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Old 21st Jan 2011, 22:22
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Mel has it! Well done
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Old 21st Jan 2011, 22:40
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Thanks RR, as RegDep says great challenge. Here is a nice easy one:-
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Old 21st Jan 2011, 23:34
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Mel yours one of the Bernard 190 series one-offs?
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Old 21st Jan 2011, 23:57
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RegDep, This one was not from Bernard.Signing off for the night. Good Night all.
Mel
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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 06:19
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G'say Mel.

Is it on your list?!

Looks very much like the Koolhoven FK.55.

If it is, open house. Movie Marathon tonight.

Cheers.
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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 08:32
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Graeme you have it. It is the Koolhoven FK.55. It was not on the list, we have had the FK 32, FK 52 and FK 58 but not the FK 55, until now.



AS Graeme says OPEN HOUSE
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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 08:33
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Good morning Mel.

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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 11:31
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Hi David sorry for the belated reply, I must have logged off as you came on. Interesting challenge.
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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 11:45
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Not a problem Mel.

My computer gives me your green light when you log off - same with my own.

The thread is certainly becoming more challenging and the challenges more obscure sometimes.

This one is.
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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 16:06
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I would say it is something along the lines of the Fokker Universal, however your aircraft is much thinner forward of the fin and rudder. Can we take it the undercarriage struts are similar to the Fokker?
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Old 22nd Jan 2011, 16:25
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Yes Mel, they are similar to the Fokker.

However, there is no connection.
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 03:42
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The Carpenter Monoplane.



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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 08:28
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If it is mate, better make it OPEN HOUSE as I'm flicking between the the Australian Open Tennis and the Australia Vs England one-day cricket on the telly.

Cheers
Graeme.
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 08:38
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Evening mate.

Designed by Jack Clifford Carpenter. Only one made.

It might have been embarrassing if you hadn't got it. An Aussie cracks an Aussie. Great shame about the OH though mate.

Noyade has requested Open House.
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 09:01
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One for anybody out there. Should be able to check on and off through today...
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 09:37
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Morning mate - I'm out here.

Interesting. I see no power unit and it seems to have a stepped lower fuselage.

I think it is a glider, but was it launched and recovered from water?
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 09:40
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Morning LM - you are correct on both counts
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 09:47
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Nice one mate - now the difficult part.......
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 09:51
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Rats....

I've found one in a 1930 Popular Mechanics excerpt, but it doesn't say what it was.
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Old 23rd Jan 2011, 09:54
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Curtiss Flying Boat Glider

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