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Old 24th Dec 2009, 19:45
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Found this photo.....



Nice......
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Old 24th Dec 2009, 20:19
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Harley Quinn The Polish Nikol A-2
Open house if I'm right
That's the one!

Merry Christmas to all from a very wet part of Australia! Rain! The best present Santa could bring.
Everyone here is happy and we're clearing away the mountain of wrapping paper. Time to cook, drink and gorge!

Cheers
Graeme.

(PS. Nice photos! )
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Old 24th Dec 2009, 20:40
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Merry Christmas Graeme, from a very cold and icy Wales!

Cheers
Ken
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Old 24th Dec 2009, 22:04
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It's obviously a good day everywhere.

Graeme is standing up and able to type, and Ken is on number four. I don't drink much - spill nearly all of it.

Ahh, the F2A Frightening. The only model which I didn't fly.

Didn't fly this either:

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Old 25th Dec 2009, 10:03
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Ate to much.

Christmas greetings again. Thanks Ken.

David, possibly a Brunelli project? No sign of passenger windows, so maybe a military purpose?
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Old 25th Dec 2009, 12:33
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Good evening Graeme.

"David, possibly a Brunelli project? No sign of passenger windows, so maybe a military purpose?"

Sorry Mate. Not Brunelli. However, it was military project - a bomber....
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Old 25th Dec 2009, 18:42
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Hope everyone is having a good day.

Something German....by Lippisch maybe?
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The project didn't fly, but was wind-tunnel tested in 1935.

The designers' name begins with L.

It's "pre-Brunelli".
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 10:01
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But not Lippisch???
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 10:05
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Found it, I think....its the Lamanna Blended Wing Bomber?
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 12:38
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No ifs or buts or

"Found it, I think....its the Lamanna Blended Wing Bomber?"

In one Mate.

The aeroplane is trimmed, you have control.
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 14:47
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Thanks David...hope you're having a good day enjoying the Turkey 2nd's!

Keeping with the same subject, here's an interesting one:

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Old 26th Dec 2009, 15:44
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That looks a little over-engined. Is it from Airbus? Or does it predate them?
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 16:17
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Greetings HD and hope you had a good Christmas.

Not an Airbus project (although I believe there was one similar, but with all the engines above the wing), and it does predate Airbus, being a 60's design.
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 16:23
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High by-pass fans in the 1960s.

That has got to limit the manufacturers....

....and again it doesn't look passenger-carrying.
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 16:36
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Ah so, Glasshopper.

Noyade has a theory that challengers often stumble upon something whilst looking for a previous challenge.

Just retracing my steps.....
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 16:50
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Hi LM....the engine concept had been chosen but I do not believe any manufacturer (or even final design) had been selected.

Not a passenger, or even a cargo aircraft.
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 16:58
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Handley Page bomber project ?
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 17:45
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Harley, not a Handley Page project, and not a bomber project.

So its not a transport, and its not a bomber....that should limit the options!
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Old 26th Dec 2009, 22:35
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A tanker?

Or a comms, surveillance, radar platform?
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