Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge
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According to my recent (5 minutes ago) "research", the challenge is not a replica but this aeroplane, with new engine. The original was flown, i.a. by Mr. Petko Popganchev, a renowned Bulgarian pilot.
Here it is in the original shape
Not very certain it this is correct. Not very reliable sources…..
In fact (see below), the LZ-IKR used to be B-BIKR and not B-BIKM in my picture.
This one, however
The challenge aircraft seems to be currently hanging from the ceiling in new terminal at Plovdiv airport.
Just to entertain myself, here is a better view to the current engine:
Here it is in the original shape
Not very certain it this is correct. Not very reliable sources…..
In fact (see below), the LZ-IKR used to be B-BIKR and not B-BIKM in my picture.
This one, however
The challenge aircraft seems to be currently hanging from the ceiling in new terminal at Plovdiv airport.
Just to entertain myself, here is a better view to the current engine:
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It clearly is, mate!!!
Good to hear, as this is what I thought originally, but then found references to a replica!!!!! By the way, it does now hang from the ceiling of the new Plovdiv Airport terminal building, where I saw it last year!
Not sure how to allocate this one. As it is shown as a separate type from the DAR-1 on the web, I'm going to give Reg CONTROL
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According to my recent (5 minutes ago) "research", the challenge is not a replica but this aeroplane, with new engine. The original was flown, i.a. by Mr. Petko Popganchev, a renowned Bulgarian pilot.
Not sure how to allocate this one. As it is shown as a separate type from the DAR-1 on the web, I'm going to give Reg CONTROL
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Well RR, this is to Mate by a wide margin!
I hadn't seen his post, but he clearly referred to the correct aeroplane before my post.
I hadn't seen his post, but he clearly referred to the correct aeroplane before my post.
8. Please exercise discretion regarding precise variants and even names of aircraft. A P-51 Mustang is good enough to identify a P-51K. Similarly a Rockwell Sparrow Commander is good enough to identify a Callair A-9, and so on.
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okay, okay... lets move on..... David control is yours (but I still don't agree) 
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Although it was originally a DAR-1 it was converteed in 1928 to DAR-1A. It is registered as such today
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Although it was originally a DAR-1 it was converteed in 1928 to DAR-1A. It is registered as such today
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All very quiet! For what it's worth my money is on LZ-IKR being a replica of the original. The aircraft seems to have "appeared" in the last few years with no previous reference to it anywhere - other than when it was around in the '30's. Most reports refer to it as a replica. Although it appears on an internet register it does not seem to have featured in Air Britain's Bulgaria register. I would also doubt that an original would be suspended from a terminal ceiling when there is a museum nearby. Anyway, just my own view.