My
youngest daughter shouts, "Look Daddy, a smiley face!" The
Electronic Counter Measures aerials on the back end of US Navy F4J
Phantom II, 155848.
The
wildest science experiment ever to fly; take highly volatile Hydrogen
Peroxide and combine it with Alcohol in a rocket motor and you have
the Messerschmitt Me163 w/n 191659As deadly to the Germans as it was
to the Americans.
One of the greatest British post-war blunders was to give Russia
a number of early Rolly Royce jet engines. This allowed the Soviets
to build the Mig. 15, which caused havoc in the skies over Korea.
Czech built Mig 15, 3677
This aircraft is a phoney it barely
resembles a Sopwith Camel and has been bestowed the BAPC registration
BAPC59.
One of the exhaust stubs is made
from a bean can.
Back in the golden days following
WW1, the future lay in auto-gyros. Soon everyone would fly in one.
This Cierva auto-gyro was built
by Kay, a Scot, whose family is still in business making vehicle
trailers in Milnathort.
This aircraft was once a part
of the Strathallan Aircraft Collection.
Miles Monarch, G-AFJU
This aircraft was once a part
of the Strathallan Aircraft Collection.
This Cygnet GAGBN, a wartime training
aircraft, built by the General Aircraft Company did not blaze a
path of glory as it was ignored in favour of the Miles Master.
However, General Aircraft built
large numbers of the gliders used in the D-day landings.
This aircraft was once a part
of the Strathallan Aircraft Collection.
Miles M.18 G-AHKY was responsible
for a few speed records in its day
This aircraft was once a part
of the Strathallan Aircraft Collection.
De
Havilland Dove, G-ANOV donated by the Civil Aviation Authority. Aircraft
like this were used as calibrator aircraft for airport Instrument
Landing Systems.
G-AVPC,
Druine Turbulent, an early home built aircraft.