Фотографии
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Регистрационный номер: R2496 Compare this view of the original M.в.5, R2496, with the reproduction. The biggest visual difference is the fuselage of the repro, shortened for better longitudinal control.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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A close-up of the cockpit and instrument panel of Marlin's M.B.5. The aircraft is equipped with an American-style “stick" control column grip in place of the standard British Second World War fighter spadegrip, and a jump seat has been fitted behind the pilot, with duplicated controls.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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An interior view, looking forward inside the reproduction's lower fuselage, shows the radiator for the Griffon engine.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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Looking aft from under the engine, showing the carburettor intake, the wheel-wells and the radiator intake.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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John Marlin in front of the Martin-Baker M.B.5 reproduction that has been his passion since 1988.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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The carburettor air intake and lower engine mounting.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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With side panel removed, the scratchbuilt all-metal fuselage structure is revealed. The reproduction utilises P-51 Mustang wings and tail surfaces. Note the large underfuselage fairing which houses the radiator.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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Marlin's Martin-Baker M.B.5 reproduction on the ramp at Stead Field near Reno, Nevada. The Rolls-Royce Griffon 58 engine came from an Avro Shackleton.
Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
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LEFT The lower engine mounting and firewall.
RIGHT The port main undercarriage. The Mustang origins of the wing are particularly obvious in the mounting bay for the P-51D's 0-50in machine-guns.Самолёты на фотографии: Martin-Baker MB.5 - Великобритания - 1944
Статьи
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- Navigator
- News
- Skywriters /Readers' letters/
- ??? - Ulster Aviation Society /High Society/
- A.Key - Olympic Flight Museum /Museum report/
- F.Mormillo - Marlin's Passion /In the workshop/
- H.O'Neill - Sunlight before the Storm /First-hand history/ (2)
- J.Painter - Zura. Turning cartwheels in the sky /Pilot biography/ (3)
- M.O'Leary - A Cat with Nine Lives /Cover story/
- P.Coggan - The Aeroplane Warbird Survey /Warbird survey/ (2)
- P.Ricco, P.Couderchon - Testing the Enemy's Arrows /WW2 aircraft evaluation/
- R.Nesbit - The Channel Dash /WW2 history/
- Y.Gordon - Lavochkin LaGG-3 /Database/ (17)