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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:03
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That one was a stinker.
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:04
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....but not the stinker I intended.......
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:04
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He he... true, skwinty!
I was even looking at Russian ones...wire bracing and all...
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:06
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My humble contribution to stinkies and funny-looking pushers, both in demand today, I have seen….

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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:08
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German, REg?
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:09
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WTF, I've seen this one!
What was it...
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:12
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It's the Wibault Gyrotor
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:12
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Not German, RR

Maybe today, HP
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:15
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It's the Wibault Gyrotor
Yes, it is

There is little information about exactly what Michel Wibault did during the 1945-55 period working for several U.S. aviation companies, but at least one of his peculiar aircraft designs from 1948 is known. A strange rear-pusher aircraft!
You back home for the REAL stinker Mate?
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:17
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Maybe today, HP
No, 'twas in me bookmarks...
http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/S.htm
Well done, Mate!
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:30
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You back home for the REAL stinker Mate?
No - I'm in the office.

Gimme less than five minutes.
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:31
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HP, I found it today when Giggling Graeme's challenge using string 'ugly pusher aircraft' or the likes.
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:34
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It is (or was) already in my sleeve!

Let's go modern.....

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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:35
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The aircraft next to it is Czech…..
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:36
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European, at a guess, David?
Or is the Czech a/c to the right a red herring?
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:45
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It is European Martin, but the other aeroplane is a smelly red fish.
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:49
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but the other aeroplane is a smelly red fish
Because it is of the same type as the challenge, but in Check register?
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:52
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I do not know if it's the same type as the challenge. All I can see is the fin.

Check out the cars......
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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:58
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Check out the cars......
Eastern Europe…..
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THe cars are either UK seventies or East European of the nineties?
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