shropshire 0 #1 October 31, 2013 --> link -->eGo QuoteA new type of single-seater aeroplane, capable of flying at 177 km/h (110mph), has been given its first public test-flight in the skies above East Anglia. The £50,000 e-Go, created by a company based near Cambridge, is claimed by the manufacturer to be the first new aircraft built in the UK for years. Designed to fill a gap in the market between a microlight and a light aircraft, the e-Go was put through its paces by test pilot Keith Dennison at Tibenham Airfield, Norfolk. http://www.e-goaeroplanes.com/ (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #2 October 31, 2013 Looks like they washed a VariEze, and it shrunk. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 October 31, 2013 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 October 31, 2013 Interesting. Comparing specs with the VariEze, the E-Go is smaller/lighter/slower/less-powerful in all but one: The wing area is 2.3 times greater! (Assuming Wikipedia is correct.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieze"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 October 31, 2013 I think that some of the spec' may appear strange to folks outside of the U.K .. because we have an Ultra-Light class that is not shared around the world. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #6 October 31, 2013 shropshireI think that some of the spec' may appear strange to folks outside of the U.K .. because we have an Ultra-Light class that is not shared around the world. You are talking about the microlight category, correct? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultralight_aircraft#United_Kingdom It appears that large wing area lets it slip in just under 10 kg per sq m."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 October 31, 2013 indeed .. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #8 November 1, 2013 I'am sorry mate, but you Brits make some of the ugliest aircraft I have ever seen. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #9 November 1, 2013 mjosparkyI'am sorry mate, but you Brits make some of the ugliest aircraft I have ever seen. They also made one of the most beautiful, so . . . http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/British_Airways_Concorde_G-BOAC_03.jpg . . . I'd cut them a wee bit-o-slack. It looks like they had, after all, figured out one or two more attractive curves after WWII.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #10 November 1, 2013 Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #11 November 1, 2013 some yeap but ... Nowt ugly about the Spitfire, Mosquito, Lancaster Here's Ugly (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Backintothesky 0 #12 November 1, 2013 Err.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9203822/Spitfires-buried-in-Burma-during-war-to-be-returned-to-UK.html mjosparky I'am sorry mate, but you Brits make some of the ugliest aircraft I have ever seen. Sparky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #13 November 1, 2013 shropshire some yeap but ... Nowt ugly about the Spitfire, Mosquito, Lancaster Here's Ugly You are right; some of those would make a train take a dirt road. But this one has to be the worst. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Goblin.jpg But I like these 2; I did rigging on them back in the day. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Scaled.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/ku-xlarge.jpg SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rifleman 70 #14 November 1, 2013 That first photo was the mosquito - probably one of the finest and fastest multi-role aircraft of WWII. Personally, I think that it's a work of art and I love the shape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_MosquitoAtheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #15 November 1, 2013 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #16 November 1, 2013 rifleman That first photo was the mosquito - probably one of the finest and fastest multi-role aircraft of WWII. Personally, I think that it's a work of art and I love the shape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito Indeed I think the yanks flew them too ... need to look that up (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
