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Old 15th May 2006, 18:03
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Nope, sorry..







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Old 15th May 2006, 18:28
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Pilatus PC-7
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Old 15th May 2006, 19:21
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NDN Firecracker.
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Old 15th May 2006, 20:10
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Beech T34 Mentor?
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Old 15th May 2006, 21:19
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I think, personally, Churchill Polar Bear has it.
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Old 15th May 2006, 22:04
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Yes, PC-7 it is!

You have the helm!
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Old 15th May 2006, 22:33
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Thanks, Mr BEagle, here you go.



I guess this one shouldn't last long.
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Old 15th May 2006, 22:48
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Well if it's not a glider, with a yellow cable release, red airbrake lever, a prominent vario, just an altimeter and ASI, I'm a Dutchman!

Open cockpit, fabric covered?

How about a Grunau 2b?
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Old 15th May 2006, 23:14
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You are not a Dutchman, and it is not a Grunau 2b either.
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Old 16th May 2006, 06:48
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Slingsby Tutor?
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Old 16th May 2006, 06:54
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Slingsby Tutor?
My guess would be the Kirby cadet Mk111 - but I think they are the same beast!
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Old 16th May 2006, 09:44
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It is indeed the Slingsby T31 B Tandem Tutor aka Kirby Cadet MK III.

Mr Schiller you have control
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Old 16th May 2006, 17:44
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Sorry to take so long - I've been out.

I'm on a boat in the S of France at the moment so haven't any pictures. Can someone else have a go please?

Happy memories of the Tutor/Cadet. Thirty circuits at the old Christchurch airfield and you were sent solo whether you could fly it or not, aged all of 16. They say that the two things you remember most vividly in your life are your first solo and the time you lost your virginity - but the former more so as you were more likely to have been sober at the time. Many a true thing...
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Old 16th May 2006, 20:06
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Photograph is rather small Mike. Handley Page 0/400 perhaps?
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Old 16th May 2006, 22:38
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Small, see what you mean... A Yankee perhaps Mike? Does the name Curtiss dare pass one's lips?
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Old 17th May 2006, 07:58
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Originally Posted by Mike Jenvey
Yankee yes......Curtis - wash your mouth out!!

Nope, not that manufacturer.
In that case it must be the Martin MB-2.

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Old 17th May 2006, 11:40
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Thanks Mike.
I will also travel back in time.
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Old 17th May 2006, 21:03
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Well this one is British.
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Old 17th May 2006, 21:33
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Those control yokes look suspiciously like a set of Wolfram alloys to me
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Old 18th May 2006, 06:12
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Just goes to show, nothing is new.
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