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Old 28th Mar 2014, 22:36
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Is this a challenge or a bit of nostalgia?
If the former then I propose Capot takes control. If not then could the poster make it clear as to their intention?
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Old 28th Mar 2014, 23:46
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Not a Swallow
Wrong country!
A clue needed I suspect

SF-??
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Old 28th Mar 2014, 23:53
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Scheibe? I was thinking the Spatz-55?

Had a look as SFs but the cockpits look too long to me?
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:00
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Ahhhh.....Bingo.

The SF-26...

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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:02
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You'll probably have to look quite hard
Only 12 built I think!
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:03
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Cross posted
Spot on
you have the con
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:11
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Thanks Buttrick! My 'Big Book of Gliders' went from the Spatz straight to the S-27.

Not a glider....and this one's British...

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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:26
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Sneaky Noyade!!
That's an APU isn't it!!
I expect it is a Blackburn Perth or Iris
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:32
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Me, sneaky? Never!

Small engine, but it drove a pusher prop (cockpit to the right), only weighed around 600 lbs, only one built and British as mentioned, and not from Blackburn...
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 00:50
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I know what it is, but I'll give others a chance, for a few hours.

The slim booms had me really confused until you lead me off the APU path.
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 03:34
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Thread drift back to the SF-26. I didn't realize there were so few. There was one in my club in Calgary in the 70s.

If you look carefully at the picture, you will see it has a three-piece wing. The centre-section was so heavy, that most people found some other important jobs to do, when the owner wanted to rig!
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 06:04
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Thankfully we rarely de-rigged it. Flew well enough and had amarkedly better performance than the K-8 we had.
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 06:05
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I think that is enough time, might just catch Noyade before he goes beddy byes

RAE Zephyr
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 08:58
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RAE Zephyr
Yeah, well done mate.

All yours!
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 10:01
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new one
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 11:12
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The De Schelde Scheldemusch (Scheldt Sparrow)....?

Open house if it is mate. Cheers.
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Old 29th Mar 2014, 16:16
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hole in one! Here is a nicer pic of it

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Old 1st Apr 2014, 17:53
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Here's a quick one

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Old 2nd Apr 2014, 06:14
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Ole!!

A very high probability of it being the
Hispano Aviación HA-1109-K1L

OH if right!
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Old 2nd Apr 2014, 16:45
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Buttrick is correct, Open House he say
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