Just too awesome to believe; Futuristic Air Racers...

[Lionheart]

Hey all,

You have to see this. Words are not enough...

http://speedbirdsbook.blogspot.com/



Bill

[bpfowler]

I dug it, Bill. The guy is a great draughtsman with an excellent design eye.
futuristic plane racing, now that would be a great fs9 hookup.

[pilottj]

Wow yeah those are very beautiful looking concepts. Any one of those would be an absolute work of art in FSX. If you think about it, in some ways the Schneider Cup era racers were like the Epic aircraft of the day. Not only were they fast and beauitful designs, they were the cutting edge of technology of the day.

Here is a vid of the MC-72, still the speed record holder for piston powered seaplanes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLRLhZJsCh4

Here is a nice Schneider Cup vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=194UlnSpBBo&feature=channel

Here is the 'conceptual' Savoia and the Curtiss aircraft featured in the Anime 'Porco Rosso'
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/pilottj/misc/Snapshot_001-1.png

Cheers
TJ