Name that Flying Machine
Could very well be a Mig 5
A bit more specific please................
(plus 24 hour rule)
(plus 24 hour rule)
The Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS-T, intended to be named Mig 5 when in production
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I wondered if anyone would notice my subtle clue accompanying my challenge photo, but while the term Charabanc (often pronounced "sharra-bang" in colloquial British English) is a type of horse-drawn vehicle or early motor coach, usually open-topped, common in Britain during the early part of the 20th century and now very rarely, if at all heard, but was still in use back in my youth in the little village where I lived, as the old boy (Ex RFC) who ran the local shop/petrol station and taxi-service had one and used it for a makeshift bus service to the County Town and for our school outings (minus the booze)!! 
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I have always felt sort of sorry for it - have that feeling, that the designers could have made it a better aircraft without too much effort.
Have this:
I have always felt sort of sorry for it - have that feeling, that the designers could have made it a better aircraft without too much effort.
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Blackburn Firecrest? OH if so...
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Open house!
Another disappointing mid 40's Blackburn aircraft - they lost the plot for a while clearly.
Here's one that I'd forgotten about totally even though quite a few were built IIRC.
Here's one that I'd forgotten about totally even though quite a few were built IIRC.
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It was also built a with a tricycle u/c
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About 200 built I think, not a type I've ever encountered in the flesh...
There are still a few around I understand... used to be common around the place they were built
Not India - Quemerford is heading in the right direction - .................. just goes to show what you can do when a Govt is paying the bills..............