Silhouette challenge
So its got a Bristol Jupiter engine clone (and there are plenty of those), and could have been built by an Ansaldo or Dewoitine customer who took it a bit further. I was thinking Japanese, but didn't find anything. Could the blue be the colours on the tail? Swedish perhaps?
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Guten Abend Reg,
Is it a Comte AC-1 with Swiss markings on the tail? Just like my pen-knife, but without the tools!
If correct, then please declare Open House as I have no challenges left!
Is it a Comte AC-1 with Swiss markings on the tail? Just like my pen-knife, but without the tools!
If correct, then please declare Open House as I have no challenges left!
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Yes, Sinco. it is Comte Ac-1.
The prototype was later fitted with a Dewoitine D.9 wing, it had the same engine as Ansaldo AC.3, which it was almost a spitting image of, and it was Swiss. Comte AC-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Only one built, because Swiss Air Force wanted another Dewoitine
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Open House as Sinco had requested.
Edit to say that Graeme has crawled out of his bed and come up with the red tail with white cross (no herring), the same individual as in Wiki.
Good Morning, Graeme
The prototype was later fitted with a Dewoitine D.9 wing, it had the same engine as Ansaldo AC.3, which it was almost a spitting image of, and it was Swiss. Comte AC-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Only one built, because Swiss Air Force wanted another Dewoitine
.Open House as Sinco had requested.
Edit to say that Graeme has crawled out of his bed and come up with the red tail with white cross (no herring), the same individual as in Wiki.
Good Morning, Graeme
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G'day all. Snowing still?
Fine and sunny here, expected top is 20 C. As a radio commentator said yesterday, "Where the hell did summer go!?" Usually it's stinking hot by now.
Should be easy...
(PM in your in-box Reg)
Fine and sunny here, expected top is 20 C. As a radio commentator said yesterday, "Where the hell did summer go!?" Usually it's stinking hot by now.
Should be easy...
(PM in your in-box Reg)
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G'day Graeme,
is that a Beech RL-23D ?? With Motorola APS-85 Battlefield Surveillance Radar.
Snow stopped now, more to come Weds, expected nightime low in exposed rural areas -20 C
is that a Beech RL-23D ?? With Motorola APS-85 Battlefield Surveillance Radar.
Snow stopped now, more to come Weds, expected nightime low in exposed rural areas -20 C
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The weather is utterly relative. Last week I was out in -25 °C and it was just convenient nice winter weather. And the sun was even out for 4 hours (no clouds). Remember when we had six weeks under -28°C. Russians shot a "cruising missile" that strayed (without warhead) and went to a lake. Military fished it up. It was some -38°C when they did that.
I just saw a story on BBC website. They wondered why it is that Helsinki (EFHE) has been closed for snow last time in 2003, and then for 30 minutes. The spokeswoman in Helsinki said that she can imagine that is might be more difficult in Heathrow. I'd say relatively much more difficult....
BTW it is not Germany I am talking about.
I just saw a story on BBC website. They wondered why it is that Helsinki (EFHE) has been closed for snow last time in 2003, and then for 30 minutes. The spokeswoman in Helsinki said that she can imagine that is might be more difficult in Heathrow. I'd say relatively much more difficult....
BTW it is not Germany I am talking about.
but I see we need to look again!
(No models...that really is the X-1 in powered flight)