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Old 26th May 2010, 07:58
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By a company called LWF...?
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Old 26th May 2010, 07:59
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Bait doesn't taste too good.

No.
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:11
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Are we looking at an aircraft built prior to 1917?
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:16
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To be precise, 1916.
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:23
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Well, I've got some serious googling to do as I have the first American bomber listed as the Martin GMB of 1918?
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:25
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Google was my friend.......
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:35
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Rosebud or Aerofiles? Or neither?
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:42
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From Rosebud.
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Old 26th May 2010, 09:10
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I've just discovered it's also in Aerofiles.
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Old 26th May 2010, 09:26
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I have to go now, I'll leave the green light on.

Back in fifty minutes.
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Old 26th May 2010, 09:28
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Google was my friend.......
Well, he's not my Fokker Friendship, but he did help me find No.16, the Andermat Biplane...

Search AEROFILES.COM: biplane bomber prototype

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Old 26th May 2010, 09:29
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Bingo.

All yours Mate.
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Old 26th May 2010, 09:47
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Thanks mate. Sticking with the oldies...

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Old 26th May 2010, 10:54
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Looking at the chap in the centre, French?
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:01
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I've been playing with image a bit, and that uniform looks like a very old version of the British Post Office.

So is it by any chance British?
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:15
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Yes, British and he does work for the Post Office.
This is a rehearsal at Hendon for the 1911 Coronation mail service that was to start a few days later.
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:24
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That's a big clue, but Google and I are having an argument.
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:28
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Got this so far:

The planes used were two Bleriots and a Farman
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:40
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Well try this then...according to Peter Lewis this aircraft was the first to fly cargo by air in Britain..
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Old 26th May 2010, 11:42
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...a box of Osram lamps...
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