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gordon bennett
The Ponnier racer was designed by Albert Pagny. It was built for the 1913 Gordon-Bennett race (Last Day of the Coupe Internationale) to be held in France at Reims. It was a stumpy monoplane of 23ft 6in span powered by a twin row rotary Gnome engine.
Shortly after the race the Ponnier was unofficially timed at 230 km/hr
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Just off now, almost cleared the backlog of crap caused by the outage!
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This is a great thread for a non-native English speaker like yours truly. I had to wikipedize Gordon Bennet to find its disambiguation page leading to the entry for James Gordon Bennet Jr. and there a sentence
and the reasons of it becoming a famous exclamation/expletive... 
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Bennett's controversial reputation has been thought to have inspired, in the United Kingdom, the phrase "Gordon Bennett" as an expression of incredulity
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Wot you all talking abaht?
Corse I no Gordon B.
There is also a quaint village in Yorkshire called Kinnell......
...which just about describes an OH which has been up for so long.
I will not respond, since I owe Graeme one, so maybe the Wizard of Oz will be online shortly.
Oi Graeme, an Open House.......AN OPEN HOUSE MATE...
I'm shocked LM, have you never heard of that expletive
There is also a quaint village in Yorkshire called Kinnell......
...which just about describes an OH which has been up for so long.
I will not respond, since I owe Graeme one, so maybe the Wizard of Oz will be online shortly.
Oi Graeme, an Open House.......AN OPEN HOUSE MATE...
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Morning Graeme....my initial thought was a Bartel with that wing arrangement, then I dived into a certain book and found a photo of a PWS-5 on a practice message pick-up run.....so I'm guessing its a PWS-5!
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Damn that certain book!
Here's a nice little plane:
Good first shot Martin, yes it is.
Do you mean it is Canadian/Alaskin or it's utilised in those areas?
I feel like Jason Voorhees, but my first stab would be the American Just Aircraft Highlander...
(Is Alaskin a real word?)
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Hi Graeme
It is from Canada/Alaska, so that rules out the Australian Aircraft Hornet
Not that either.
You assume correctly.
Do you mean it is Canadian/Alaskin or it's utilised in those areas?
Just Aircraft Highlander.
Of course I'm assuming it's a homebuilt...
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Hi skytrain10,
I think it could operate on floats and/or skis and surely on big tundra wheels.
The a/c first flew 1957 and was damaged beyond repair in 1974. It had the wings/flaps of a Boeing L-15 and registration was N4775C and it was a one-of-a-kind homebuilt
and the name is Lawhorn LA-2 Kee Bird (I think).
I think it could operate on floats and/or skis and surely on big tundra wheels.
The a/c first flew 1957 and was damaged beyond repair in 1974. It had the wings/flaps of a Boeing L-15 and registration was N4775C and it was a one-of-a-kind homebuilt
and the name is Lawhorn LA-2 Kee Bird (I think).
