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Just looked in before I go, and I was about to say the PSN-2....but someone has beaten me to it! I'm sure you've got it David
Edit to say, have a good holiday Martin. Catch up with you on your return.
Edit to say, have a good holiday Martin. Catch up with you on your return.
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That's the one LM 
The Nikitin PSN-2 aka the Valk PSN-2 after its designer
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The Nikitin PSN-2 aka the Valk PSN-2 after its designer
The PSN-2 was a glider floatplane designed to test the concept and guidance equipment for a range of guided glider bombs proposed by S.F. Valk in 1933. Constructed of wood, the PSN-2 was a sleek monoplane aircraft with two floats attached to the wing with struts, an open cockpit in the extreme nose of the fuselage and extra fins at the aft end of each float.
The PSN-2 could be carried aloft under a mother-ship or aero-towed off water. Beaching gear was available for manoeuvring the aircraft when not on the water. The planned mission of the pilotless production version of PSN-2 included a 40km(25.85 mile) range flown at 700km/h(435 mph), guided to the target with the KVANT Infra-red guidance system. Flight testing was carried out in 1940, but work was discontinued on 19 July 1940.
The PSN-2 could be carried aloft under a mother-ship or aero-towed off water. Beaching gear was available for manoeuvring the aircraft when not on the water. The planned mission of the pilotless production version of PSN-2 included a 40km(25.85 mile) range flown at 700km/h(435 mph), guided to the target with the KVANT Infra-red guidance system. Flight testing was carried out in 1940, but work was discontinued on 19 July 1940.
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Good evening TopCat. 
I'm having a good day - too late to wish Martin a good holiday.
I e-mailed myself to home a new challenge before I left work, so if you will please give me a moment or two I'll retrieve it and post.
I'm having a good day - too late to wish Martin a good holiday.
I e-mailed myself to home a new challenge before I left work, so if you will please give me a moment or two I'll retrieve it and post.
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So it's a "three-lifting-surace" twin-boom pusher! However, I bet that none of that is in its description on the web 
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it's not a Vagabond, which is the only matching goggle so far to surface, but the tailplane quite dated!
How many seats?
I have to go soon, but will return later if I can.
Edit: Off now, I assume your post above is a clue (although it could just be another post to your tally)
!! it's not a Vagabond, which is the only matching goggle so far to surface, but the tailplane quite dated!
How many seats?
I have to go soon, but will return later if I can.
Edit: Off now, I assume your post above is a clue (although it could just be another post to your tally)
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Just got back online and see I missed LM's juicy clue by one minute 
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Good call evansb, I dunno if David will be back to confirm tonight, his last post doesn't look like it!
!!Good call evansb
, I dunno if David will be back to confirm tonight, his last post doesn't look like it!
