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Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

better late, then never!

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

As someone who wasn't going to be born for another 20-odd years, it's interesting to see how things were done in those days.

The practice of unofficial first flights is still alive and well.

A.

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

So what happened to the Optica, it seemed to be a promising aircraft when it first came out.
B.E.

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

A long story with more than its share of crushing disappointments - summarised pretty well at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgley_Optica

Will be interesting to see if the latest attempt to breathe life into it gets anywhere.

A.

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

zeusfaber,

   I work for a company that builds things to go into survey aircraft.  Almost all of these aircraft are twin engined.  If you are cuising around at low speed and low altitude, you don't want a failure of your single engine.

   Check out the Vulcanair, which is twin engined, and can come with a glazed nose.

               JHG

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

That's a pretty looking machine - though there is a saying that "the purpose of the second engine on a twin is to carry you to the eventual crash site" - asymmetric handling being a bit of a challenge when you're loitering among the weeds and somewhere near the bottom of the drag curve.

A.

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

Years ago I built camera housings and very trick mounting plates for surveillance and recon aircraft.  All of the aircraft were single engine civilian models for the reason that "pretty much anyone" could fly them if necessary.  

The Optica is a fine looking machine, would love to see one up close.

RE: Oct 1942 Jet Flight.

Closer reading of the posts show the Partenavia may be alive after all, Good luck with it!

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