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Old 9th Jun 2011, 13:21
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Afternoon all!
I'm back for at least a whole day starting now...
Reg, anything to do with Cranwell?
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anything to do with Cranwell?
A lot to do with it, so…..
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CLA 3 Light monoplane
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 13:28
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Correct

bristol cherub | 1925 | 0484 | Flight Archive + Wiki.

Your plane
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 13:28
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Silhouette should be from flightglobal, July 30, 1925, p.484
(for the sake of completeness )
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 13:42
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Thanks Reg!
Lots of wrongly labeled pictures in google image search... so the "college" clue was especially useful!

Sorry for the delay
I'll now enjoy a little competitive advantage...
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Finished teaching now - may I join you?
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:01
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Hi LM!
Of course you can...
This one's going to stay up until this evening at least, so the more the searchers, the merrier...
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:02
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That's very confident-sounding.
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:06
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I have an ace up my sleeve...

Found a secret source (which I'm going to share with you all after this one is solved)...
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:11
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Seen it before somewhere - did it start as a glider?
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:13
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Very interesting power system!
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:15
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Belt or chain driven prop.
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Sorry, intermittent internet connection today.

did it start as a glider
not that I know of...

power system
Interesting, isn't it?
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:19
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Pemberton-Billing did something like that.
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Belt or chain driven prop.
HP could you confirm either of the two, or a third alternative?
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Belt or chain driven prop.
Chain.

Pemberton-Billing
Nope.
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:29
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!!VERY similar to the D'artois 1913 flying boat, but with bits missing!!
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Proper capitalization:- d'Artois
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Old 9th Jun 2011, 14:35
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D'artois 1913 flying boat
buttrick, hole in one!




From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913, available for free on Project Gutenberg...

Jane's calls it, incorrectly, Aero-torpille hydro biplane. The aero-torpille is a different beast (tail pusher prop), as Flight Global says:
flight copyright | salon iuhxks | torpille biplane | 1912 | 1022 | Flight Archive

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