FORUMLEDEN met NOSTALGIE......"vreemde" kisten (deel 2)
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Ariel
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Grover C. Loening
<CENTER>[SIZE=+1]"TAKEOFF INTO GREATNESS"[/SIZE]</CENTER> At an interview, Grover C. Loening declared, "Anything man can dream of, he can accomplish", and Loening has lived a life time of dreams and accomplishments. His book, "Takeoff into Greatness", is his intimate view, as a participant, of the growth of American aviation. Copies can be obtained direct from the Southgrove Book Agency, P.O. Box 5412, Miami, Florida 33011, at $5 per copy including postage.
Born September 12, 1888, at the United States consulate in Breman, Germany, Loening was the first aero-engineering graduate, receiving a civil engineering degree with a major in aeronautics from Columbia University.
It was during his student days that he met the Wright brothers, when they were workintg at Governor's Island in New York. He paid a visit to their air field with an introduction from a banker friend. From that time on, Loening was intimately involved in the developement of aviation. He became assistant to Orville Wright and observed at close hand the developement of the Wright Company. He was chief aero-engineer for the Army Signal Corps in World War I and became the head of his own aircraft company in 1917.
After learning to fly in 1911, Loening became an accomplished pilot, as well as an aircraft designer. He remembers a few forced landings due to engine failure, including one in New York's East River.
Loening was an adviser to the United States Maritime Commission in 1937-1938 and aircraft consultant to the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, predecessor to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, before World War II. He later became a director of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Company, the Flight Safety Foundation and the New York Airways.
Still energetic and alert, Loening now lives in Key Biscayne, Florida, and is a regular commuter to New York and Washington, and an active booster of progress in aviation.
Een boeiende persoonlijkheid deze pionier Grover Loening.
Johannes
<CENTER>[SIZE=+1]"TAKEOFF INTO GREATNESS"[/SIZE]</CENTER> At an interview, Grover C. Loening declared, "Anything man can dream of, he can accomplish", and Loening has lived a life time of dreams and accomplishments. His book, "Takeoff into Greatness", is his intimate view, as a participant, of the growth of American aviation. Copies can be obtained direct from the Southgrove Book Agency, P.O. Box 5412, Miami, Florida 33011, at $5 per copy including postage.
Born September 12, 1888, at the United States consulate in Breman, Germany, Loening was the first aero-engineering graduate, receiving a civil engineering degree with a major in aeronautics from Columbia University.
It was during his student days that he met the Wright brothers, when they were workintg at Governor's Island in New York. He paid a visit to their air field with an introduction from a banker friend. From that time on, Loening was intimately involved in the developement of aviation. He became assistant to Orville Wright and observed at close hand the developement of the Wright Company. He was chief aero-engineer for the Army Signal Corps in World War I and became the head of his own aircraft company in 1917.
After learning to fly in 1911, Loening became an accomplished pilot, as well as an aircraft designer. He remembers a few forced landings due to engine failure, including one in New York's East River.
Loening was an adviser to the United States Maritime Commission in 1937-1938 and aircraft consultant to the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, predecessor to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, before World War II. He later became a director of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Company, the Flight Safety Foundation and the New York Airways.
Still energetic and alert, Loening now lives in Key Biscayne, Florida, and is a regular commuter to New York and Washington, and an active booster of progress in aviation.
Een boeiende persoonlijkheid deze pionier Grover Loening.
Johannes
Henri Kaper
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September 12, 1888 – February 29, 1976
Henri Kaper
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Ik dacht, ik zet maar weer eens een huisje neer ...
Ariel
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Henri Kaper
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In de afbeelding staat het in Engeland, in een beroemd gebouw dat niet meer bestaat.
Henri Kaper
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Het is een reusachtige mand.
December 1863: An early exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London. Visitors examine the hot-air balloon in which French photographer Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon) took his aerial photographs of Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Henri Kaper
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Ja ja, maar die ballon had een naam ... "een vliegtuig waar Fokker in vloog" is ook niet genoeg.
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Felix Nadar's Balloon "Le Geant."
Felix Nadar's Balloon
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/november/balloon-crash.h
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/november/nadar-balloon.htm
met heel veel dank aan max z
Felix Nadar's Balloon
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/november/balloon-crash.h
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/november/nadar-balloon.htm
met heel veel dank aan max z
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Henri Kaper
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"Le Geant" 
... vandaar de hint
... vandaar de hint
Die Henri toch.......... wil altijd het naadje van de kous weten
Geen dank, Key! bespaart mij weer een zoektocht naar een nieuw onderwerp
Henri Kaper
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Ja, ik ben niet makkelijk.
Een toelichting op de opgave.
het toestel is een prototype dat voldeed aan de eisen, maar toch niet in productie genomen is omdat er nog een aantal andere toestellen beschikbaar waren die de taak voor wat het gebouwd was ook nog konden doen.
Het was trouwens eerst gebouwd met zuigermotoren en later verbouwd met deze turboprops .
het toestel is een prototype dat voldeed aan de eisen, maar toch niet in productie genomen is omdat er nog een aantal andere toestellen beschikbaar waren die de taak voor wat het gebouwd was ook nog konden doen.
Het was trouwens eerst gebouwd met zuigermotoren en later verbouwd met deze turboprops .
Ja, ik ben niet makkelijk.
ja....
en henri is terzelfdertijd bezig in diverse andere draadjes......
steffe
Henri Kaper
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Geen idee ... not my era.