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Old 19th Oct 2006, 16:21
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Not the British Klemm Eagle Mk.1 It is in fact the BA Eagle 2 Registration G-AFAX. 37 produced and G-AFAX was the only one with a fixed undercarriage and was built in 1937. You have control.
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Thanks Mel. The aircraft displays truly classic lines. The two cockpit photos I was able to access showed a nearly identical instrument panel with the exception of a crank handle on the right side, and no nifty firewall mounted pockets to hold charts, the POH and a 1938 issue of Aeroplane Monthly.

Please note I'll be able to post a photo at approx. 2130UTC.
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Old 19th Oct 2006, 21:45
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Can you guess the new mystery cockpit?

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It is certainly a Percival aircraft and so I will go for either a Percival Prentice or Provost.
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Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector
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Edgar Percival EP-9 is correct. cringe has control.
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Thanks, evansb. Let's try this next:

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Old 20th Oct 2006, 14:32
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We have had the EP-9 before, in What Cockpit II at Post 381. However seing as I posted that one I should have got this one . Not to worry well done cringe .

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Just a wild guess here the P.Z.L. 130?

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Old 20th Oct 2006, 16:27
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RFB Fantrainer.
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I confess to having a deja-vu moment with the EP-9, but didn't have the list of previous challenges at hand to check if it had been done already.

Well done evansb, the Fantrainer 400 it was. Your go.

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Thanks cringe. My pleasure. I won't be posting a photo this round, I would however, ask some ppruner who hasn't posted in a while, or ever,
to post a cockpit photo. Cheers!
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Old 20th Oct 2006, 21:01
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May I?




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Consolidated NY-2?
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Not a Consolidated, nor a compatriot.


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Old 21st Oct 2006, 01:45
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Looks like the front cockpit of a good ol' Tiger Moth.
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De Haviland Moth - probably Gypsy Moth...
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Old 21st Oct 2006, 02:12
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Not a Moth, but based on it.


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Stampe, then?
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Old 21st Oct 2006, 03:56
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What cockpit.

DH Queen Bee.

Radio controlled target version of the DH82A Tiger Moth.
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Speedbird has it -- DH82B Queen Bee

To quote from the placard at Salisbury Hall:
"Based on the Tiger Moth biplane but with the wooden fuselage of the Moth Major it was a remote controlled target aircraft. After launch by a steam catapult, radio signals from a ground unit operated compressed air valves in the rear cockpit. These controlled ignition, throttle, elevator and rudder. The front cockpit has a full set of flying controls for ferry and test purposes. 412 were built between 1933 and 1943 -- 360 as float planes."

Over to you Speedbird.
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