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Old 19th Jul 2011, 07:03
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Gulfstream G550-based conformal airborne early warning
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 07:10
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 07:26
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Thanks Reg.

It had to be AEW, and it was downhill from there.

Try this......

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Old 19th Jul 2011, 07:53
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Morning HP.

I see you having an affair with another thread.
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 07:54
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Morning all.
I humbly announce that I've put up my first aerodrome...
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 08:51
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Is a car towing your thingy Mate?
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 08:54
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It would have a serious problem if it was!
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 08:58
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...more like a dinghy than a thingy...
I'm curious about the stuff that droops from the wing... WIGE? or some kind of early experiment for a Concorde wing?
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:01
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The things at the wingtips are floats.
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:05
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But it is a glider?
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:08
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Yes. Can you see an engine?
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:12
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...a wingy dinghy towed by... a boat?
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:15
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Didn't we recently have gliders that were supposed to start and land in whater…. Let's see…..

Or towed by a submarine, or…….
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:17
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Submarine..submarine..????????

No.
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:19
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Submarine..submarine..????????
Not a submerged one, you………….

Ach, they were gyrogliders.
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:21
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A boat, you………….
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:23
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A Curtiss….

Curtiss Sail Plane 1922
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:32
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Much later than Curtiss.
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Old 19th Jul 2011, 09:39
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I was afraid so. Curtiss' floats were not on wing tips…...
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Skids used when water frozen?
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