graves has a nice gallery of
photos of mostly vintage and antiques airplanes at. Many of the specific
examples are ones we've seen at Oshkosh,
or at Sun-and-Fun or other fly-ins, but there are some actual vintage photos,
such as the Northrup Gamma seen here, or
the Boeing Monomail seen there.
Editor's Note: If you'd like
to subscribe to Ron's newsletter, click here to
send him a private message on CR4.
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