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Old 7th Oct 2022, 15:14
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Except the aeroplane above wasn't a mythological creature.


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Old 7th Oct 2022, 16:25
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a bit bigger than those two for sure
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Old 7th Oct 2022, 17:08
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Better file that for later.....
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I've seen that weird stick before, but I can't remember which aircraft!
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Old 8th Oct 2022, 07:05
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No point in dragging this out - if someone can name it (as they clearly know what it is ) we can get on .......................
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Old 8th Oct 2022, 15:10
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It's the Do335 Pfeil, a pushmi pullyu.

I too had seen that grip before and searched for ages before I found it - on both the Convair Delta Dart and Dagger. That set me wondering where on earth they'd got such an unconventional idea and went looking at unconventional stuff. Stroke of luck really.
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Old 9th Oct 2022, 04:32
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Ah, it was the Delta Dart I was thinking of - close but no cigar. Wrong kind of arrow!

I did wonder about the double-ended llama, but I knew the Skymaster had a conventional yoke.
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Old 9th Oct 2022, 14:45
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yes the enormous Dornier Pfeil meleagertoo has the con



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Old 10th Oct 2022, 14:47
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Old 14th Oct 2022, 12:55
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OK. Let's go wider.



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Old 14th Oct 2022, 17:30
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jeez - Alamy seem to have built a lot of aircraft - and I've never flown on one!

lets guess

USA?
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 14:02
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USA indeed.
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 14:55
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rotorcraft?
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Old 16th Oct 2022, 15:29
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No, it isn't.
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Old 17th Oct 2022, 02:05
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Another general and another canal.
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Old 17th Oct 2022, 07:45
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Is the canal a reference to Panama , Bear?
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Old 17th Oct 2022, 10:44
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The Bear's there!
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Old 17th Oct 2022, 18:08
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
Is the canal a reference to Panama , Bear?
Not about Panama
Nor about the Discovery channel
It is about a Union General
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Old 17th Oct 2022, 20:23
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Lawdy! This thread's turning into a cryptic crossword challenge!

Love it!

More ; the pic is only the first of a series of similar aircraft.

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Old 17th Oct 2022, 21:39
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And it’s successor has been played in the Name that flying machine.
or perhaps is descendant a beter word?
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