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Old 22nd Mar 2012, 23:05   #2001 (permalink)
 
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Possibly the Savoia Marchetti S66.
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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 00:12   #2002 (permalink)
 
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Not the Savoia Marchetti S66, David.
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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 08:24   #2003 (permalink)
 
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Good morning Mel.

But it is a flying boat is it not?
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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 09:02   #2004 (permalink)
 
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Perchance one of these?



Loire 130

OH if correct
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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 10:18   #2005 (permalink)
 
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Good Morning David, yes it was a Flying boat and kitbag has got it . The Loire 130. Kitbag has requested Open House.
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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 14:00   #2006 (permalink)
 
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I see you are still around Mel, so don't get bored.

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Old 25th Mar 2012, 13:49   #2007 (permalink)
 
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Virgin Galactic Spacecraft 2 ?
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Old 25th Mar 2012, 14:30   #2008 (permalink)
 
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Nice shot Bri, but no.
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Old 25th Mar 2012, 14:45   #2009 (permalink)
 
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Buran space shuttle?

Some sort of spacecraft?
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Old 25th Mar 2012, 15:07   #2010 (permalink)
 
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Not Russian mate, but it is indeed a space vehicle.
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 12:19   #2011 (permalink)
 
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The vent pipe, left side, looks like a Rolls Royce engine?
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 13:09   #2012 (permalink)
 
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Not RR.

US Rocketdyne AR2-3 rocket engine.
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 14:20   #2013 (permalink)
 
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Boeing X-37 then? there do not seem to be many uses of the Rocketdyne AR2-3, except the NF104 which shows how old it is.
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 14:51   #2014 (permalink)
 
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At last - a winner.

The X-37 it is.

All yours mate.
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 18:33   #2015 (permalink)
 
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Right, OH then while I go do a search for something
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 18:36   #2016 (permalink)
 
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...reheat Kitbag..............BURNER.....................
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 18:49   #2017 (permalink)
 
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Don't think this one had thrust augmentation by burning additional fuel in the jet pipe:

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Old 26th Mar 2012, 19:52   #2018 (permalink)
 
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Horton 229?
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Old 27th Mar 2012, 05:31   #2019 (permalink)
 
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indeed it is

You have control
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Thank you.
Open House
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