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betheyn
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 07:17 AM UTC
Oh come on guys, its not that hard, he says whilst looking at the answer Rowan sent me .
Andy
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 12:46 PM UTC
I don't have a clue, Guys! I've gone through all my books with early stuff like this and I've not spotted anything even similar. I'm tossing inmy hand.

Grubby.
Merlin
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 05:54 AM UTC
Hi all

I thought I'd come back to find someone had nailed it!

I'll give you a clue: it shares a name with a University for the hard-of-hearing in Washington, D.C.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 09:47 AM UTC
happy new year! too good a clue. a gallaudet db-1 an attempt at an all metal plane.
abandoned early in development hence why no one has heard of it
nice teaser
Merlin
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 11:00 AM UTC
Nice one JP! And Happy New Year too.

Over to you for the next one.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 08:18 PM UTC
Ok folks first one of 2009.
What is this? and for a bonus what is its connection with ireland?
Should be fairly easy once you know the type.
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 03:24 PM UTC
Is it a DH.50?
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 09:47 PM UTC
nope earlier than a dh-50, the engine gives a good clue
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 10:00 PM UTC
DH.49 then?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 12:27 AM UTC
Time for a clue. The manufacturer also is famous (probably more so) for motorbikes. Not deHavilland
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 07:09 AM UTC
manufacturer also was sub contracted to build se5a s
Merlin
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 09:17 AM UTC
Hi JP

Sorry - I missed your previous clue and thought we were still looking for a mystery de Havilland.

It's the Martinsyde Type A Mk II Seaplane - the first aircraft purchased by the Irish Air Corps.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:43 AM UTC
spot on.
Martinsyde won at brooklands with motorbikes.

And the plane was bought so that Micheal Collins
could leg it back to ireland if the anglo irish treaty talks broke down.
As it happens the outcome of the treaty caused civil war in ireland and
collins was dead within a year of signing it.
Check it all out at wikipedia.com

Over to you rowan
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:02 PM UTC
Cheers JP

Right - time for another "Frankenplane". What 4 aircraft is this monstrosity made from?:



All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:09 PM UTC
Nose looks like Dornier Arrow.
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:11 PM UTC
Is the starboard wing a Stinson Reliant?
Merlin
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:30 PM UTC
Hi Graeme

Two down - two to go.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:35 PM UTC
Bugger me!
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Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 11:44 PM UTC
How about a Ki-44 tail?
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2009 - 12:42 AM UTC
And perhaps a port wing from a Hawker Sea Fury?
Merlin
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2009 - 07:59 AM UTC
Hi again

Well done Matthew - it is indeed a K-44 tail. Tony - it's not a Sea Fury's wing, but you're correct in going for a carrier-based aircraft.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2009 - 11:25 AM UTC
Is the port wing from a Firefly, then?

Ignore that, wrog shape
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2009 - 08:39 PM UTC
that little kick at the wing fillet looks a bit like a wvyern, but the flaps are in the wrong place.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 10:54 AM UTC
Right wing off of a Blackburn Firebrand...
Merlin
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 05:09 AM UTC
Hi Matthew

Well done - you nailed it. A Blackburn Firebrand.

Over to you for the next question.

All the best

Rowan
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