OK then, it's full name is the Grahame-White Type X Aerobus.

120hp Austro-Daimler engine.

...it's described in the caption as the 1913 counterpart of a 'Jumbo jet.'

That's him! :ok:

His chief pilot, Louis Noel, used it to set up a world load-carrying record, by flying with nine passengers for nearly 20 minutes.

Your control!

Standby please everyone, but I'm at work and I've got some urgent e-mails to which I must respond.

Really? :hmm:

We've had triplanes before, but not this one:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...ossat240-1.jpg

Austrian....?

Yes, although some sources say German.

German, eh?!...cunning Bosch....did it have "Think and Kill " capabilities?

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8...foxcaption.jpg

Suppose ya gonna ask me what I'm drinking? :hmm:

Did you notice that you're very close to 2000 posts mate!...a senior contributor! :ok:

(Still looking)

Bingo!...

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9863/lanzm.jpg

Strewth - 20 minutes! :\

Now I'll ask you what you're on tonight.

Fuel tanks
 

I'm glad you asked. An interesting drop from South Australia (Beelbangera wineries) called, get this, sq3 Cabernet Merlot.

Two images. The long-eared guy climbing the the ladder is a bit of a worry, looks like he belongs in "The Lord of the Rings?"

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5343/lastscanhz.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2508/spockcq.jpg

Fuel tanks beneath a passenger deck!

Not many aeroplanes were like that.

Google is your friend.

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...ier-Do-X_1.jpg

Or your enemy...:hmm:;)

Your control...again.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2...les3067368.jpg

Just concocting another one......

....and here it is:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...ossat245-3.jpg

Well they're not Japanese despite the dark looking roundels...Russian?

Not Russian I'm afraid.