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Old 21st Oct 2011, 09:10
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de Havilland DH-53 Hummingbird?

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Old 21st Oct 2011, 09:14
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Exactly that, Graeme. Duly flipped.

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Thanks Reg! Tea's over and domestics done, got a couple of hours, so here goes...

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Old 21st Oct 2011, 09:32
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Evening Graeme. The Potez 840?
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Old 21st Oct 2011, 09:35
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Yes Ken....

Potez 840 - Transport civil - Un siècle d'aviation française
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So you are near Wagga Wagga, Graeme????
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Yes Martin.
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Old 21st Oct 2011, 09:54
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Thanks Graeme...morning all.

Here's the next one:



Edit to say, just replaced image as there was a silhouetting error on the main undercarriage gear strut.
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Old 21st Oct 2011, 09:57
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Ah ha... that is where we (my company) send our students for core flying, with Rex. RR
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twin fins, Ken?? Italian???
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Morning Martin

Twin fins...yes

Italian...no
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OK, in that case I reckon Polish or similar? A PZL machine?
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Not Polish mate.
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Old 21st Oct 2011, 10:17
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Rex.
Ahhh...small world! Yeah, they have a big pilot training centre here.

Ken, another French Bloch...or at least French?
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Apart from the tail the Bloch 162 looks close?

Unless yours is a twin-engine job?
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French...yes

Bloch...no
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Old 21st Oct 2011, 10:37
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Now I know this is gonna sound kinda dumb, but is the manufacturer alphabetically somewhere between Centre (SNCAC?) and Sud-Est?
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Late 570 . . . .
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Old 21st Oct 2011, 11:00
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Nice one Reg.
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but is the manufacturer alphabetically somewhere between Centre (SNCAC?) and Sud-Est?
Interesting tact Graeme...but no!

But it is somewhere between Jurca and Leduc! It is the Latecoere 570 - well done Reg



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