Cryptic v2.0

[Lightning Mate]

No mate - go to France..............

[Herod]

Limo(a)ges?

[NutherA2]

Sedan-Douzy, peut-être?

Si j'ai raison..............Maison Ouverte.

[Lightning Mate]

Sedan-Douzy, peut-être?

Pas peut-être. :ok:

Open House has been requested.

[NutherA2]

Airfield

Should be a very quick one to keep the thread running............

This airfield's ICAO coding suggests a volcano in a different country.

[Ridge Runner]

Ahlhorn???

open House if correct

[NutherA2]

Got to be one of the quickest correct answers, Open House it is.

[Ridge Runner]

I'll take it:

Aircraft

Nudist runs around in the loudest of storms!

[NutherA2]

F84F Thunderstreak?

[Ridge Runner]

That's the baby, mate. Over to you!!!!!

[NutherA2]

Thanks, RR, Open House if anyone can think one up before I do.

[Herod]

Airport. "Was this Italian actually a closet Irishman?" Timer is running for the quickest reply.

[NutherA2]

Mark O'Polo?..........

[Herod]

To be sure, to be sure. I believe he was involved with that Irish airline O'rion. All yours.

[NutherA2]

Grazie, Herod, Casa Aperta per favore.

[Tankertrashnav]

Hands up all who have been trying to make anagram out of Casa Aperta ;)

[NutherA2]

make anagram out of Casa Aperta

Sorry TTN, I only intended using the Italian equivalent of "geöffnetes Haus"

[Tankertrashnav]

Ah, you mean oткрытый дом!

[Lightning Mate]

Hands up all who have been trying to make anagram out of Casa Aperta http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/wink2.gif

Don't be silly - some of us have a little knowledge of European languages :E

....as in maison ouverte.

[Herod]

And there was me thinking it was that well-known VFR reporting point, Cape Tarasa. :)

[Lightning Mate]

VFR reporting point

No such thing!

Just hooligan around at 200ft and 450 kts , speak to nobody, including the rest of your 4/8 ball and avoid detection.:E

Thus spoke a Jaguar pilot..........

[Lightning Mate]

aeroplane...........

This person owns a football club and tries to double wing it..........

[NutherA2]

Antonov AN-2?

If correct, as TTN put it so elegantly a little while ago :

открытый дом

[Neptunus Rex]

Just hooligan around at 200ft and 450 ktsWhat? And flight-plan for the climb?

At Newquay International Field, the 'Gallant Forty Twa' would launch from RW 31 with four Speys roaring, then cross the cliffs, descend to 100 ft and shut two down! After five hours sub-hunting, including a magnificent lunch, we would relight the two dormant Speys, climb back into the circuit then debrief in the Scruffs' Bar. Some debriefs lasted longer than the flight!

[Herod]

Sounds almost as much fun as Eating Command.

[Lightning Mate]

At Newquay International Field, the 'Gallant Forty Twa' would launch from RW 31 with four Speys roaring, then cross the cliffs, descend to 100 ft and shut two down! After five hours sub-hunting, including a magnificent lunch, we would relight the two dormant Speys, climb back into the circuit then debrief in the Scruffs' Bar. Some debriefs lasted longer than the flight!

Sounds very boring......:E

The challenge is not an Antonov.

[skytrain10]

Smith DSA-1 Miniplane?

[skytrain10]

Or maybe the Short Mayo Composite?:)

[Lightning Mate]

Neither mate.

[skytrain10]

I'll try another...Abromovich Flyer?

[Lightning Mate]

That will do nicely. :D

All yours. :ok:

[skytrain10]

Thanks David....:ok:

Aircraft

frequent misuse of the law that is liable to return

[Lightning Mate]

Don't get the first part, but Boomerang?

[skytrain10]

It is the Commonweath Boomerang:D

First part
frequent = common
misuse is the indicator for an anagram
anagram of "the law" = wealth

Back to you:ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Holy s:mad:!!!

[Lightning Mate]

aircraft...

Will he accept litigous comments....

[NutherA2]

Islander?..........OH if I've done better this time.

[Lightning Mate]

But you ain't mate.!

It was a project and never built...........

Just wait until the SC players have a go.

[Tankertrashnav]

Hollandair Libel? - prob not as that was built :confused:

[Lightning Mate]

Your second word is very close.

Who was Villie M then mein freund?

[Tankertrashnav]

How about the Messerchmitt Libelle then?

[Lightning Mate]

That will do nicely. :ok:

Your thread.

[Tankertrashnav]

Thanks, LM

Airfield

Peabrain's oddly a famous French soldier

[Neptunus Rex]

Paris - Charles de Gaulle

[Tankertrashnav]

Well done, o king of the ocean, over to you.

[Neptunus Rex]

Thanks TTN.

Airfield

ESN Tyros let loose in the Midlands

[Lightning Mate]

Bedtime Chaz.

Make sure the Zimmerframe is at hand.............:E

[Neptunus Rex]

Wakey wakey Duk, I'm four hours ahead of you.

[Tankertrashnav]

Had a chum who trained there who said the best bit was getting strapped into the JP with WRAF assistance ;)

He got chopped!

Oh yes, it was Syerston.

[Neptunus Rex]

Bona creme, TTN.

Yes 'twas Syerston, my alma mater. In the early 60s, the only FTS with WRAFs, and the one closest to London. What a year for a teenage jet-jockey!

You have the con, Number One.

[Tankertrashnav]

I have control, captain

Sisters after an old DJ

(aircraft)

[NutherA2]

Could that be the Saunders Roe Princess?

[Lightning Mate]

the best bit was getting strapped into the JP with WRAF assistance http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/wink2.gif

I have strapped my wife into a Jaguar on many occasions. She has just over ten hours on type.:)

Great personal transport back then...................:ok:

Mind you , she said she did enjoy the view from the Lancaster.....

[Tankertrashnav]

Not the Princess, A2

This one never won any beauty contests - but then neither did the Princess, I suppose.

[Neptunus Rex]

Blackburn Beverly

TTN, we are disclosing our vintage.

[Tankertrashnav]

I'm afraid you're right, NR. Familiarity with both the sisters and the aircraft to blame there.

Never saw the Beverly Sisters but flew in the aircraft several times on low-level supply drops - great fun!

Over to you.

[Neptunus Rex]

Thanks TTN,

Airfield

Shin hair adjusted, after Ernst.

[skytrain10]

Would that be Machrihanish?

[Neptunus Rex]

Right on, skytrain. Over to you!

[skytrain10]

Thanks Neptunus Rex

Aircraft

A mix up over the insureds follows a departure that was cut short.

[Neptunus Rex]

Could it be Deperdussin?
(TT or Monocoque.)

[skytrain10]

Could it be Deperdussin? Not could be, it is:D..I was just looking for Deperdussin.

Back to you Neptunus Rex

[Neptunus Rex]

Thanks skytrain.

Aircraft

Dodgy bistro 'l take handsome French combatant.

[Tankertrashnav]

Insomnia has driven me from my bed to the computer.

Has to be the Bristol Beaufighter - the "whispering death".

[Neptunus Rex]

Once more, you have the con TTN!

[Tankertrashnav]

Cheers, NR

Parson's uni, we hear

Aircraft

[Lightning Mate]

Anson ?.....

[Neptunus Rex]

Another old steed:

Vickers Varsity

[Lightning Mate]

By the way ttnav,
I thought you might like to see how not to do it.......

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/trophy-2.jpg

[Neptunus Rex]

Quite the worst case of 'Premature Injeculation' known to AvMed science!

Or, as Dr Spooner might have observed:

"Brogue Duster."

[Tankertrashnav]

One of yours, LM? ;) Must have had the hose whipping about a bit:eek:

Spot on again, o mighty hunter - over to you.

[Neptunus Rex]

Thanks TTN. Busy today, so Open House.

[Lightning Mate]

One of yours, LM? http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/wink2.gif Must have had the hose whipping about a bithttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/eek.gif

Certainly not, but I do know the name of the culprit. :)


'Premature Injeculation'

Is that not what Nimrod pilots suffered when a blip might have been a sub?

In deep eh... apologies....only a fighter pilot can manage that...........

[Lightning Mate]

A pic for ttn....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/onthewaytoCyprus.jpg

[Tankertrashnav]

Very nice LM, thanks:ok: A 57 Sqn K1A (although the a/c came to us on 214 after 57 converted to K2s). Is that a 29 Sqn F3? I assume you're sitting in the other one. Why did they have three XXXs - could never work that out? Somewhere over the Alps I assume - great picture.

Anyone going to take up the Open House?

[Herod]

Back to the thread, and for TTN and LM. "Starting off, a king ran over the Italian rail incline" (airfield). Timer running, it's easy.

[Lightning Mate]

Why did they have three XXXs - could never work that out? Somewhere over the Alps I assume - great picture.

It is indeed a 29 Sqn F3 en-route to Cyprus.

The story is that back in the WW1 era, the squadron commander told an erk finisher to paint 29 in Roman numerals on the fuselages of the aircraft.

The painter asked what 29 was in Roman numerals, to which the boss said
"XX1X" - so that's exactly what he painted, two Xs on one side of the roundel and the "oneX" on the other.

[Lightning Mate]

A UK airfield ?

[Herod]

No, but a military one.

[Tankertrashnav]

Oh come on LM, you were going there in the piccy!

Akrotiri

Thanks for the XXX story - can well believe it.

[Herod]

Told you it was easy. I last went there in 2004, operating a commercial 737 on a military charter. The WRAF controller asked me if I was familiar with Akrotiri. I could truthfully reply "not since 1975", which could well have been before she was born. She didn't seem able to think of a reply to that. I saw the black aircraft that wasn't there in '75, still wasn't there in '04. ;)

[Tankertrashnav]

Regret that on all the numerous visits I made to Akrotiri I never once saw the black aircraft that wasn't there.

OK, new one for the thread

Take a look at male half of a flighty pair.

(airfield)

[Lightning Mate]

Morning Ttn. :)

Obvious question - UK?

Wanna nice pic of a black aeroplane?

[NutherA2]

Gander?.........OH if correct

[Herod]

"As I was Taxiing, with care,
I saw a 'plane that wasn't there.
It wasn't there again today.
I wonder where it goes away?"
(with acknowledgements)

[Tankertrashnav]

Yes A2 - Gander it was.

Nice one Herod :ok:

LM - As you see, it wasn't UK. Check your PM's ref your picture.

Open house has been offered.

[Herod]

Well, it's been 24 hours, so if I may: You could make an awful lot of Stratocasters from this. (Airfield)

[Herod]

24 hours again. Time for a clue. Check out Fender's website, and take a look at the Eric Clapton Stratocaster.

[Tankertrashnav]

Do you mean I've wasted several hours trying to make an anagram out of 'Stratocasters'? :*

[Herod]

Yep; it's not the Costerat Star. Anyway, that sounds like a ship. ;)

[NutherA2]

Aldergrove? Time for bed so OH if decrypt is satisfactory.

[Herod]

Correct. Apparently, Alder is the most common wood used in Stratocasters, and you could make a lot if you had a grove of them. Open House has been declared.

[Herod]

For TTN. Some sad pillock is busy using fake names and sending PMs. One of them is tankretrashnav (note spelling). You might want to take a look at the thread running on the military forum. Regards, Herod.

[Tankertrashnav]

Thanks Herod - I've had the heads up on that one, and the mods know about it and have banned it (and many others). :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

There is also someone calling himself "lightingmate".

However, he is genuine - just make sure you do not confuse me with him, as has ocurred in the past.

There is also a certain "newt" ...........................he may appear to be a certain type of lizard which lives in water.

He has often been seen walking on all fours, but has never managed to walk on water or glue himself to the ceiling......................:E:E

...to the floor yes.................

[Tankertrashnav]

Meanwhile we've drifted from the challenge. Nice easy one to get us going again

Large Gordon's, Benny!

(airfield)

[Ridge Runner]

Ah... Biggin Hill, mate!!!

open house!!!

[Tankertrashnav]

Thats the one, RR

Open House has been offered

[Lightning Mate]

'artnoon all. :)

Since nobody is having a go at my silhouette challenge, I've
come over to this playground.

If you move very very slowly, you could fall into one of these.

...airfield...

[NutherA2]

In Cambridgeshire there's a WWII airfield called Snailwell ?

[Lightning Mate]

"A2" - "above the average in all respects".

All yours mate. :D

[NutherA2]

Thanks LM "Imprimis Praecepta"

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

[NutherA2]

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

[Lightning Mate]

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ?

[NutherA2]

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

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks mate - now get yerself over to SC.

aircraft:

three heavy rain showers in a row is par for the course

[skytrain10]

G-1159A Gulfstream III?

[Lightning Mate]

I hadn't thought of that!

However, no mate.

[Tankertrashnav]

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 :confused:

[Noyade]

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8104/img516p.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/img516p.jpg/)

Lanier Paraplane-Commuter 110 (http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/LanierParaplane1.htm)

[Herod]

Shame it's not music clues. I've got Wet,Wet,Wet and Level 42. ;)

[Lightning Mate]

Film - "Style and Epoch" 1923. ;)

crtyptic clues suck

Not as much as high-wing monoplanes mate!!

[NutherA2]

Film - "Style and Epoch" 1923Is it something to do with one of Signor Caproni's triplanes/trimotors, Mate?

[Lightning Mate]

It has a lot to do with it!

Caproni Triplane. :D

All yours mate.

[NutherA2]

My word, that was quick; nothing ready, sorry, so OH again.

[Lightning Mate]

C'mon - accelerate past VMD and get yer ass on the right side of the drag curve. :E

[Tankertrashnav]

Well I dunno LM - I still dont get it now I've got the answer! :confused:

[Herod]

That's two of us. Please explain; it could come up in the Times someday. :confused:

[Lightning Mate]

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.

[Herod]

Clear as mud. ;) OK, airfield "Mother Gerschwin's boy at hospital"

[Lightning Mate]

Clear as mud

OK, Ill depart the fix.

[NutherA2]

Staged through Masirah once in a Javelin; best crayfish lunch I've ever had. OH if okayed.

[Herod]

That's it again. Ma's Ira H. The Officer's Mess there had a door marked "TV Room". Anyone walking through it, to be met by a vista of desert, was good for a round of drinks.

[Neptunus Rex]

I had my 23rd Birthday Party in Masirah, with two ladies present!

[Herod]

One up on me; I had my 21st at Sharjah. No ladies there, but we reckoned we drank all the champagne within about a 200 mile radius. ;)

[NutherA2]

Manufacturer & Aircraft Type:

Blown up by dynamiters, this was not a jet, but was certainly the first of the jumbos

[Lightning Mate]

I had my 23rd Birthday Party in Masirah, with two ladies present!

You couldn't cope with one, let alone two.

In any case, you went from 18 to 48. :E:E

[NutherA2]

Blown up by dynamiters, this was not a jet, but was certainly the first of the jumbos

LM, if this one is a bit cryptic, one of the big-chopper rotary people from Odiham(?) might see the solution.

[Lightning Mate]

Good afternoon Mr. A Cat. :)

Sorry, but I have been busy solving Silhouette Challenge, where I live for most of the time.

A certian wind blows up, so this might well be the Chinook.

[Herod]

Big Helicopters many years ago (Wessex '67-'70), but it's a Martinsyde Elephant. OH if correct

[Lightning Mate]

Looks like a good call. :ok:

I'm no good at this stuff, so back to SC. :uhoh:

I'll post a congrats card when the rest of you get to 1000 posts, and a biggie when you hit 10,000. :)

[NutherA2]

Writing my reply to LM coincided with Herod, who is of course correct. Well done H, YHC

[Herod]

"Chopped eels above bitumen" Airfield (and easy).

[Lightning Mate]

Never in the history of Prune challenges have so many OHs been offered by so many people.

I'm tempted...........

edit: I NB Herod has withdrawn the OH - excellent.

[Herod]

Come on, LM. You must have been to the Far East.

[Lightning Mate]

Selatar?...

[Herod]

Yep. My apologies if it was a bad clue. I thought it was spelt Seletar, which gave the chopped eels. YHC.

[Lightning Mate]

I thought it was spelt Seletar

Apologies - you are correct.

OK then - against my better judgement.

Aeroplane....

I am unable to do this three times in the air

[Neptunus Rex]

Herod,

You are correct, it is Seletar; LM can be a dunce at times. Ten Kilo-Posts in less than three years, is surely a sign of a misspent (or under-employed) middle age.

[Lightning Mate]

LM can be a dunce at times. Ten Kilo-Posts is surely a sign of a misspent middle
age.

No answer Your Honour, except to say.................well you guess.:E:E

Must be your bedtime you old fart!!!!!

[Neptunus Rex]

Fokker Triplane?

[Lightning Mate]

Fokker? No!

Barking up the wrong tree mate.

Not wings - engines. ;)

[Neptunus Rex]

Hawker Siddley Trident
"I am unable to do this..." Speyed (spayed) x 3

[Herod]

...or Cant 22? I'll cover my bets and add Cant Z506 or Z1007.

[Lightning Mate]

I'll cover my bets and add Cant Z506

Good covering mate.

All yours. :D:D

[Herod]

"Bold Upton mixes with Lite Fauna" aircraft

[NutherA2]

Boulton Paul Defiant?

[Herod]

Gosh, that was fast! Quite correct, and you have control.

[NutherA2]

This one's not very subtle:

Airfield:

B**ger, not quite enough letters.

[Herod]

Bergen at a guess. (or, if you want one more letter, Bruggen)

[NutherA2]

Brüggen is what I had in mind, H, the floor is yours.

[Herod]

Bedtime, so Open House.

[Herod]

Bedtime's over. "Hooch aria takes school exam" Airport. To clarify; it's the city and airport, as in London Heathrow or Amsterdam Schiphol.

[NutherA2]

I don't have a GCE A Level in Airport Names, but it looks a bit like Chicago O'Hare........Nuther OH?

[Lightning Mate]

I'm busy on the other two threads - go and visit. :)

[Herod]

You're right Nuther. OH has been declared.

[Lightning Mate]

An A2 to nuther A2 - Good morning. :)

[NutherA2]

G'day Mate, having walked the dog am now allowed out for a spot of golf..........dirty job but somebody's got to do it.

[Herod]

Twenty-four hours without a bite, so here goes. "Sprite has Mr Gore graduate with company reference" Manufacturer and aircraft.

[McGoonagall]

Fairey Albacore?

[Herod]

Twelve minutes!!! Must try harder. You have control.

[McGoonagall]

Manufacturer and type again....

Sounds like a wooden pier.

[NutherA2]

Beech Duke? (Presumably the Duchess would be a Pieress)..OH if correct

[McGoonagall]

Not a Duke, too much ermine.

[Herod]

OK, how's about Beech Baron?

[McGoonagall]

Over to you.

:D

[Herod]

Thanks. "Baked goods allocated to sub-standard joint?" Manufacturer and aircraft.

[Lightning Mate]

No good at this stuff..................

Summat wiv "dive" ?

[Tankertrashnav]

Quote from Pr00ne in "What a waste" thread on Military Aircrew:


When is the RAF going to learn that fast jet aircrew are good at flying fast jets, and piss poor at absolutely anything else?


No good at this stuff..................


Come on LM , don't prove him right. ;)

Anyway, I can't do this one either :confused:

[Herod]

Clue time. "Baked goods" think four and twenty blackbirds. American company.

[Lightning Mate]

Lockheed SR- 71A Blackbird ?

[evansb]

Piasecki Workhorse ?

[Herod]

"Sub-standard joint" think bodily. "Baked goods" is in the singular; as in a baked ???

[NutherA2]

Piper Pawnee ( as in pie per poor knee?)......OH?

[Herod]

That's the one. At least it lasted longer than twelve minutes. It's OH again.

[Tankertrashnav]

Not had much luck doing these recently, so OH my only chance of having a go.

Worn by the parson in the rain, we hear.

Manufacturer and aircraft (pl)

[Herod]

Vicar's Wellington (s)?

[Tankertrashnav]

Of course Herod - too easy for a man of your calibre!

Over to you.

[Herod]

Here's an easy one, to get it moving again. "correct advertising leaflet?"

manufacturer and aircraft

[skytrain10]

Must be the Wright Flyer?

Edit to say closing down now for the night, so if correct, Open House.

[Herod]

Sorry for late reply, was in bed too. Yep, the Wright Flyer it was. Skytrain10 says Open House

[Lightning Mate]

Quiet innit! :uhoh:

[Tankertrashnav]

Yawn - stretch

OK - airfield (closed)

In Hamburg, for example, please expand.

[Lightning Mate]

UK.......?

[Tankertrashnav]

Yes, in the UK.

[Lightning Mate]

I thought it would be mate.


for example

I deduced that was EG, as in UK ICAO designators.

So I ruled out Egginton.

On the other hand, I wonder if its' designator starts with X......

[Tankertrashnav]

Forget about EG - and no idea what its designator is/was!

[Lightning Mate]

Try here then....

www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/UK_Airfield_Catalogue/uk.htm

[NutherA2]

Bitteswell? Geöffnete Haus

[Lightning Mate]

At least that starts with an X. :)

[Tankertrashnav]

Sehr gut, A2!

(In Hamburg, for example, please - bitte, expand - swell)

OH has been offered (for the non-linguists among us!).

[Herod]

I'll take the OH if I may, since I'll be out of it for a while after Friday. "Bird, with hesitation, meets deer" Manufacturer and aircraft.

[NutherA2]

Hawker Hart, perhaps?

[Herod]

Too easy, wasn't it? Right of course. All yours. I'm going to the woods in Sweden, no TV, no internet, lots of fresh air and exercise.

[NutherA2]

Thanks Herod, have a good holiday; OH

[Lightning Mate]

Morning. :)

[Tankertrashnav]

Has everyone gone away?

Try this one - aircraft

Pilot from North of the Border in the early days, perhaps

(Manufacturer and type)

[NutherA2]

Scottish Aviation Pioneer?

[Tankertrashnav]

Very appropriate given your location , A2. Had one trip up country in Malaya in a Pioneer. The pilot demonstrated what it was like with all the flaps down - like flying in a tunnel. Even the overloaded trucks on the road below were overtaking us!

Over to you.

[NutherA2]

Thanks TTN,

I’d never heard of this aircraft until I came across its name today;it’s a bit convoluted, but devoted anagram solvers might enjoy it:


Manufacturer and Aircraft.


The makers’ riding disaster was solved when they tried using rasher nags.

[PPRuNe Pop]

I am of the opinion that a sorry attempt is being made to keep this going. Like the other one it is stalling and I am closing it. Airfields we have had, aircraft we have and so on.