A Plane Picture Quiz for Our Seniors

[seacue]

Here's a plane picture quiz for our senior members

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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[CoodaShooda]

'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.


Can I use a life line?

[Specnut727]

Is the logo on the tail fin an 'F' ? Could it be a Farman ?

[Tim Inder]

Ooh, ooh, i know, pick Meeeee!

It's a Farman 'Sport' from c. 1919
See HERE

[seacue]

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]

aaaarrrrghhh......how could I have left Farman off the list??

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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]

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]

Farmann and DeHaviland have distinctive rudders that are like Trademarks.