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THE BLACK PIPE TRAILING BEHIND THE HANDLEY W-10 IS USED FOR REFUELING OTHER AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT, THE HANDLEY WAS A 1930`S PASSENGER PLANE CONVERTED INTO THE WORLDS VERY FIRST AIR REFUELING PLANE,
THE BLACK PIPE TRAILING BEHIND THE HANDLEY W-10 IS USED FOR REFUELING OTHER AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT, THE HANDLEY WAS A 1930`S PASSENGER PLANE CONVERTED INTO THE WORLDS VERY FIRST AIR REFUELING PLANE,
THE AIRSPEED COURIER WAS ADAPTED SO A MAN COULD STAND UP THROUGH THE COCKPIT (AS ON THE MODEL) AND GRAPPLE WITH THE PIPE TRAILING BEHIND THE HANDLEY AND PUSH IT DOWN INTO A TANK INSIDE THE COCKPIT AND START THE REFUELING PROCESS ! (SCARY STUFF I RECKON),
QUITE OFTEN RAW FUEL POURED OUT ALL OVER THE HAPLESS MAN AND INTO THE FUSELAGE OF THE COURIER
BUT THERE WERE NO RECORDED INSTANCES OF FIRES BREAKING OUT !
THIS HANDLEY PAGE MODEL HAS TWO 60cc TWIN LAZER FOURSTROKES, HAS A W/SPAN OF 15 FT AND LENGTH OF 12 FT, AND WEIGHS 86 LBS !
SHE TOOK 2000 HOURS TO BUILD AND FIRST FLEW IN 2009,
SHE WAS BUILT BY NEIL TIDY BASED ON THE WORLDS FIRST AIR REFUELING AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1926 FOR IMPERIAL AIRWAYS ,
TERRY MASON THE OWNER / BUILDER OF THE VC-10 SENT THIS INFO ON THE MODEL – SHE IS A VICKERS ARMSTRONG VC-10 K3 RAF TANKER MODELED ON AIRCRAFT ZA147,
SHE HAS A WING SPAN OF 4.9 MTRS AND A LENGTH OF 5.75 MTRS,
SHE WEIGHS IN AT 63 KGS AND IS POWERED BY FOUR WREN SUPER SPORT TURBINES OF 18 KG THRUST EACH !
SHE WAS DESIGNED FROM BRITISH AEROSPACE DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTED FROM BALSA & PLY & COVERED IN FIBERGLASS CLOTH COATED WITH EPOXY RESIN,
TERRY USES ALL FUTABA RADIO WITH FOUR RECEIVERS PROVIDING CONTROL REDUNDANCY,
SHE FIRST FLEW ON 25th JULY 2012 AT WOODFORD AIRFIELD,
FILMED AT AN RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW RUN BY THE LMA ( LARGE MODEL ASSOCIATION ) AT RAF COSFORD – WOLVERHAMPTON – SHROPSHIRE / STAFFORDSHIRE – WV7 3EX ON SUNDAY 20TH JULY – 2014,
