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Old 14th Mar 2012, 14:37
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"A2" - "above the average in all respects".

All yours mate.
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Thanks LM "Imprimis Praecepta"

When cadet pilots were flying this aircraft, I suppose it required managers to be in good order.
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When cadet pilots were flying this aircraft, I suppose it required managers to be in good order.
Clue time? The student pilots were also be called "kaydets" and there's an anagrammed manufacturer & model buried in there somewhere.
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Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ?
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Boeing Stearman is correct:

When cadet pilots were flying this aircraft, I suppose it required managers to be in good order.

Well done again, Mate, YHC
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Thanks mate - now get yerself over to SC.

aircraft:

three heavy rain showers in a row is par for the course
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G-1159A Gulfstream III?
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I hadn't thought of that!

However, no mate.
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Old 16th Mar 2012, 21:52
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I'm thinking met codes (RA, SH etc) and 72 as a golf course par but cant make an aircraft out of it.

Am I even warm
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Old 16th Mar 2012, 22:16
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Lanier Paraplane-Commuter 110
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Shame it's not music clues. I've got Wet,Wet,Wet and Level 42.
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Film - "Style and Epoch" 1923.

crtyptic clues suck
Not as much as high-wing monoplanes mate!!
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Film - "Style and Epoch" 1923
Is it something to do with one of Signor Caproni's triplanes/trimotors, Mate?
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It has a lot to do with it!

Caproni Triplane.

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My word, that was quick; nothing ready, sorry, so OH again.
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C'mon - accelerate past VMD and get yer ass on the right side of the drag curve.
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Old 17th Mar 2012, 17:10
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Well I dunno LM - I still dont get it now I've got the answer!
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That's two of us. Please explain; it could come up in the Times someday.
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Old 17th Mar 2012, 19:00
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three heavy rain showers iN a rOwIs PAR for the Course

Three = triplane.

Also, the Caproni CA-60 was a cross between a houseboat and an airplane.
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Clear as mud. OK, airfield "Mother Gerschwin's boy at hospital"
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