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  1. #9926
    No worries Keith. It fooled me as well.


    Here is an experiment of sorts.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Moses03 View Post
    No worries Keith. It fooled me as well.


    Here is an experiment of sorts.

    I have a mind that it is a Dobkevicius Dobi D-II. its wing is pretty distinctive....
    BG
    ....but it isn't!

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    Hmmmm. Schmeidler SN-1 ??

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    The variable-wing German Schmeidler it is. Well spotted Mike.(Better have a dark ale here)

    http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...0-%200449.html

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    Thanks Kevin - won't divulge the detective work that led to my successful guess !

    Here's a silly easy one to keep things rolling along as I am in need of sleep after a long night watching our momentous vote. Thankfully, common sense prevailed......

    Here's a sleek twin jetliner -

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    Luverly! Tay engined Vickers Viscount...
    Keith

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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    Thanks Kevin - won't divulge the detective work that led to my successful guess !

    Here's a silly easy one to keep things rolling along as I am in need of sleep after a long night watching our momentous vote. Thankfully, common sense prevailed......

    Here's a sleek twin jetliner -
    Vickers663 Tay "Viscount"
    Yes commons sense prevailed indeed....but this isn't an excellent sign for european unity...
    BG

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    Don't get me started on the EU, BG ! I HATE bureaucracies and that one is the biggest in the universe - what a vast waste of money......

    Anyway, no politics etc etc - Keith beat you to the punch with the Tay Viscount - must have been nice to fly in - will never forget my first Viscount flight - so smooth and quiet - those lovely big windows that you could actually see out of - those were the days !

    to Keith and eagerly awaiting his next mystery.

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    Thanks Lefty, Sorry BG, I just beat you to it this morning!!!

    Anyway possibly an easy one for those who like web footed types.
    Keith
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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    Don't get me started on the EU, BG ! I HATE bureaucracies and that one is the biggest in the universe - what a vast waste of money......

    Anyway, no politics etc etc - Keith beat you to the punch with the Tay Viscount - must have been nice to fly in - will never forget my first Viscount flight - so smooth and quiet - those lovely big windows that you could actually see out of - those were the days !

    to Keith and eagerly awaiting his next mystery.
    Hello to Keith and....c'est la vie!
    talking about nostalgia I was travelling extensively to the UK in those days plying the London-Liverpool-Dublin route operated by B.E.A. with Viscounts and this was a memorable experience....
    BTW I don't think I know the next mystery but I'll try to look it up!
    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dev One View Post
    Thanks Lefty, Sorry BG, I just beat you to it this morning!!!

    Anyway possibly an easy one for those who like web footed types.
    Keith
    I'm not sure but maybe Burgess BD-1B?
    BG

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    BG, Not sure of the exact designation but, Yes, I have it as the Burgess-Dunne seaplane.


    As for Viscounts I served my apprenticeship at Vickers at Weybridge (as did my Father & Uncle before me!) - some of which time was spent on the Viscount production line, so it was an easy spot!

    Over to you,
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    Good evening boys and girls!
    Next one is an easy catch but would antbody care to give me the exact style number?
    Cheers
    BG

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    Nobody putting their head above the parapet here, so I'll take a punt.

    Obviously the Ju86, but which variety ?

    The oddly-shaped nose is the mystery with its small glazed panel. Is it by any chance the second prototype,the cb,when it had radials fitted, and with the small forward turret removed ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    Nobody putting their head above the parapet here, so I'll take a punt.

    Obviously the Ju86, but which variety ?

    The oddly-shaped nose is the mystery with its small glazed panel. Is it by any chance the second prototype,the cb,when it had radials fitted, and with the small forward turret removed ??
    Hello Lefty!
    Sorry for delaying my response till now.......
    The caption relating to that Ju86 reads as "Junkers Ju86 version Z/2 in military outfit...". In all fairness I must say that I was never convinced of that caption and sought confirmation throughout the net especially consulting "Luftwaffe experten" without much sucess much the more so because the full "Kennung" is unavailable only last two letters "R H" being readable.
    In view of the above and since nobody else has stuck his head out of the window I feel you should be awarded the next turn....
    Cheers
    BG
    PS Should anybody know more about this rather mysterious item he is welcome to come forward!

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    Thanks BG - I spent a bit of time poring through my books and various websites, and am totally confused !

    Howeever, here's something different - designed as an agplane, didn't make the grade, and ended up in a different role before coming to a sticky end.

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    That's the Hollandair HA-001 Libel; some photos of this aircraft during its short life: http://www.ehhv.nl/historie/hollandair-ha-001-libel

    Edit: Oops, wrong link..

    And a new one:

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    Methinks a Finnish PIK-11.
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    That's correct Moses! The Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho PIK-11 Tumppu to be precise!
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    An angular biplane...


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    Hi folks - just to confirm Ferry's Hollandair is correct - - ( you young whippersnappers are so impetuous !) - and that I haven't a clue about Moses' bipe.

    Will be absent for a week - off to Italy - and BG has apparently organised sunny weather in that fair land, so won't be anywhere near any keyboards ! See y'all later.........

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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    Hi folks - just to confirm Ferry's Hollandair is correct - - ( you young whippersnappers are so impetuous !) - and that I haven't a clue about Moses' bipe.

    Will be absent for a week - off to Italy - and BG has apparently organised sunny weather in that fair land, so won't be anywhere near any keyboards ! See y'all later.........
    Hi Lefty!
    Good to know you're off to my fair country! BTW the weather forecasts are unfavourable for the rest of the week but very good for the next one....
    Also I have no idea about the angular Aircraft except that it should be US origin....
    BG

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    Have fun Mike.

    The biplane first flew in 1931 with a Continental engine. It hung around all through the 1930's and was flown again in 1941 with a Wright whirlwind but crashed. Only one built from a small company. Also, not from the USA...

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    It's from a northern, colder country better known for moose and ice hockey...

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    Even with that locality thrown in I have so far not found it, although it has a certain familiarity.

    Towel throwing time for me I'm afraid!
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