Name that Flying Machine
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No, I said "equally" so I didn't specify though looking at hives of activity might prove fruitful.There's a clue in that too...and you already have one very specific one re location.
It was a one-off and the company that made it went bust following fraudulent funding activities. It flew well, there is extensive footage of it on YouTube.
It was a one-off and the company that made it went bust following fraudulent funding activities. It flew well, there is extensive footage of it on YouTube.
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I assumed that, hence my pehaps rather more appropriate response .Or maybe you haven't got it after all...because I don't see a sandwich in this (and its a bit of a stretch even to include kebab)
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Hmm... Reuben? Denver? Diabolo? Po Boy?
Nope, none of the above. It's the Gyro Crusader AG-4!
Nope, none of the above. It's the Gyro Crusader AG-4!
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Beagle's got it. American Gyro AG-4 Crusader.
Designed by Thomas Miles Shelton and built in Denver, the only significant airport 4045 Nm from Woodley where the other Miles lived.
And Gyro is only one letter short of Gyros, the source of a kebab...
It seems a shame this design didn't have a chance to thrive, I think it looks terrific.
Designed by Thomas Miles Shelton and built in Denver, the only significant airport 4045 Nm from Woodley where the other Miles lived.
And Gyro is only one letter short of Gyros, the source of a kebab...
It seems a shame this design didn't have a chance to thrive, I think it looks terrific.
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Not familiar with a "gyro sandwich".
Googled it and discovered to my surprise that such a mis-spelled thing does apparenty exist - guess where - the USA which explains it not being widely, if at all understood here. At least, in 50+ years of eating kebabs all over Europe I've never come across it
As the rotisserie the meat comes from is a Gyros, not a Gyro (which is demonstrably inedible) and is used to makes doner kababs, souvlaki or plated meals not sandwiches I think the reason is clear enough!
Googled it and discovered to my surprise that such a mis-spelled thing does apparenty exist - guess where - the USA which explains it not being widely, if at all understood here. At least, in 50+ years of eating kebabs all over Europe I've never come across it
As the rotisserie the meat comes from is a Gyros, not a Gyro (which is demonstrably inedible) and is used to makes doner kababs, souvlaki or plated meals not sandwiches I think the reason is clear enough!
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