Currently on the peri-track on Kenley Aerodrome and with an hour to walk home across here and another common before dark I propose open house!

G-AISC was indeed owned by Fairey in the early 60's and also got taken over by Westlands funnily enough, being subsequently based at Compton Abbas in North Dorset with the Wagtail Flying Group which was very much Westland orientated., I got my hands on it a couple of times in the later 60's ( it was red then) including a fascinating dual session with ex Westland CTP Harald Penrose .

My favorite aicraft when I worked at Fairey, flew it to Belgium, the Netherlands and France. 85mph at about 3gph, very light on the controls. Nearly had a head on with HRH at WW as he flew in wrong direction at 1500ft while i was on approach returning from the IoW.!

You would have had a lot more than "five minutes of fame" if that had come to pass!

No open house takers? OK. Never heard of this but I bet someone will have it toot sweet...

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Have you really not heard of the ugly Great Lakes XSG ?

Fortunately there was only one built.

Nah. It's a Grumman Duck

I recently heard of the Kingsford-Smith P.L.7 Tanker and I resolved not to hear of ugly lash-ups again!

You have control...

Cheers treadigraph.

That aeroplane features on several sites dedicated to somewhat ugly aeroplanes.

I'm not sure why Herod thought it was the Duck.

I wonder if many have heard of this one :


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Not only heard about it,flown it several times....conflict of interest...night ,night...

I wish you hadn't mentioned that. Of course, I had to look it up and now I won't be able to forget it. I thought the Airtruk was ugly, but it's beautiful compared to the P.L.7! Even the Wikipedia page had the good graces to not include a picture!.

Funnily enough I42, I looked it up again and found reference to an item in Air Pictorial about the PL7; this mentions their correspondent N R Shennan who I believe might be my Uncle Noel - so a family member probably saw it in the flesh!

Possibly the Dudley Watt D.W.2 however the wing tips in your image appear too square.

Good afternoon M.

I am surprised that you have the wrong aeroplane.

Please monitor your PMs.

This aeroplane is British and one survives.

It would seem that sycamore has flown it.

Parnall Elf?

Similar aircraft to the DW.2 the Parnell Elf perhaps

A bit late on parade 24050.

treadigraph has it with the Parnall Elf.

Your thread.

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Although this is a drawing, I believe three were built and flew...

Trimotors are never that easy to find - lots of Fords and Fokkers.

American ?

American. A manufacturer I'd never heard of, type was killed off by the Depression. Has a police connection...

As in Kops ?

A Palmer with Velie engines ?

Very warm!

Keystone Patrician.

3 made.

Set a world load-carrying record in 1929.

You've got it, over to you...

Apparently the load carried on the Keystone record flight comprised 33 girls, 2 pilots and a mechanic were carried to 10,200 ft in 25 minutes.

The mind boggles !

Stand by....

Here we go then.


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Rohrbach type?

Correct :uhoh:

Wow. Which type?

Incidentally I did have something to post but can't find the photo: someone else?

You haven't named the aeroplane yet.

Is it Colin?

I'm afraid not.

Only one was made......

It is I believe the Rohrbach Ro V "Rocco"

And your belief has not failed you.

Over to you.

Here is the next
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