Hi Chris,
I just checked, but couldn't find an image I was looking for. We have quite
a bit of auto industry in our area, and I have seen a Sherpa at the local
airport delivering bulky shipments. They also use early Lears, configured
as freighters, with no windows. The prettiest is a Pilatus PC-12 that shows
up about once a month.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Since we're talking about planes (actually on-topic)
> Yes, it looks good, albeit about to drop out of the sky when it performs a
> wingover (chandelle).
>
> I bet you were delivering weapons, if you were at Machrihanish. In case
> you didn't realise, Chris, that's on the Mull of Kintyre, sung about by
> Paul McCartney and his group, Wings.
>
> The Argosy was nicknamed the Whistling Tit, for its appearance and the
> sound of its wings. I think that the flight deck was bigger than the
> Herc's. During my early RAF career, it was relegated to use as an a
> approach aid calibrator until the early 80s:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW.660_Argosy#Hawker_Siddeley_Argosy_E_Mk_1
> tus
> The Shorts 360 was a very useful aircraft because of its boxy shape. It
> could carry what would be awkward loads for other aircraft of that class;
> it was called the C-23 Sherpa with the USAF:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-23_Sherpa
>
> And its use helped industry in Northern Ireland during the Troubles . . .
>
> Chris
>
> On 17 Oct 2011, at 23:21, Chris Trask wrote:
>
>> At least the Avro Vulcan was somewhat attractive. At the opposite end
>> of that spectrum there was the Armstrong Whitworth C1 Argosy. I got to
>> see
>> one of these at RAF Machrihanish back in December 1975. It was probably
>> the
>> last one left flying at that point as they were removed from the
>> inventory
>> in that year, according to one online resource. The one I saw had the
>> RAF
>> roundel and tail flash.
>>
>> Even less attractive is the Short 360, which is just a step above the
>> deHaviland Heron. Try to imagine a 4-engine commuter aircraft powered by
>> six-cylinder Lycoming engines. PrinAir in Puerto Rico used those.
>
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