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Old 5th Jun 2010, 14:15
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Ta Da!...

Blanche Stuart Scott in the Baldwin Red Devil. There IS a Curtiss connection...

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Old 5th Jun 2010, 14:17
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Bingo!

Nicely done Mate:



It's all yours Graeme
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Old 5th Jun 2010, 14:20
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Thanks mate. Better hurry, it's Sunday already...

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Old 5th Jun 2010, 14:27
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Sod it - I had that one lined up as a future challenge.

I know exactly what it is, so I'll hold back and give everyone else a chance.

There's an irony there too, which I will reveal later.

Ton & Richard - I see you are on line.
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Old 5th Jun 2010, 14:35
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Err...OK then?! I'll turn in and check how it all went later this morning...night.

Cheers.
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 07:11
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I can't believe that this has been up all yesterday evening and this morning.

I am sure that it's the photographic version of the Northrop Delta, built under licence by Vickers Canada.

It was the gear of this aeroplane which looked so familiar in Graemes' earlier challenge, since they share the same lineage. The Delta led me to the Northrop Gamma.
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 08:22
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Your control. My logic is simpler...both images came from a book devoted to early Northrop aircraft.

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Morning/g'day.

Thanks Graeme - here's a similar idea but from a different part of the world (and it's on the web):

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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:20
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Wasn't it Richard who posted a photo of this?...The Junkers G.38?
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:25
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Sod it - I'm hungover this morning.

All yours.
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:28
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I'm imageless mate, give me a few minutes...looking for a jet cutaway...
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:33
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Drum-roll...

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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:37
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I'll give you a clue mate...

d)...Is the windshield.....LOL
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:40
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Well, it's got a gunsight - now, where are the guns......
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:42
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where are the guns......
Let me have a closer look....damn, the original is so small....
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:50
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The nosewheel is a long way forward and the wheel arch is very unusual, reminiscent of the Meteor, but I don't see two cannons on the front fuselage.
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:50
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Ya know I don't think they ever put'em on mate...
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:53
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It didn't get that far...
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Old 6th Jun 2010, 09:56
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Google says "provision for four 20 mm cannon" but were they ever fitted?

Stop asking hard questions...
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Back to my original thought.

Is it a trainer version of the Meteor (T7)?
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