[WWI] Added:Anatra Anasal replica

iban ibancorp at TDS.net
Fri Jul 7 13:21:30 EDT 2006


Diego Fernetti wrote:
> iban!
>> i'm sure, out there somewhere, there is a fascinating segue to take 
>> this thread back on topic, but at the moment it eludes me.  so i'll 
>> just ask, didn't the anatra's unique cowling holes make it almost 
>> useless for keeping castor oil out of the pilot's face?  what were 
>> they thinking?
>
> Well, they may have succedded except if someone threw a cup of castor 
> oil on the moving propeller...
> The Anatra used to have a radial engine, the Salmson, which was 
> stationary, not rotary.
> D.
>
>
thankyou d!  that would completely explain it, of course!

iban.



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