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Old 14th Sep 2009, 21:20
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Well, that will teach me to sleep while I have a challenge running...

The aircraft is, indeed, the L-40 Meta Sokol, complete with that unusual landing gear configuration. If anyone has flown one, I'd love to hear about the recommended landing technique.



If I follow the busy overnight (to me) thread correctly, Simon has deferred to g21agoose.

You have control.

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Old 14th Sep 2009, 21:32
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Respectfully, I pass........................;
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Old 16th Sep 2009, 00:04
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Just in case my confirmation of the Meta Sokol was unclear, g21agoose now has control.

Please post when ready....

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Old 16th Sep 2009, 20:50
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This is getting a bit ridiculous.

Assuming that g21agoose has morphed into TheTruthWillSetUFree, who has declined, I'll make an arbitrary decision to keep the thread flowing.

It's OPEN HOUSE. Somebody post something.

(Wanders off muttering to himself.....)

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Old 16th Sep 2009, 22:29
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It's OPEN HOUSE. Somebody post something.
Here's something...

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Old 17th Sep 2009, 21:06
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Looks All-American,possibly Navy,piston, trainer,possibly trike,possibly T-28?
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Old 17th Sep 2009, 21:24
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Looks All-American,possibly Navy,piston,
G'day sycamore. "Yes" to the above. There was also a trainer version but the two-place shown above has no flight controls in the back seat as his job was observer/radar operator. Space was limited so the radar pod was carried on one of the bomb racks.

Although prop driven the original plan was for a composite powered machine, supplemented with a Westinghouse jet engine.

First flight was in 1947 and a large one-piece canopy covered both cockpits.
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Old 17th Sep 2009, 23:06
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Curtiss XBTC / XBT2C?
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Old 17th Sep 2009, 23:25
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Sorry Richard, but not a Curtiss product, however the company responsible did build floats for Curtiss, in fact they were the leading manufacturer of all-metal pontoons.
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Old 17th Sep 2009, 23:26
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Awkay,ya colloquial fella, I guess ya meen it`s the Daglas BTD -1 Destroya, or the XBTD-2 wiv ah jit engin( all said with the well-known colonies accent,purely for effect,please wear a trilby with corks hanging orff to complete the effect,whilst slugging on a tin of that well-known kangaroo-£%&s,F*&^%s)- before breakfast.....hic !! If it is =Open house ,if not,just going outside to throw up......Syc,syc...(all in jest !!)
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Old 17th Sep 2009, 23:37
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,if not,just going outside to throw up......Syc,syc...
Be careful, it must be dark outside! Don't trip!
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Although prop driven the original plan was for a composite powered machine, supplemented with a Westinghouse jet engine.
Hmm...maybe us colonials do have a language problem? Has this line sent you on a fruitless search? They did have a whimsical plan to stick a jet engine in this floatplane but they didn't. Not enough room.

Gotta go. Have to chuck another wombat on barby.
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Old 18th Sep 2009, 17:08
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Assuming that g21agoose has morphed into TheTruthWillSetUFree, who has declined, I'll make an arbitrary decision to keep the thread flowing.

It's OPEN HOUSE. Somebody post something.

(Wanders off muttering to himself.....)

Glenn
Apologies- I deferred my 'win.'

Sorry, I had to go to work in the Collins equipped...................
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Old 18th Sep 2009, 20:46
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This has ground to halt and needs to end. It was/is the EDO XOSE-2. Open house.


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Old 18th Sep 2009, 21:28
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Oh yes, back agan! An easy one this time - surely?

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Old 20th Sep 2009, 06:51
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AS355F-1 - Single Pilot IFR
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Old 23rd Sep 2009, 18:45
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Sorry guys - don't know what happened to my reply of 3 days ago.

Of course it is - chapter and verse.

Over.
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Old 28th Sep 2009, 08:15
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Happy Birthday.

Four years ago today, I started this thread.

Never thought it would still be going this long !
Well done guys.

Clint.
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Old 28th Sep 2009, 09:18
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Mr. Grubby,

Always an amusing thread. Great fun to try and guess some of the types.

As GROSSER hasn't celebrated his victory, I hope he won't mind if I post this to keep things going.

When the challenge is correctly guessed, I'l then defer to GROSSER so that he can put up a challenge.

This one (remarkably after 4 years) doesn't appear to have been on before.

I'm sure it won't last too long though.

BSD.


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Old 28th Sep 2009, 12:13
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Something Russian;An-12 ?
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