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Old 29th Jul 2011, 07:42
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Morning Reg.

Are the props two-bladed?
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 07:51
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Good morning Mate!

Yes, they are.
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 07:54
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Low powered engines then I presume.

The engines look like radials, so it's unlikely to be French.
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:07
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It's not French Mate.
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:21
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A Shorts machine???

Pobjoy engines?
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:39
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I think RR's right on both counts....looks like the Short Scion Senior?
If so give it to RR or OH.
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:46
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I reckoned...


Unfortunately I don't have anything lined up!! So it would have to be OPEN HOUSE
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:46
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Yes it is a Short, it has Pobjoy engines (Niagara III) and it is the Short Scion Senior, the demonstrator which was the only one not to have floats.

RR are you prepared to to take over, as per skytrains proposal?

Edit: Exactly that RR, flipped .
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:49
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Hold the OPEN HOUSE!
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 08:58
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Here you go.. a bit rushed.. sorry....
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 09:13
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Another Air Pictorial offering Martin? Are we looking at something that's perhaps newer than it seems?
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:17
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Morning Ken.

RR has disappeared!
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:31
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I can't fathom the perspective!

If it is viewed from above, then where is the upper left wing and the lower right?
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:36
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Another Air Pictorial offering Martin
No Ken, straight off the web! And no, not newer than it seems.

If it is viewed from above, then where is the upper left wing and the lower right?
It is exactly per the photo, David. Clearly it had/has both!!

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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:38
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Gentlemen.

As promised, Graeme:
Thanks Martin!

Your new one American? Curtiss-Wright A14D Sportsman?
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:48
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Evening mate.

You're 4000 behind me again.
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:51
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You're 4000 behind me again.
You talk too much!
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Old 29th Jul 2011, 10:55
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Speaking of talking, Tony Blair is here in Oz giving lectures. It's $1,500 a ticket to hear him. Should I get a couple of tickets?
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No mate - get a gun.......
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