with apologies to Ogden Nash...
What in the devil is that top thing? I never seen anything like it...but I do like it. Pusher prop.
The pusher-prop planes were a kind of solution to the absence of interruptor geared guns, I think. Slow and spindly, though. D.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8The Owls Head Transportation museum has a replica powered by a continental engine.
What in the devil is that top thing? I never seen anything like it...but I do like it. Pusher prop.
ReplyDeleteThe pusher-prop planes were a kind of solution to the absence of interruptor geared guns, I think. Slow and spindly, though. D.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8
ReplyDeleteThe Owls Head Transportation museum has a replica powered by a continental engine.