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Old 10th Jul 2011, 18:54
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My sleeve is as empty as … you know what.
Yes - the mind of a USAF fighter pilot........
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Old 10th Jul 2011, 19:02
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I watched the Lightning videos you recommended, and thought along the same lines: Imagine a yank staying ahead of his aeroplane if it (for the love of the goodness) would be a Lightning.
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Old 10th Jul 2011, 19:14
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All you need is a pair of crap sunglasses and a face like a t##t.



...as opposed to the really cool and professional look....

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Old 10th Jul 2011, 19:57
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Everything to do with the killer instinct, I'd say.

It's not the top gun that counts, it's the hits that do.
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Old 10th Jul 2011, 20:14
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Martin is AWOL, so I'm off too.

Nacht.
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Old 10th Jul 2011, 21:29
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Farnam FC-1 Fly-Cycle of 1954
That'd the one. TC has it!

OH declared
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 05:21
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Thanks Martin,

I notice that I missed out an h, according to Aerofiles and the "Postcard", it should be the Farnham FC-1 Fly-Cycle

Off to work now, so it's still an Open House I'm afraid!
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 07:21
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Morning all.

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Old 11th Jul 2011, 08:32
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Good morning Mate!

Would yours be used as towed observation post, like the Focke-Achelis by a submarine?

As a second thought, yours is the Bensen B-6 gyroglider.
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 08:52
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Bingo!

All yours.
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 08:56
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Thanks Mate! Will take a bit to shake my empty sleeve, but I do not see too may impatient chaps stomping their feet, either .

RR, if you have something, please feel free to post - I'll post mine when its ready, or when I get another chance.
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 08:57
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I'm in no rush...........

I note we are approaching 30,000 thread replies.
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:14
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Here we go



Not because it would be difficult but because it is easy (not an Apollo project).
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:18
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Do I see three mainwheels?

Is it a modified car?
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:22
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I think you may even see four of them. Not a modified car but…...
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:32
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Found it!! Trying to find the name.

Issa American.
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:33
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Airphibian by Robert Fulton?
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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:39
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Correct, Mate

Airphibian 16 x 7 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

A matter of taste, but from the looks it is more an aeroplane that can be modified to become a car….

Back to you!
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Certainly a strange one.

Sleeve open.....

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Old 11th Jul 2011, 09:55
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Everyone, can we have an agreement that challenges must have designed, at least as the basic type, to carry a pilot? RR
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