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Is it one of the more modern versions of the Flying Flea?
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Is it a high-wing or parasol monoplane?
It looks like an in-line engine - is it British? Is it as old as it looks - 1920/30?
It looks like an in-line engine - is it British? Is it as old as it looks - 1920/30?
Saab, BSD wrong on all counts (apart from being correct that there's something different about the strut arrangement from a Currie Wot, and this particular example had an in-line engine).
The actual aeroplane is post-war, but derived from a pre WW2 design which had a small, but interesting part to play in that conflict.
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The actual aeroplane is post-war, but derived from a pre WW2 design which had a small, but interesting part to play in that conflict.
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Anyway Saab Dastard takes the honours 'twas indeed an Iskra TS-11
Wunper T'was indeed, an HM293.
Somewhere or other I posted my notes on flying it a while ago. Lovely little aeroplane.
6 hours and 5 minutes, a new record for me I think
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Somewhere or other I posted my notes on flying it a while ago. Lovely little aeroplane.
6 hours and 5 minutes, a new record for me I think
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Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
Wunper T'was indeed, an HM293.
Somewhere or other I posted my notes on flying it a while ago. Lovely little aeroplane.
6 hours and 5 minutes, a new record for me I think
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Somewhere or other I posted my notes on flying it a while ago. Lovely little aeroplane.
6 hours and 5 minutes, a new record for me I think
G
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Genghis, can you honestly tell me that isn't a high-wing or parasol monoplane - albeit with an oversize horizontal stabilizer? 
Not that I begrudge you the 6 hours or anything
Sorry for the scattergun approach Gas Path - it was a sort of thinking aloud post!
Here's one to start the weekend with - it isn't a great photo, as it's a scan of a B&W original, reduced to fit.
Not that I begrudge you the 6 hours or anything
Sorry for the scattergun approach Gas Path - it was a sort of thinking aloud post!
Here's one to start the weekend with - it isn't a great photo, as it's a scan of a B&W original, reduced to fit.
No, it's an staggered biplane with an all-flying forward wing.
Anyhow, if you throw that many suggestions in one post, you can hardly expect anybody to be too helpful
As for yours, it's not the Bristol 138 is it?
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Anyhow, if you throw that many suggestions in one post, you can hardly expect anybody to be too helpful
As for yours, it's not the Bristol 138 is it?
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I understand the original Fleas had a dangerous mode (I think if dived too fast) which could not be controlled by the wire foreplane pitch control which is why the modern ones have push rod foreplane pitch controls.
I have a copy of the original Henri Mignet book
It has this rather touching epilogue with an excellent third paragraph and an epic final sentence.
I understand the original Fleas had a dangerous mode (I think if dived too fast) which could not be controlled by the wire foreplane pitch control which is why the modern ones have push rod foreplane pitch controls.
I have a copy of the original Henri Mignet book
"The Flying Flea"
how to build and fly it
translated by the Air League of the British Empire
It is dedicated how to build and fly it
translated by the Air League of the British Empire
To those who dream of having wings...
To the memory of those who have loved them so greatly.
To the memory of those who have loved them so greatly.