Turn-needle-and-ball-only probably made for some scary nights in English weather.
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Turn-needle-and-ball-only probably made for some scary nights in English weather.
I think that was pretty standard for that era. I don't know the exact timeline not when attitude indicators came into use but, in general, it seems like they were rare in early war a/c and became more common in the "second generation" of WWII aircraft. For instance, P-40 had turn needle ball but the F4U, F6F, and P-51 had AIs and turn needle ball. So my guess is AIs came into use around 1940 and probably only on newer aircraft at first.
“Stall recovery? Is no stall, comrade! You haul back on yoke and airplane becomes parachute!”
The Gloster Gladiator had one (mid-late 1930s), probably something to do with it being from a country where it rains a lot:
Fairey Swordfish too (same era, both airplanes first flew in 1934). This was right about the time the Brits standardized their blind flying panels in a neat sixpack, but for whatever reason the Swordfish layout is a bit haphazard:
Scans credit: In the Cockpit: Flying the World's Great Aircraft ISBN 0856136271
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Do not damage the peoples airplane, Say nyet to the ground!
The Colt doesn’t conventionally stall, apparently. Full aft yoke at slow speed apparently just parks it into a slow descent at about 35 knots . . .
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A few countries still do, but according to Wikipedia Cuba isn't one of them.
Are you just talking military? I thought they were still widely used for AG Spraying.
There was one not too far from me that was used for parajumping too- which was its original purpose, just not recreationally in the pursuit of amusement by evil capitalists.
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They are still flown by civilian operators but I was referring to government operators, to include the Azeris that used them in their recent war with Armenia apparently as SAM bait.
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So, you are saying the Azeris no longer have them in their inventory, either.
That's presuming they used up all their bait. After their recent performance I wouldn't want to underestimate them and what they have.
Ah, the story of the modern HSC pilot!