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Old 4th January 2020 | 07:37
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Probably too easy for you all. My first effort.
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Old 4th January 2020 | 07:57
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Nice effort!
Definitely an interesting airplane!

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Old 4th January 2020 | 08:06
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Used to see this being test-flown and can tell you what it is, but have nothing to post so I'll leave it to the others . . .
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Old 4th January 2020 | 09:05
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Nice one kildress; in later config with different engines top and bottom I think.
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Old 4th January 2020 | 12:35
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Short on looks.
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Old 4th January 2020 | 12:42
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Originally Posted by Quemerford
Nice one kildress; in later config with different engines top and bottom I think.
Yes, RR Avon RA.3 on top and DH Gyron DGy.2 below.
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Old 4th January 2020 | 12:43
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Shorts Sperrin.
Open House.
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Old 4th January 2020 | 15:30
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Well it was nice while it lasted.
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Old 4th January 2020 | 16:48
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Darn. I've been out all day, and this was the first one I knew the answer to!!
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Old 4th January 2020 | 19:51
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OK how about this one: characterised by an unusual engine...


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Old 4th January 2020 | 20:25
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Jeez, that looks like it's been milled from a solid chunk of granite...
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Old 5th January 2020 | 04:10
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Quemford's challenge looks like a scaled-up tin-plate clockwork toy.

Judging by the size of that prop, I bet it was a noisy bugger! I also note that it appears to have dual-pitot heads.

Looking at the cowling, does it have an inverted inline-six?
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Old 5th January 2020 | 05:16
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Originally Posted by India Four Two
Quemford's challenge looks like a scaled-up tin-plate clockwork toy.

Judging by the size of that prop, I bet it was a noisy bugger! I also note that it appears to have dual-pitot heads.

Looking at the cowling, does it have an inverted inline-six?
Close.....
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Old 5th January 2020 | 06:27
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Close...Would it be French with an inverted air-cooled V12?
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Old 5th January 2020 | 08:34
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Originally Posted by Kit Sanbumps KG
Hello SLB, I didn’t get St Merryn from your name, I know the place and recognised it immediately. Regarding J469, my point was that if challenges can be got so easily without effort, they’re not challenges at all. The Dassault flight deck is distinctive, but even so a moment’s work blacking out that placard would have been helpful.
Then I apologize for that.
I agree leaving a makers name, logo or registration number in the photo can make challenges quite easy, but then I personally do not react.
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Old 5th January 2020 | 09:54
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I was the guilty party regarding the Dassault’s placard which I’d failed to notice or recognise its significance. Sorry!

I did blackout the reg on the Conestoga though.
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Old 5th January 2020 | 15:00
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To me, it has got a “Mooney look” to it. Then again, I might be wildly out !
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Old 5th January 2020 | 16:45
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Close...Would it be French with an inverted air-cooled V12?
Apologies for the tardy reply. No, not French and not a Mooney. It is a 12, but not a vee....
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Old 5th January 2020 | 17:13
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Originally Posted by Quemerford
It is a 12, but not a vee....
Though close (alphabetically speaking ).

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Old 5th January 2020 | 17:54
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Though close (alphabetically speaking ).
A W-12 like a Napier Lion?
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