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VonBroam
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posted 09-24-2000 02:04 PM     Profile for VonBroam   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Hey all, its been a while since I have posted(been lurking though). I've been reading some books about the RAF and wam particarly interested in the Westland Whirwind. Are any of the skinners/3d artists working on one?? If not, well here's a suggestion for one.

VonBroam out
Fabricati Diem Punc

Posts: 327 | From: Beaufort, South Carolina | Registered: Sep 1999  |  IP: Logged
Charles
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posted 09-24-2000 04:47 PM     Profile for Charles     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
I hope so, because I have just added it to ECA Control Panel (v3.4). Nice little low altitude fighter.
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Pathfinder
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posted 09-24-2000 07:02 PM     Profile for Pathfinder   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Bloody Hell!

You mean I'm not the only Westland Whirlwind fan after all?

They were stationed at Exeter for a while. I have a book all about them at the base, loads of piccies and info.

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JPI
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posted 09-24-2000 07:10 PM     Profile for JPI   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
The Whirlwind is a nice plane.
Ah... Escorting Wellingtons, over Germany...
A resized Mozzie with little modifs can be close enough.
Thanks, Charles !
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VonBroam
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posted 09-24-2000 08:23 PM     Profile for VonBroam   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Yea,

I've liked the look of the Whirlwind since I first saw it in a book a few years back. It reminds me of a mini Mosquito.

VonBroam out
Fabricati Diem Punc

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Hussar
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posted 09-24-2000 08:28 PM     Profile for Hussar   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Amen to all of the above.
This is one plane that could have really been something with better engines, and different priorities in 1941. First "bubble" canopy I think. Very good gun package, however high landing speed, despite massive flaps, restricted it to hard runways. Still all 114 built saw action in 2 squadrons.
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