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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 09:00
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The latter methinks.

I can't work out where the propulsion unit/units is/are.

On the wings or beneath the fuselage?
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 09:05
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The big give away:

The lumps on the fuselage at the wing roots are exhaust stacks!!
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 09:07
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...........

Wot - front and rear?..................

Seaplane?
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 09:37
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Exclamation
Yes

No

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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 09:39
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I'm just enjoying some real bacon.......
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:12
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Is this another of those "fuselage engine(s) driving wing mounted propellers" jobbers?
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:26
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Morning!
buttrick, is this a boring and underpowered jet trainer 'plane?
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I'm just enjoying some real bacon.
Cruel and unusual punishment

Yes it is indeed a ''Jobber''
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Uh? I've just noticed some wrinkles in those wing pods...
twin contra rotating (4 props total)?
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:29
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MB. 902 or the like?
Haven't we had the Umbra already?

Edit: ok, lacking exhausts, but quite similar indeed...
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:32
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Morning guys. Don't choke on ya bacon David!

Is this a project buttrick?
Something from the mind of Clarence Johnson - Lockheed...?
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Cruel and unusual punishment
I'll take it back mate, but I've been there remember and know how you feel!

Evening Graeme.
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:41
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I'll take it back mate, but I've been there remember and know how you feel!
OK, I'm not a travelled man, I'll 'bite', what's wrong with eating bacon in Saudi Arabia?
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:42
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Methinks Islam forbids pork meat...
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There is no pork in the country. Muslims do not eat pork.
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:45
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OK. Thanks.
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Old 3rd Jul 2011, 10:47
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off to work soon.

oil and herbs

Darkest part of a shadow

project

missed your posts

yes the 902, whoever that was.
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Dammit!

Just for that, a slice of pig goes on my burger...mmmmm....
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'Twas me

So seid nun geduldig, liebe Brüder...
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Apologies Built, but not flown due to being destroyed in an air raid.
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