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By: - 28th February 2014 at 10:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Interesting stuff.
The radial in the foreground is a later type P&W R-2800, right type for the Provider.
The turbines are not APUs, they are Allison 250s which are widely used in helicopters, and some turboprops.
EDIT: The Allison 250 was used in the Fantrainer you can see in the background too.
Pete
By: - 28th February 2014 at 10:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Some interesting stuff there. What's the "US Army" single type? Is that a Fantrainer in the first picture? Questions, questions.
By: - 28th February 2014 at 11:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Its a much modified Chipmunk!
By: - 28th February 2014 at 12:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Good heavens. I suppose the next question is "why"? The prop is mounted at an interesting angle.
By: - 28th February 2014 at 12:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The fantrainer has a German reg number probably spurious,D-EATP. It is essentially complete .There are the remains of a helicopter (sikorsky bits labeled)and various engines ,mainly flat four and flat six Lycomings.Various wings and other bits lying about.I can only assume they come from Thai airforce sources.U-Tapao is just down the road and was a major base during the Vietnam "conflict".The US Army plane has been pointed out as a version of the chipmonk with a flat four engine.It however has been stripped inside and only the shell remains plus the engine.Seems like things change quite frequently there ,I shall keep an eye on it!!
By: - 28th February 2014 at 12:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think I'm correct in saying that the Chipmunk is a RTAF-4 Chantra, a local conversion of Chipmunk airframes dating from the 1970s.
By: - 28th February 2014 at 12:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks chaps.
By: - 28th February 2014 at 12:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The fan trainer was built for the Germans and bought by Thailand also as trainers, indeed I believe Thailand assembled them after the first couple were delivered, they then changed the fibreglass wings to metal versions.
By: - 28th February 2014 at 14:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are 2 Fantrainers in the museum at Don Muang and 2 in the scrappies outside.
Where is the scrapyard in these pics?
By: - 28th February 2014 at 14:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think I'm correct in saying that the Chipmunk is a RTAF-4 Chantra, a local conversion of Chipmunk airframes dating from the 1970s.
Well I never ! First I have heard of those. I wonder if the squared off fin made any difference, with spinning for instance.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Thailand---Air/RTAF-4-Chandra/1652190/M/ (photo of Chantra)
By: - 28th February 2014 at 16:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are two C-series R-2800's and what looks like a P&W Twin Wasp R-1830 or a B-series Double Wasp R-2800 in the first picture. It's probably a Twin Wasp as there were very few, if any, B-series 2800's in use by the fifties. Twin Wasp was, of course, widely used in the DC-3/C-47.
Nice scrappy. I wish there was one like that down the road from me!
Anon.
By: - 28th February 2014 at 18:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think I'm correct in saying that the Chipmunk is a RTAF-4 Chantra, a local conversion of Chipmunk airframes dating from the 1970s.
With Faux US markings from a film?
By: - 28th February 2014 at 19:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Correct; RTAF-4 Chantra (Moon) Photo taken at RTAF museum several years ago-
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By: - 28th February 2014 at 19:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Probably. There were only a dozen built and I'm pretty sure none ever made it beyond Thai airspace Maybe the paint scheme was done for some local tv or film production
By: - 28th February 2014 at 22:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The same aircraft features in this thread started 5 days ago by the same poster (note the same metal structure in the background).
ID was established there as well.
By: - 1st March 2014 at 19:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Any news on where the scrapyard is in Thailand?
By: - 2nd March 2014 at 01:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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Heres a few more from the yard.Its location is about 10k south of pattay on Sukhumvit road,on google earth it shows a Avro 748 but this is long gone.
By: - 2nd March 2014 at 10:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ta :eagerness:
By: - 2nd March 2014 at 11:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Are you not tempted to buy any of this?
By: - 2nd March 2014 at 23:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Are you not tempted to buy any of this?
Ditti. I'd grab that Fan-trainer asap 'cause it's going to be a very rare plane in the near future.
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By: wl745 - 28th February 2014 at 08:09 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
[ATTACH=CONFIG]225906[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]225907[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]225908[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]225909[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]225910[/ATTACH]Finally got round to getting pictures of the right size!!Things seem to change quickly here,its a month since I was here and there are some radial engines here now ,possibly from a Fairchild provider .Also a couple of APU type turbines and some Lycoming flat sixes .Apile of scrap with some sikorsky pieces amongst itand indoors lots of mil uniforms and odd bits .plenty MREs as well!!!