#7661 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Eleven minutes late back!!!!!!
#7662 permalink
Join Date: Oct 2008
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#7663 permalink
Join Date: May 2009
Location: On the Murrumbidgee
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Gents.
#7664 permalink
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Morning Graeme...was just about to close down when I saw your post.
USA, yes....homebuilt...well more of a one off really. First flew early 70's.
Manufacturer's name sounds like it should be German
Closing down now. Usual rules apply.
Night night.
#7665 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Good morning Ken.
#7666 permalink
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Morning David....not a Lycoming. Try a Franklin.
#7667 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Bugger - I thought for a minute I might have found it.
#7668 permalink
Join Date: Oct 2008
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To help you along, it first flew in 1973. Appears to still be current on the US register.
#7669 permalink
Join Date: May 2009
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Morning guys.
Must be the Merkel Mark II Ken?
And if so, must be open house.
#7670 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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From Aerofiles:
Funny old thing that...............
#7671 permalink
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Merkel Mk II it is Graeme - fitted with a Franklin engine. MkIIA was to have a Lycoming but was never built.
#7672 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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So that's what confused my two brain cells.
The inference on Aerofiles is that is was. Nice challenge.
#7673 permalink
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I'll keep you company Ken......
#7674 permalink
Join Date: May 2009
Location: On the Murrumbidgee
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G'day David. How's parole? Nice to see you silhouetting again.
Interesting mate. Stuffed with party balloons? Some sort of buoyancy anti-sinking device/experiment.
American?
#7675 permalink
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Minehead Somerset UK
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Had internet problems at home over the weekend, so taking an early start opportunity to say
Happy Birthday Lightning Mate!!
#7676 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Good evening Graeme.
Good morning TC and many thanks.
Quote:
Stuffed with party balloons? Some sort of buoyancy anti-sinking
It was indeed American, and there are conficting reports as to whether it flew or not.
Personally I doubt it, given the absence of conventional wings.
Two engines for different purposes.
#7677 permalink
Join Date: May 2009
Location: On the Murrumbidgee
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Happy birthday mate.
Quote:
given the absence of conventional wings.
Some sort of water-borne propeller driven torpedo (unmanned and under remote control?) that didn't fly?
The balloons are in fact explosives?
#7678 permalink
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Thanks mate.
Some sort of water-borne propeller driven torpedo (unmanned and under remote control?) that didn't fly?
The balloons are in fact explosives?
No - it's a manned aeroplane. Standby for photo.....
Go find.........
#7679 permalink
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Wales, UK
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Finally got a chance to look in over lunch.
I love the ship as a clue
Would it be the Plymounth A-A-2004 developed from the Flettner Rotor Wing?
#7680 permalink
Join Date: May 2009
Location: On the Murrumbidgee
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Hey, I remember reading about that Rotor Ship in "Speed and Power" many years ago.
I remember also an article on the XB-70 telling readers, amongst other things, that it took the Valkyrie 30 minutes to turn 180 deg. at Mach 3. Always handy to know at trivia nights.
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