So many 47s
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So many 47s
As I enter the last year of my working life, I’ve been amusing myself with counting down the weeks by changing my desktop background to illustrate the numbers ticking off.
Week 47 has provided me with a cornucopia. Dakota – Thunderbolt – Chinook – Stratojet, there may be more.
Not wanting to be predictable, I ended up with a choice between these two:
I think I’ll alternate.
If anyone would like to nominate a 46 for next week, please be my guest.
Week 47 has provided me with a cornucopia. Dakota – Thunderbolt – Chinook – Stratojet, there may be more.
Not wanting to be predictable, I ended up with a choice between these two:
I think I’ll alternate.
If anyone would like to nominate a 46 for next week, please be my guest.
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A de Havilland DH 46 Dove perhaps?
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What is the plane in your bottom photo? It's a new one to me, but has a distinct Fairey look. My Dad trained as O/N in Swordfish and various others, his pilot was Laurence Olivier.
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What is the plane in your bottom photo? It's a new one to me, but has a distinct Fairey look. My Dad trained as O/N in Swordfish and various others, his pilot was Laurence Olivier.
Week 47 has provided me with a cornucopia.
The Germans were particularly good with numbers. My mother was a devout Lutheran and we were marched into church every Sunday. Each sermon showed the impending Hymn numbers on a large board and I entertained myself by trying to match the numbers with German aircraft. Needless to say I am destined for hell.
Did you come across the Focke-Wulf Fw 47 in your week 47 quest? This should be a fun thread retirement countdown mate!
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Another 47 is the Venerable Bell - the 47!
How about the Curtiss C-46 Commando?
How about the Curtiss C-46 Commando?
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How about the Curtiss C-46 Commando?
Although for next week, maybe a Fred Olsen one - as an example of what happens when you put a pretty colour scheme on a brute of an aircraft.
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You said it, not me
By the way, last week's was a cracker (or was that a Kwacka?)
By the way, last week's was a cracker (or was that a Kwacka?)
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You must include one of these at some time.
You might want to read post #1 again, to see how the thread works ...
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There ya go Dave ol' buddy. So as not to affront your sensibilities I have deleted the offending shot of the pigboat.
Looked remarkably like a PBY-5 to me, would be my five week choice
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