Kielflosse (Luftfahrt)

Bei einem Flugzeug bezeichnete die Kielflosse eine Seitenleitwerksform, bei der das Seitenleitwerk schon weit vorne auf dem Rumpf ansetzt, zunächst recht flach nach hinten verläuft, um dann geschwungen in das eigentliche Seitenleitwerk überzugehen. Der Begriff wird heute kaum noch verwendet, er ist in Literatur etwa zwischen 1915 und 1930 zu finden.[1] Heute bezeichnet man die Kielflosse als Falschkiel.

Einzelnachweise

  1. Literaturstellen 1915..1930:

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Yakovlev Yak-12 (SP-ABA) in fly.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Krzysztof Dobrzanski, Lizenz: CC BY 2.0
Yakovlev Yak-12A (SP-ABA (cn 30125)) in fly. Aeroklub Stalowowolski
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"The Bottisham Four", a famous photo showing four U.S. Army Air Force North American P-51 Mustang fighters from the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, from RAF Bottisham, Cambridgeshire (UK), in flight on 26 July 1944.
The nearest aircraft is P-51D-5-NA s/n 44-13410 ("Lou IV" on the left side, the 4th aircraft named after his daughter, "Athelene" on the right side, probably the crew chief's lady friend or wife), flown by the 361st CO, Col. Thomas J.J. Christian Jr., who was killed in this plane while dive-bombing the Arras marshalling yards on 12 August 1944.
The 2nd aircraft is P-51D-5-NA s/n 44-13926, already equipped with the fin-fillet, was flown by Lt. Urban L. "Ben" Drew. This aircraft crashed during a training flight near Stalham, Norfolk, on 9 August 1944, the pilot, 2Lt. Donald D. Dellinger, was killed.
The 3rd aircraft is P-51D-5-NA s/n 44-13568 ("Sky Bouncer" later "Alice Marie") flown by Capt. Bruce W. "Red" Rowlett, 375th FS operations officer. This aircraft suffered an engine failure on take-off and crashed on 3 April 1945.

The furthest P-51 is P-51B-15-NA s/n 42-106811 flown by Capt. Francis T. Glankler (named "Suzy-G", after his wife), 375th FS "D" Flight commander. This plane was written off after a crash landing at Bottisham following a combat mission on 11 September 1944.
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Autor/Urheber: Michał Derela (Pibwl), Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Yakovlev Yak-12 (basic model) in the Polish markings at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków