What Cockpit?
No definitely not
It was built in relatively small numbers but derivative designs went on flying for years
It was built in relatively small numbers but derivative designs went on flying for years
Right builder, wrong aircraft 
It is indeed the Bombay - oddly only the one decent cockpit shot I've managed to find
those struts look like bamboo to me 
Very successful though in small numbers - spanning the '20s & '30s
European design and adopted elewhere.
Radial in this example. I doubt any were rotary.
European design and adopted elewhere.
Radial in this example. I doubt any were rotary.
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The format of this topic is that you answer the challenge with a reasonably definitive identificaton. "is this one of Sopwith's/Short's/DeHavilland's" isn't going to prove fruitful.
We'll respond to questions of general characteristics up to a point, but for specifics as in answers, you need to tell me.
We'll respond to questions of general characteristics up to a point, but for specifics as in answers, you need to tell me.
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I thought OvertHawk had it with his double-edged Leonardo remark, especially as Westland built aurogyros with the assistance of Sr. Cierva.
ea20, you were so close but as Noyade has illustrated "one of" his designs is a bit too broad to pass muster!
Noyade's in charge once again...
ea20, you were so close but as Noyade has illustrated "one of" his designs is a bit too broad to pass muster!
Noyade's in charge once again...
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Thanks Noyade but you found it and I didn't, I don't have anything to hand anyway so OH it is. It just goes to show that a slight difference in a search term can make all the difference. I had spent ages trying different terms and scanning pictures without finding the picture you found.
