Cryptic v2.0

[Neptunus Rex]

Could it be Deperdussin?
(TT or Monocoque.)

[skytrain10]

Could it be Deperdussin?

Not could be, it is..I was just looking for Deperdussin.

Back to you Neptunus Rex

[Neptunus Rex]

Thanks skytrain.

Aircraft

Dodgy bistro 'l take handsome French combatant.

[Tankertrashnav]

Insomnia has driven me from my bed to the computer.

Has to be the Bristol Beaufighter - the "whispering death".

[Neptunus Rex]

Once more, you have the con TTN!

[Tankertrashnav]

Cheers, NR

Parson's uni, we hear

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[Lightning Mate]

Anson ?.....

[Neptunus Rex]

Another old steed:

Vickers Varsity

[Lightning Mate]

By the way ttnav,
I thought you might like to see how not to do it.......

[Neptunus Rex]

Quite the worst case of 'Premature Injeculation' known to AvMed science!

Or, as Dr Spooner might have observed:

"Brogue Duster."

[Tankertrashnav]

One of yours, LM? Must have had the hose whipping about a bit

Spot on again, o mighty hunter - over to you.

[Neptunus Rex]

Thanks TTN. Busy today, so Open House.

[Lightning Mate]

One of yours, LM? Must have had the hose whipping about a bit

Certainly not, but I do know the name of the culprit.

'Premature Injeculation'

Is that not what Nimrod pilots suffered when a blip might have been a sub?

In deep eh... apologies....only a fighter pilot can manage that...........

[Lightning Mate]

A pic for ttn....

[Tankertrashnav]

Very nice LM, thanks A 57 Sqn K1A (although the a/c came to us on 214 after 57 converted to K2s). Is that a 29 Sqn F3? I assume you're sitting in the other one. Why did they have three XXXs - could never work that out? Somewhere over the Alps I assume - great picture.

Anyone going to take up the Open House?

[Herod]

Back to the thread, and for TTN and LM. "Starting off, a king ran over the Italian rail incline" (airfield). Timer running, it's easy.

[Lightning Mate]

Why did they have three XXXs - could never work that out? Somewhere over the Alps I assume - great picture.

It is indeed a 29 Sqn F3 en-route to Cyprus.

The story is that back in the WW1 era, the squadron commander told an erk finisher to paint 29 in Roman numerals on the fuselages of the aircraft.

The painter asked what 29 was in Roman numerals, to which the boss said
"XX1X" - so that's exactly what he painted, two Xs on one side of the roundel and the "oneX" on the other.

[Lightning Mate]

A UK airfield ?

[Herod]

No, but a military one.

[Tankertrashnav]

Oh come on LM, you were going there in the piccy!

Akrotiri

Thanks for the XXX story - can well believe it.