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seacue
10th Mar 2004, 09:14
Here's a plane picture quiz for our senior members :O
I found lots of photos on the web so it should be easy. This one is from an ad introducing the plane. I scanned it from a 19xx magazine.
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http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/q27.jpg
CoodaShooda
10th Mar 2004, 10:58
'ere. 'ow ol' d'ye think we be??:(
Since I'm only a middle ager, I have no idea what it is.
Best guess would be something French out of the Morane, Nieuport or Salmson stables. :confused:
Can I use a life line? :}
Specnut727
10th Mar 2004, 12:46
Is the logo on the tail fin an 'F' ? Could it be a Farman ?
Tim Inder
10th Mar 2004, 21:49
Ooh, ooh, i know, pick Meeeee!
It's a Farman 'Sport' from c. 1919
See HERE (http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/farman.htm)
seacue
10th Mar 2004, 22:55
Correct, the Farman Sport, built by the Farman brothers - Henry, Maurice and Richard - born of British parents in Paris.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/farman.html
My photo comes from an advert in the American mag Aerial Age Weekly for April 19, 1920. W. Wallace Kellett was marketing the plane in the USA. That's a couple of years earlier than mentioned on the Smithsonian site.
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PS to CS@Darwin. There can't be many people on PPRuNe older than I. My father turned 29 the year that advert appeared!
CoodaShooda
11th Mar 2004, 06:42
aaaarrrrghhh......how could I have left Farman off the list??:rolleyes:
seacue
Sounds like a good idea for a new thread..."Whos the Oldest Prooner?"
But should it be posted here or on JB? :}
(Love the quizes by the way...keep 'em coming)
seacue
11th Mar 2004, 08:41
Who's the oldest? I'm too vain to compete, as may be others.
JB is the place for the "contest", and I think I have the (in)famous Drapes by a few years.
Smedley
14th Mar 2004, 15:49
Farmann and DeHaviland have distinctive rudders that are like Trademarks.