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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:11
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To me the ailerons are more distinctive than the tail.
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The tail looks very similar to this....?

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The tail looks very similar to this....?
I should say so, too.
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Then possibly it's the DFW C V....?

DFW C.V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:29
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You seem hesitant Reg?

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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:31
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I am not hesitant, just checking my notes.

I believe we are there mate.

Over to you
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I am not hesitant, just checking my notes
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I wouldn't bother Reg!
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:36
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Over to you
Well mate, I feel an open house is in order here..........

(And get thee to WC, answer it and declare open house! )
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Always pleasure to do business with you, Sir

Graeme has declared Open House,
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Has he now.....

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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:56
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Canadian?.........
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:57
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Yes you sod........

Go away and open another bottle....
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 10:59
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Ahhh....

Fleet 50 Freighter?
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:00
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Yep.

Throw something up mate!

Then I will get it and post an absolute stinker.
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:04
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Thanks David.

Tis all I have. I think you've seen it in my moment of dementia the other night...

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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:07
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Yes - and I wish I had captured and saved it.

Did it start life as a glider?
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:07
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An early torpille pusher...
Not Tatin's, not Borel's, not D'Artois...
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:11
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I made it, but I don't like it, and I want to see your stinker...

...so, Aerofiles says this machine...

It was twice as fast as biplanes of the era.
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:13
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Lunch, see ya!
nice clue there...
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 11:14
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