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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:19
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Might well be WW1 then.
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:33
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Not that old, 1930's and still being built !!
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:36
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Still working on it.

Maybe a Morane Saulnier.
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:44
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Not from M-S, don't forget it was a Homebuilt
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:48
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Oh - was it.
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:54
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Originally Posted by dook
Oh - was it.
Yep, see #840 above
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 16:58
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Sorry I missed that.

Is it the Flying Flea ?
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 17:19
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Originally Posted by dook
Sorry I missed that.

Is it the Flying Flea ?
Nice timing as I have to attend to the Dog 'n Parrot now!

Yes it is Henri Mignet's Pou-du-Ciel of 1933

Well done! You have control
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Old 17th Oct 2019, 18:39
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Does anyone else have something ?
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 13:31
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No response to the invitation so:


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Old 18th Oct 2019, 13:59
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That is a glider
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 14:10
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I found this:
same shape but different layout:
Slingsby Kirby Kite?


edit forget this one I see differences in diagonal bracings

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Old 18th Oct 2019, 16:00
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A clue for Bear ?
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 16:17
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No let me stumble around I already walked into 2 or 3 good challenges
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 16:24
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OK then...….
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 17:08
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The variometer Vsi is interesting. Did you blind something out there?
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 17:19
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I have not altered anything.
German.
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Old 18th Oct 2019, 17:47
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Early 1930s and it shows.


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Old 18th Oct 2019, 17:53
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This design goes back a bit further.


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Old 18th Oct 2019, 17:58
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Thanks
found same style vsi on a FW -190
with strange schapen black counter weight
so was already looking in that era in Germany.
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