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Old 13th May 2011, 09:42
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"Conceived as a two-seat shipboard fighter and dive bomber..."
But not German.
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Old 13th May 2011, 09:57
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Clue
Well...we're all friends, right?
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:03
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Nieuport Ni-140?

Edit: Yep, methinks... Nieuport Ni.140
-02 Model
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:06
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Just finishing coffee, but I see it looks like HP has got there first Back to work now
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:07
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Nieuport Ni-140?
All yours HP!
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:13
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Thanks Graeme!



Funny contraption...
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:17
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Miles M.30...?

EDIT..Don't think so....
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:25
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EDIT..Don't think so....
...mainly because of the powerplants (or lack thereof...)
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:29
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contraption
powerplants (or lack thereof...)
An engine-less contraption? Hmmmm...not a glider then?
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:31
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not a glider then
Well... sorta...
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:34
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bugger, I've seen this recently!!!!!! Can't remember it!!!
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:35
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Well... sorta...
Something that's meant to be towed?

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Old 13th May 2011, 10:39
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Something that's meant to be towed?
Yep, towed.
Yep, meant to be: it has been built (25) but never used.
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:41
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Faint profile likeness to the DHA-G2 glider with "suction" but the undercart is all wrong...(just thinking while typing. )
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:44
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bugger, I've seen this recently!!!!!! Can't remember it!!!
C'mon Martin, sober up! Think man, think! Where?!
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:48
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DHA-G2 glider
Nah, smaller (and meaner )

Think man, think! Where?!
Related to a recent challenge perhaps (obliquely)? Wiki?
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Old 13th May 2011, 10:54
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but never used.
Cause it was a bomb, as in 'bang'?
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Cause it was a bomb, as in 'bang'?
Nope, cause it was a bomb, as in "glomb" (I'm being too nice today... after all, as you say, we're all friends )
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Old 13th May 2011, 11:04
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I'm being too nice today
Ha! You really are a nice guy!

A Piper Glomb Bomb.....fascinating. Never heard of it before.

IF it is, open house.
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Nope! no flutes here...
veeeery near though...
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