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Old 29th Feb 2012, 13:34
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could it be the subsonex?
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Old 29th Feb 2012, 13:42
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No Trucky - I'm afraid it's not.
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Old 29th Feb 2012, 20:53
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This looks more turbofan than turbojet, perhaps one of the small Williams units, no idea what the airframe is though (yet)
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Old 1st Mar 2012, 07:31
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Time to help this one along.

Try UAV.
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Old 1st Mar 2012, 17:48
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Evening LM ,

Is it the Meggitt Jet Banshee Target Drone ??

Off home now, will check back later.
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 07:16
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Apologies for my absence.

Is it the Meggitt Jet Banshee Target Drone ??
It sure is.

You have control.
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 08:30
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Thanks David,

Here's the next little sucker!

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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 12:19
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Am I looking at an under belly slung turbojet and from the rear? Cant make out the second orifice above the main.
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 12:35
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Hi Trucky,

It is a turbojet, but that's the wing it's under, not the belly!

The second orifice, is in fact the glossy yellow paint-job acting as a mirror, but this is also a bit of a clue to the reality
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:15
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I wonder where you've been lately TC....

Is this thing manned?
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:31
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A'rtnoon David,

Just been very busy here with the final stages of occupying the new building and reworking the old, plus more new employees to bring up to speed and moving an important project from prototype to production along with its documentation and advertising campaign

My challenge was manned.

Edit: Sorry Trucky, I missed a point in your last post, it's viewed from the front (in my defence, I did say when I posted it that it was a little sucker )
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:36
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A trainer then?
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:41
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Yeah, yellow, sucking?? I need a drink of water???
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:41
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Not a trainer, a single seater!
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:42
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but that's the wing it's under, not the belly!
Must be a twin then.
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:44
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Yeah, yellow, sucking?? I need a drink of water???
I'm having a coffee right now

Must be a twin then
Nope, more than that!
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:49
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Then maybe an American experimental job.....
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:57
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I heard alarm bells going when I read 'yellow paint work', just like the alarm bells of a fire??
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 14:59
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Then maybe an American experimental job.....
Experimental, well sort of, it was an aerodynamic proof of concept prototype, but not American.

Edit: No fire involved Trucky, but alarm bells would be appropriate in an inverted sort of way
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Old 2nd Mar 2012, 15:13
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Going home now mate, so a final shot.

Yellow = British ?
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