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Hi W8,
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The Pup's cockpit is similar. but you're not reading my clues though are you 
As they're on another page now I'll recap; it's a cantilever racing monoplane of the 1920's, all metal apart from canvas covered wings
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The Pup's cockpit is similar. but you're not reading my clues though are you As they're on another page now I'll recap; it's a cantilever racing monoplane of the 1920's, all metal apart from canvas covered wings
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canvas was never used to cover wings.
it was either grade a cotton or irish linen.
sorry I didnt read far enough back to see your clue.
the only metal fuselage aircraft I can think of of that era is the short satellite.
I suppose the Lympne trials were in the form of a race.
it was either grade a cotton or irish linen.
sorry I didnt read far enough back to see your clue.
the only metal fuselage aircraft I can think of of that era is the short satellite.
I suppose the Lympne trials were in the form of a race.
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Of course, you're quite correct about fabric aircraft coverings, but I was quoting from a contemporary article about the aircraft in a well known aviation publication, where the term "string and canvas" was often used in a rather derogatory manner to describe such old fashioned techniques!
Sorry, but it's not the Short Satellite and it was't built for the Lympne Trials, but for a much faster series of competitions sponsored by an oil magnate!
Sorry, but it's not the Short Satellite and it was't built for the Lympne Trials, but for a much faster series of competitions sponsored by an oil magnate!
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G'day again mate,
Well. this one was up first, but I put the Challenge piccie up and dropped a few hints to help this one along 
it is the cockpit of the Hanriot HD-22 aka the Hanriot Coupe Deutsch Racer
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Are you doing the double-whammy trick? Is it the Hanriot HD-22 again?
it is the cockpit of the Hanriot HD-22 aka the Hanriot Coupe Deutsch Racer
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K.L.M. Fokker Super Universal ? Well, I know its a K.L.M. Fokker, but I'm guessing at the model because it seems to have a custom (non-standard) windscreen for a European built Fokker...Photo below is of Anthony Fokker and Mr. Plesman, founder of K.L.M.
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That's the one Mel 
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Koolhoven FK-40
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The Koolhoven F.K.40 was a small airliner built in the Netherlands in 1928 for KLM. It was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with enclosed seating for up to six passengers and powered by a single engine in the nose. The fuselage was of welded steel tube construction with a wooden wing skinned in plywood held in place by four bolts to facilitate removal. The cabin was spacious for an aircraft of its size, and was intended to be readily reconfigured for passengers, mail, or freight. Although up to six seats could be fitted, the only F.K.40 built flew with four.
This aircraft, registered PH-AES and nicknamed Piet Haas ("Peter Hare"), was operated by KLM until it was sold into private hands in 1936. Shortly thereafter, it was sold to the Spanish Nationalist Army, and was operated as an air ambulance during the Spanish Civil War.
This aircraft, registered PH-AES and nicknamed Piet Haas ("Peter Hare"), was operated by KLM until it was sold into private hands in 1936. Shortly thereafter, it was sold to the Spanish Nationalist Army, and was operated as an air ambulance during the Spanish Civil War.
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