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The clever Lady does it again I reckon.

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Well done cringe.

The clue I was going to give was 'Think Iron Curtain'

Simon.

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I had a hunch that it might be Russian. I'm supposed to be working, so please, someone else go next.

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Here's one.
Great view from an unusual performer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ystery_405.jpg

Won't last long, so if you get it, PLEASE have a pic lined up! ;)

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Nope. Not a Hurri.

Trust me, if you don't get it after a good look, you'll kick yourself. :E

If you do get it, PLEASE have a pic ready! I'm having to go to my archives soon.

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Bristol 138 perhaps. After all it was an unusual perfomer. The gauge to the right of the Artificial Horizon looks like a strange altimeter.

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Canadian built Lysander

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I would have thought the ASI goes a bit high for a 'Lizzie

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682al

Not saying you are wrong but the ASI does appear go to over 400 somethings

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Great minds .........etc

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I remain quietly confident....;)

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Out of interest, a quick search shows the records at the time recorded the Bristol 138 and other alititude record attemptees achieving some large and very precisely recorded altitudes back in the 1930s.

Does anybody have any idea how, at the time, altitude was measured such that the claimees felt that they could state such precision? - apparently to the nearest foot !

G

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Sealed Barographs were carried in the aircraft during the record attempt or using qualified observers using theodolites or telemeters, provided these instruments have been previously approved by the National Airsports Control. I do not know what method was used by Bristol one would have thought Barographs were used.
These results would then have been submitted to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for homologation as a world's altitude record. The following link refers http://www.cirrus-rcfk.no/rekorder/sc04c-7.htm

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Boulton Paul Defiant?

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Not sure, but isn't that a firing button on the spade-grip? The BP Defiant's guns were in the turret, c/w own gunner.

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I fancy it might be the Typhoon. WW2 vintage of course. Definitely a gun button.

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And so you should 682al.

I wonder if 682 was the only one who noticed the "...TLAND" on the toe of the right pedal? :hmm:

I made it a bit harder by turning it monochrome and cropping out the frame of reference, but left in a big chunk of the maker's name, hence my 'you'll kick yourself' remark.

It is V9300 'V9673 / MA-J' of the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. Not, incidentally, a Canadian built Lysander, but it was shipped to Canada from the UK for Canadian use


The Lizze has IMHO, (non-pilot) view one of the most throne-like seats in an aircraft. Wings from behind your ears and a great view in every direction except straight down.

Yours 682

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It was the ASI that made me plump for a Canadian Lysander, the same pattern as fitted to Canadian built Lancasters, Mosquitos, etc.
The selector switches at left, and the morse key at right were unmistakeable Lysander clues (although Westlands cast into the rudder pedal is a bit of a help, too!)
Here's one to mull over...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ntitled-1g.jpg

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Airspeed Courier?

G

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No, not the Courier.