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Old 29th Oct 2010, 23:13
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I'm going to sign off for the evening mate. Gone midnight and I need my beauty sleep!

Catch you later today (your time).

Cheers
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Old 29th Oct 2010, 23:20
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Not a problem mate! Perfectly understandable.

Catch you later today (your time).
I'm hopeless with times mate. I'm working this evening and won't be back until approx. 2100 hrs my time...1100 hrs for you?

Cheers.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:14
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Is this thing a biplane or high wing monoplane?
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:31
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The V-shapes on the wing trailing edge indicate that it might have had rearward-folding wings, similar to early Martin bombers.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:40
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G'day from across the planet mate.

Is this thing a biplane or high wing monoplane?
Biplane.

rearward-folding wings
Not sure mate...gonna have a look. It's got plenty of cylinders/power by the way.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:43
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Have you cleaned the microwave yet?

Wait until a potato blows up!
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:44
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Good evening/morgen Gentlemen

It's got plenty of cylinders/power
In two or four engines (two pushers not visible under the wing)?
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Morgen......
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:47
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G'day Reg!

Two engines.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:51
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Found anything on the folding wings mate?
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:54
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Just found it (pp156)...they folded.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:55
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Thanks mate - is it therefore American?

Wossit for dinner tonight then?
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 09:58
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therefore American?
Not American.

How so? Didn't the big Handley Page bombers of WW1 have folding wings?
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 10:00
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Wossit for dinner tonight then?
Indian.....
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 10:05
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As far as I know, HP aeroplanes didn't employ rounded wingtips like your challenge.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 10:09
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True, it's not a Handley-Page but it is British.

Two were built. The challenge above is the first built, mid 1924, with rounded wing-tips and the second one (1927) had square wing-tips.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 10:09
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With Noyade's clue pattern, it could be H.P.24 Hyderabad; unfortunately not so, but not far, either....
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 10:14
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Then the engines coulkd be Napier Lions and the aeroplane a Vickers.
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Old 30th Oct 2010, 10:17
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Neither.....
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Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo ?

No - silly me!
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