Nicely found Bear - over to you. :ok:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lior%C...vier_LeO_H-190

Thanks Noyade

Lets try a cropped photo:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....86d9ce5a5.jpeg

You'd need good glasses to get that one...

Is that crop real? Or an optical illusion?

I'm on edge to find out what it is!

It's a glider ...................

Anyone else going bug eyed trying to figure it out?

Not necessarily a glider, I'd go with something light like Pipistrel Alpha (it's not that but...)

Boom boom!

Puns start at Post #2603 :)

Seventh sense is telling me something unusual....

No need that I give further hints.
The odd observer cannot be fouled.

... and 24 hours have passed!

I think Pypard is first in line with the answer. :)

So what is the answer? All this punning is amusing but we need an actual statement of type I thought - at some point anyway

I'm a big fan of puns...

Edgley Optica. But the puns and clues probably helped more than the photo if I’m honest so I’ll yield to whomever the OP decides.

Edgley Optica It is!!
I thought not to take the most obvious feature(s).
But not much Ppunners were fouled.
Once more aloft has the con.

OK give me a mo...

Here's another crop. Should be quite easy but can you explain the unusual exscresence on top of the windshield?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5259d9fe88.jpg

Chipmunk &, no, I can’t. Maybe a camera ?

Extra anti-collision light when Prince Charles was a stude?

Did my post get deleted?

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3f1de0da2.jpeg
Yes Oxenos, it’s the Chipmunk in which Prince Charles learned to fly. Fitted with an additional anti-collision beacon, nicknamed the parrot, and in a high-vis red paint job.

Not sure if you are telling me I've won. If so, OH

To my understanding Pypard was the one with turn. The prince charles was interesting, but I'd expect to see Pypards contribution coming up.

Strangely I did post but it seems to have been deleted (???). If OK I'll post again.

I was under the impression that I got in well ahead of anyone else (six minutes after the challenge was posted), but I don't have anything so am happy to throw it open.

Prince Charles
 

I was stationed at Oakington when he had flying lessons,dont recall the Chipmunk being that colour?

Yes you were fast on the chipmunk, but Pypard was first on the Optica hence expecting his challenge.

I’m happy for Pypard to get the plaudits, just a little disappointed at missing out on my first success !

OK let's try this and I'll make sure the first one gets it!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....41f31dccfc.jpg

If I look through my old Observer's books I'll probably find it...

FOUND it - maybe. Centenniel 100?

Possibly the same aircraft? CF-WFO


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ae45675db2.jpg

Well that didn't take long! Noyade has it; or did treadigraph go super-obscure when he said, "...I'll probably FIND it"?

I was hinting a bit as I do indeed recall it from Observers circa '68 or 70... Kind of sad that this version didn't enjoy series production as it's quite an attractive machine - the Bush Hawk is a bit... well... Recall seeing one at Oshkosh, one of those odd types you might never see anywhere else except rugged areas north of the 49th parallel!

I'm quite happy in the back seat, if Noyade or kcockayne would like to post the next challenge!

Thanks Pypard!
I was thinking of a Yugoslav machine until Treaders hint finally triggered for me.

I'm more than happy to give kcockayne a turn. :ok:

Thank you, both, for thinking of me. I don't have anything to hand, so will pass up the opportunity this time. Maybe in the future when OH is called.

OK.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f555edd137.jpg

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