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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:11
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Zenith CH701
Whooaaa! The Three-minute Man on the road again!

Zenith STOL CH701

Over to you

I have had a bad staying power ratio lately. Should be at least more than 1.0 (Staying power ratio = Time to stay / Time to silhouette)
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:13
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Thanks Reg. I would have been on the road a lot earlier but couldn't get in to PP

Will have the next one ready shortly.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:15
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Whooaaa! The Three-minute Man on the road again!
In fact your image and Ken's answer appeared within my 30 second interval "F5s".

Ken.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:17
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And he rubs salt in the wound by saying "I would have been on the road a lot earlier but…."
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:25
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cks........

Guess who lost his server an hour ago.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:31
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A little confused on the 3 minute comments....I show Reg's Zenith post at 1048 and my answer at 1109 - thats 21 mins!!

Here's an easy one:
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:39
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Fokker C.XI-W...?
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:40
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21 mins!!
Reg edited his post to display the challenge - look again.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:55
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Thats the one Graeme, the Fokker C.XIW . You have control.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 10:57
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Thanks Ken.

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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:10
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Yippee - out of class.

That has to be German surely.

A Rumpler?
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:13
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Italian, but inspired by a German design.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:23
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Ansaldo..?
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:23
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Two versions. Over 600 built.
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:25
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Ansaldo..?
Not Ansaldo.

"Play it again ..." (plus an L)

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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:33
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Fiat A12 260 hp engine Sam?
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Old 15th Jun 2011, 11:33
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The Aviatik-inspired Italian two seater which saw widespread squadron service
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Saml s-2 ?
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Fiat A12 260 hp engine Sam?
Manufacturer is S.A.M.L.

Power is the 6-cyl Fiat A.12bis liquid-cooled inline.
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Saml s-2 ?
Yours!

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