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Old 11th Aug 2011, 08:48
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Must be a glider..
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Old 11th Aug 2011, 10:01
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Guessing at DFS 230
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Old 11th Aug 2011, 10:18
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Maybe something smaller? Me163a?
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Old 12th Aug 2011, 09:29
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Sorry no, its from the fifties
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Old 12th Aug 2011, 19:53
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Schleicher Ka-4 perhaps?



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Old 12th Aug 2011, 20:04
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No Schleicher product. It was made in Bavaria.
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Old 12th Aug 2011, 20:25
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From Akaflieg München then?


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Old 13th Aug 2011, 07:28
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Its no AKAflieg (Mü) glider, but was a single seater. 300 built in Germany, 150 in France and a few in Italy. France and Italy had a different make and model.

The chiefdesigner and company owner was the former chief of Akaflieg München. The company existed from 1951 till 2006
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 07:52
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Maybe the Scheibe "Bergfalke"...?
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 08:05
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no, its a singleseater
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 08:41
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no, its a singleseater
Sorry, I see now that you did mention this earlier.

Is it a Scheibe product?
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 09:43
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The clues do seem to fit the Scheibe Spatz ??

Open House please if correct.
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 16:02
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Yes SincoTC, its the Scheibe L-Spatz 55

So open house

Thats the glider:

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Old 13th Aug 2011, 18:21
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Not been done before surprisingly:

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Old 13th Aug 2011, 18:49
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Early MK. of Super Etendard?
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 19:45
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That was ridiculously fast, and of course correct
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Old 13th Aug 2011, 20:50
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Thank you,Harley Quinn.
Open House.
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Old 14th Aug 2011, 08:56
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Hoping this is OK....

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Old 15th Aug 2011, 08:54
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Fighter. Armed with two Browning 7.9 mm machine-guns.
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Could it be the Latvian VEF I-16 ??

Open House please if correct, as I'm going to be in the workshop most of today!
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