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Gentlemen,
Just as food for thought, I counted (not really, an Excel table counted for me) two figures;
1. There are 1,619 entries in the list of silhuette challenges so far
2. There are 4,994 aircraft photos in Aerofiles (alone)
Without any hidden thoughts or considerations (like there are multiple photo entries in Aerofiles for some aircraft and some of them do not qualify for challenge) and the number of aircraft and pictures in other sites
please give me your thoughts of how many potential challenges we still may have.
Best
Reg
Just as food for thought, I counted (not really, an Excel table counted for me) two figures;
1. There are 1,619 entries in the list of silhuette challenges so far
2. There are 4,994 aircraft photos in Aerofiles (alone)
Without any hidden thoughts or considerations (like there are multiple photo entries in Aerofiles for some aircraft and some of them do not qualify for challenge) and the number of aircraft and pictures in other sites
please give me your thoughts of how many potential challenges we still may have.
Best
Reg
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Just checking in to see how we are doing. In no particular order:
- its not French
- not a Seidel engine
- not designed for an air race
- no connection with Hall
I can tell you that the engine is German but the aircraft is not....but it is European.
- its not French
- not a Seidel engine
- not designed for an air race
- no connection with Hall
I can tell you that the engine is German but the aircraft is not....but it is European.
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Why not, last time you said
it was Hungarian. Where does it come from now?
I have been trawling most of the countries that may have allowed/used German engines at the time, but probably do not know correct sites to fish from.
engine is German but the aircraft is not....but it is European
I have been trawling most of the countries that may have allowed/used German engines at the time, but probably do not know correct sites to fish from.
Graeme, from my own point of view I would prefer not.
please give me your thoughts of how many potential challenges we still may have.
That was 1978.
The problem is finding them and then converting them to a black mass.
Cheers
Graeme.
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John W.R. Taylor wrote an introduction to one of his many encyclopaedias and in it he estimated that there were 35,000 different aircraft.
That was 1978.
That was 1978.
Morning mate, hope all is well on this Sunday morning for you?
Although last week I found three books and two of them had some very nice images. One was of a Bristol which I've never seen before and NOT on the net! 
Mate I've got no idea what yours is.....
even if we (as we tend to) ignore the more common ones!
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I always look for cheap tools and aviation books! Unfortunately I find very few of the latter.
Closing down for the night now - good luck at the market.