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by KonstantinL » Sun May 13, 2007 8:12 pm
MotoMad wrote:What year was that made? looks a pure pishy plane.
Actually the Bear is the fastest propeller plane ever build.
It's also much better than the RAF Nimrod which performs a similar role.
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by MotoMad » Sun May 13, 2007 11:47 pm
KonstantinL wrote:MotoMad wrote:What year was that made? looks a pure pishy plane.
Actually the Bear is the fastest propeller plane ever build.
It's also much better than the RAF Nimrod which performs a similar role.
Fair play, im no biased against any of them
just think it looks a bit shite 
crusty_bint wrote: i.e. they're not a bawhair away from Dickensian!
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by Dugald » Mon May 14, 2007 11:15 am
No shortage of nasty comments about the Soviet Tupelov Bear, but how did it compare with the British "Brabazon", the gigantic plane that flew over Glasgow round about the same time as the "Bear" first flew?
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by KonstantinL » Mon May 14, 2007 12:17 pm
Actually the Brabazon was already retired from service (only one was ever built) when the first Bear flew. They were really different generations of aircraft.
The Brabazon was a little bigger than the Bear and much slower and lighter, in fact the Bear had a top speed twice as fast as the Brabazon.
In terms of size (and to an extent design) a better match for the Brabazon would be the Antonov 22. It was closer in size to the Brabazon than the Bear, although again was built much later in the 1960's.
At the time it entered service it was the largest aircraft in the world and is still in service today as a military cargo.
The Brabazon was a little bigger than the Bear and much slower and lighter, in fact the Bear had a top speed twice as fast as the Brabazon.
In terms of size (and to an extent design) a better match for the Brabazon would be the Antonov 22. It was closer in size to the Brabazon than the Bear, although again was built much later in the 1960's.
At the time it entered service it was the largest aircraft in the world and is still in service today as a military cargo.
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by MotoMad » Mon May 14, 2007 12:22 pm
Vladimir wrote:just think it looks a bit shite
Maybe you look a bit shite, but I wouldnt say so!
Thats fair play, my mum says im the most handsome person in thw world though
btw, thon big Antonov is a cool plane. big massive cunt of a thing
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by glasgowken » Mon May 14, 2007 8:13 pm
What makes you think Vladimir has any interest in Russian stuff ? 
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