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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Jan 2024, 06:46

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

To be fair, the Airspeed AS.39 to the same...

To be fair, the Airspeed AS.39 to the same requirement was only marginally less hideous. Perhaps the design brief was "See if you can outdo Blackburn in the ugly department."

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jul 2021, 06:24

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Copland, Appalachian Spring: 25' 35" Anon., Le...

Copland, Appalachian Spring: 25' 35"
Anon., Le printemps Canadien: 1' 27"

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jul 2021, 00:23

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Great tradition of the best American engineering:...

Great tradition of the best American engineering: simple, strong, right. Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Jul 2021, 17:26

Replies: 4,988

Name that Flying Machine

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Hi Pypard, just to explain: the 24 hour rule was...

Hi Pypard, just to explain: the 24 hour rule was imposed by the moderators of the board because the thread was becoming very quick-fire. I forgot about it myself and declared a winner within 30...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Jul 2021, 12:03

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

A long time ago on UK television there was an...

A long time ago on UK television there was an enchanting programme called 'Pets Win Prizes'. One of the competitions was to see if a human could identify their animal from a group of like creatures...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Jul 2021, 06:54

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

It looks to me like the cabin windows are wrong...

It looks to me like the cabin windows are wrong for any SAI aircraft I can find. As also the Fletcher F-24, which has a similar treatment of the leading edge, though not so extreme as in the mystery...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Jul 2021, 00:06

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Does this mean we are approaching the limit of...

Does this mean we are approaching the limit of obscure 'planes that have been photographed?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

4th Jul 2021, 05:17

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Well, the goat misled me as to the appropriate...

Well, the goat misled me as to the appropriate continent, but now I have Good News about the aircraft.

Also, I discover the type has a website dedicated to its history, and the website itself is...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jun 2021, 01:44

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

I believe that post-modern Flea is the Croses...

I believe that post-modern Flea is the Croses EC-6 Criquet. He also designed the EC-9 Para-Cargo Croses Para-Cargo (https://www.fraseraerotechnologycompany.com/Visiting_Photographer5.html)
At which...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th May 2021, 08:20

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

The statutory 24 hours having passed, I can now...

The statutory 24 hours having passed, I can now reveal that it took Noyade 28 minutes to identify the Renard Espervier (the 2bis, to be precise).

Over to Noyade to find something between the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th May 2021, 05:24

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

My entries rarely take more than a couple of...

My entries rarely take more than a couple of hours, but lest the thread lapse into inanition, here's something.

...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd May 2021, 10:02

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

The French government site allows searching with...

The French government site allows searching with a wildcard, so I've done F-%LDE and come up with nothing appropriate (on that site, % is the wildcard character).

Aerodrome Sisteron is the site of...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd May 2021, 00:12

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

I have tried the following sites with no success:...

I have tried the following sites with no success:
https://www.aviafrance.com/recherche.php

http://www.antonakis.co.uk/registers/France.txt
...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd May 2021, 00:01

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Sorry, a contrived joke. Like a P-38 Lightning,...

Sorry, a contrived joke. Like a P-38 Lightning, only half the aircraft and rather dim.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd May 2021, 00:39

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

It does look a bit like a Cri-Cri that's taken a...

It does look a bit like a Cri-Cri that's taken a beating with the Ugly Stick. ? P-19 Glimmering?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

2nd May 2021, 16:35

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

It really is rather elegant. OPEN HOUSE, as I...

It really is rather elegant.
OPEN HOUSE, as I have nothing that will trouble the identifiers.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st May 2021, 07:40

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

I think that might be the short-lived Rikugun...

I think that might be the short-lived Rikugun Ki-93.

Open House, if so.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Apr 2021, 12:50

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Asturias is right: Pearse's machine, in all its...

Asturias is right: Pearse's machine, in all its hypothetical, reconstructed, powered, airborne, but not controlled bamboo splendour.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Apr 2021, 10:39

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Sorry for the typo on the CANSA. This one is...

Sorry for the typo on the CANSA.

This one is a replica:
...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Apr 2021, 03:49

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

I do believe it is the CANSO FC.20bis.

I do believe it is the CANSO FC.20bis.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Apr 2021, 07:05

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

Different transcriptions of the Egyptian place...

Different transcriptions of the Egyptian place name. I guess the -ou- version is a French transcription, which would figure with its being apparently the one used earlier in the Anglophone world, as...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Mar 2021, 02:26

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

Before I saw Noyade's post, I thought it looked...

Before I saw Noyade's post, I thought it looked like something designed by someone who thought the Pou was too mainstream. But in a steep climb, it will punch above its weight in the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Mar 2021, 08:23

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Well, I thought the engine installation looked...

Well, I thought the engine installation looked extraordinarily neat for the presumed period, and of course it was because the engine was ancestral to so many classic types (or at least, the D-12 was).

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Feb 2021, 20:36

Replies: 4,988

Name that Flying Machine

Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

My apologies, Asturias. For those of us near the...

My apologies, Asturias. For those of us near the Date Line, the protocol is normally self-enforcing, but I will remember in future. I don't see how I can make it good, but if the mods give you grief,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Feb 2021, 04:32

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

It's not just me, then. As I live in a country...

It's not just me, then. As I live in a country where hunting deer from helicopters is a thing, I can never read "COW gun" right. I also chose this picture because in another thread there's a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Feb 2021, 01:30

Replies: 4,988

Name that Flying Machine

Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

Well, as we're in semi-lockdown again in...

Well, as we're in semi-lockdown again in Auckland, I'll try this:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/421x370/name_that_flying_machine_04_8a89b630eaa29e388fe92ad582b4829299faa7dc.jpg

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Feb 2021, 21:55

Replies: 4,988

Name that Flying Machine

Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

It is indeed the Bolton & Paul P.71A. Not as...

It is indeed the Bolton & Paul P.71A. Not as obscure as I thought. 10 DME has called Open House.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Feb 2021, 08:31

Replies: 4,988

Name that Flying Machine

Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

I resisted the temptation to post another Vickers...

I resisted the temptation to post another Vickers aircraft.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Feb 2021, 04:00

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

Thanks, Noyade. ...

Thanks, Noyade.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1586x1071/name_that_flying_machine_03_8e6a1575efd936162642c4571126e556202ad3ef.jpg

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Feb 2021, 00:47

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

I think that might be the Vickers Type 141.

I think that might be the Vickers Type 141.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jan 2021, 06:42

Replies: 4,988

Name that Flying Machine

Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

The Wikipedia article on the Hamilton H-47...

The Wikipedia article on the Hamilton H-47 includes a marvellous example of marketing chutzpah:

During 1930, Isthmian Airways used Hamilton floatplanes for their service linking the Atlantic to...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th Dec 2020, 20:57

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

That aeroplane looks like a dog that has just...

That aeroplane looks like a dog that has just been shown a card trick. When I read about it, it sounded like an odd idea, but seeing those photographs makes it look totally bonkers.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Dec 2020, 04:52

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Standard Air France full face of slap, I think. ...

Standard Air France full face of slap, I think.

I'm sorry, it's been a hard year. And I have the same recollection about the Deux Ponts (perhaps without a hyphen), but can't locate it.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Nov 2020, 06:18

Replies: 4,988

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Views: 742,166

Posted By FlightlessParrot

I guess they were being aspirational. A closer...

I guess they were being aspirational. A closer Hayabusa was this:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x768/image_7c6e9f316e3becf3e93d73319891f2b37d008982.png
Nakajima Ki-43...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Nov 2020, 18:45

Replies: 4,988

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

Indeed it is. The Mark II, to be precise. Less...

Indeed it is. The Mark II, to be precise. Less repulsive photographs can be found at Manshu Hayabusa (http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2014/01/mansyu-mt-1-hayabusa-falcon-of.html)

fauteuil volant...

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