Wrong, Rob - that's Dolly Parton's first wing-walking rig........
Wrong, Rob - that's Dolly Parton's first wing-walking rig........
Not from Texas or Branson or the USA for that matter. Not any kind of airbrake test...
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Hmm, don't know where to start really - it's not one of those machines they slung under an airship ?
Can't imagine what those paddles are for.
(Branson ?)
Branson, Mo is the home of Dolly Parton's music hall/theater.
The added bits were part of a directional stability experiment...
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Straw boater - if it's not American , it must be Maurice Chevalier country....
Not France. Bit of a stinker of course being a one-off.
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Well, the white flag is becoming a bit tattered through over-use, but I can't pin this brute down.
That strutting arrangement was favoured by Ansaldo, Fiat, Macchi, but this one doesn't look Italian.
Reveal, please, Kevin !
This one is a Barron Delta "Conejo" from Spain.
Next contestant-
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Well it's not from Spain. The origin would seem pretty obvious...
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Naturellement, mon ami.
C'est un Salmson-Becherau S.B.3, n'est-ce pas ?
Bingo!
Over to Scotland-
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Thank you Kevin - getting warm (by our standards) so a beer is welcome !
Here's a prototype that didn't make it to production
Last edited by lefty; January 3rd, 2010 at 00:22.
another stol that realy looks like something from east...
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