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Old 20th Oct 2015, 09:03
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Flapsin has it, G-BUCO is the ac and very pretty it is too. I'll post a picture when I'm not working off my phone.

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Thank you, unable to post a new teaser so open house.
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Old 20th Oct 2015, 20:35
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Here is the Aircamper as promised:

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Old 21st Oct 2015, 07:23
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Kitbag,

What a lovely aircraft.

This one is not so lovely and FYI, it's not in the Sidney museum

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Old 21st Oct 2015, 08:46
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Looks to be a Cessna 02 from the Vietnam era?
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Old 21st Oct 2015, 17:15
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I42, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I've always liked twin boom ac, including the O-2. Can't find a museum with red hangar walls
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Old 21st Oct 2015, 19:29
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Any museum with a Bell Sioux can't be all bad!
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Old 23rd Oct 2015, 00:30
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Spooky 2,
Correct, it's an airworthy O-2. Easy to figure out, even after I had cropped the gauges that said Front Engine and Rear Engine!

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I didn't say it was ugly, I just said it wasn't as beautiful as the Aircamper. I had a flight in a 337P once - very nice to fly.
This O-2 is in the Heritage Flight Museum at Skagit Regional Airport, north of Seattle. They've only just moved there so there are probably not many pictures of their new home on the web yet. The museum was founded by Bill Anders - one of the Apollo 8 crew.

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Rosevidney1,
Well spotted. It's an airworthy G model, painted in MASH colours and currently grounded, pending the installation of a new tail rotor.

More pictures to come, when I catch up with my travelogue.

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Old 27th Oct 2015, 07:25
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While we are waiting for Spooky 2, here's an easy one:
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Old 27th Oct 2015, 22:03
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It looks similar, but not identical, to an early Messerschmitt 109.
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Old 27th Oct 2015, 22:42
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Kitbag,

You are correct - it's a 109 panel at Planes of Fame in Chino. It was labelled as a 109E and was standing against the wheel of an un-restored wreck from Russia. I didn't take a photo of the wreck, so I'm not sure if it actually was an "Emil".

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Old 28th Oct 2015, 17:42
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Many thanks I42, had to work a bit at that.

Heres something a little more modern (but not much)
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Old 28th Oct 2015, 18:45
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An early model of a North American F-100 Super Sabre, specifically it is F-100A, #25-761, seen here decades earlier on a demonstration flight near Edwards/Muroc Test Area:

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Old 28th Oct 2015, 20:24
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I wondered when you'd join in again. As usual you are correct, it currently resides at the New England Air Museum

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Old 29th Oct 2015, 14:59
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Thank you! Identify this mystery cockpit:

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Old 29th Oct 2015, 18:14
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There seems to be a placard for arrestor hook so lets try something along the lines of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver?
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Old 29th Oct 2015, 20:21
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Sorry, not a Curtiss Helldiver.
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Old 29th Oct 2015, 20:33
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Something from Grumman..? but not an Avenger
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Old 29th Oct 2015, 21:34
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Douglas TBD-1 Devastator?

I'm only an occasional lurker, so in the unlikely event I fluked it - open house.
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Old 29th Oct 2015, 22:45
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It is indeed a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator.
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