Caption Competition Mk IV
“Is it a bird?”
“Is it a plane?”
“No, it's an osprey egg!”
“Is it a plane?”
“No, it's an osprey egg!”
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Not a caption, but IIRC they have one of these at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas
It's bright yellow ... well it would be wouldn't it? (that was my caption btw)
It's bright yellow ... well it would be wouldn't it? (that was my caption btw)
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single engine flight was not so much the zero-sideslip method as it was the just-hang-on-as-the-airframe-rotates-in-the-opposite-direction-to-the-propellor method
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It was called the Mayfly as that was about its longevity
Kind of makes you want to squash it like a mosquito…
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An X is worse than a tick ... if it's on your exam paper!
Frontiers of Flight Museum images aplenty but sadly couldn't get any of them to link. 
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The Frisbee Mk 1.
On the plus side, the drag is the same in any direction.
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Noel Harrison gets his pilot's licence...
You don't actually land it. You fly along straight and level, pumping the handle until the legs extend enough for the wheels to touch the ground.