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Lightning Mate 14th March 2012 14:37

"A2" - "above the average in all respects".

All yours mate. :D

NutherA2 14th March 2012 22:22

Thanks LM "Imprimis Praecepta"

When cadet pilots were flying this aircraft, I suppose it required managers to be in good order.

NutherA2 15th March 2012 22:57


When cadet pilots were flying this aircraft, I suppose it required managers to be in good order.
:confused: Clue time? The student pilots were also be called "kaydets" and there's an anagrammed manufacturer & model buried in there somewhere.

Lightning Mate 16th March 2012 09:04

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ?

NutherA2 16th March 2012 09:51

Boeing Stearman is correct:

When cadet pilots were flying this aircraft, I suppose it required managers to be in good order.

Well done again, Mate, YHC

Lightning Mate 16th March 2012 10:07

Thanks mate - now get yerself over to SC.

aircraft:

three heavy rain showers in a row is par for the course

skytrain10 16th March 2012 11:33

G-1159A Gulfstream III?

Lightning Mate 16th March 2012 11:46

I hadn't thought of that!

However, no mate.

Tankertrashnav 16th March 2012 21:52

I'm thinking met codes (RA, SH etc) and 72 as a golf course par but cant make an aircraft out of it.

Am I even warm :confused:

Noyade 16th March 2012 22:16

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8104/img516p.jpg

Lanier Paraplane-Commuter 110

Herod 16th March 2012 22:23

Shame it's not music clues. I've got Wet,Wet,Wet and Level 42. ;)

Lightning Mate 17th March 2012 09:48

Film - "Style and Epoch" 1923. ;)


crtyptic clues suck
Not as much as high-wing monoplanes mate!!

NutherA2 17th March 2012 10:10


Film - "Style and Epoch" 1923
Is it something to do with one of Signor Caproni's triplanes/trimotors, Mate?

Lightning Mate 17th March 2012 10:11

It has a lot to do with it!

Caproni Triplane. :D

All yours mate.

NutherA2 17th March 2012 10:17

My word, that was quick; nothing ready, sorry, so OH again.

Lightning Mate 17th March 2012 10:23

C'mon - accelerate past VMD and get yer ass on the right side of the drag curve. :E

Tankertrashnav 17th March 2012 17:10

Well I dunno LM - I still dont get it now I've got the answer! :confused:

Herod 17th March 2012 17:58

That's two of us. Please explain; it could come up in the Times someday. :confused:

Lightning Mate 17th March 2012 19:00

three heavy rain showers iN a rOwIs PAR for the Course

Three = triplane.

Also, the Caproni CA-60 was a cross between a houseboat and an airplane.

Herod 17th March 2012 21:02

Clear as mud. ;) OK, airfield "Mother Gerschwin's boy at hospital"


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