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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 02:43 AM UTC
ok,here we go,a nice easy one...
what was this?

AussieReg
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 02:45 AM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 02:54 AM UTC
Is it ww2?? or afterwar??

Jet or propellor powered??
Cheers Nick
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 03:03 AM UTC
no clues yet and no more parking jokes........well not when the missis is around anyway damian

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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 03:08 AM UTC
Just Your Everyday Average Model Builder
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 03:21 AM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 03:39 AM UTC
"Never call it a plane, Bader...it's an AEROplane"
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 04:19 AM UTC
yep you got it,see i told you it was easy!
over to you for the next one...........
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 04:25 AM UTC
Gee, that was a lucky fluke...I'd just been looking at Jaguars over on another site.
Okay, who was the artist responsible for the creation of P/O Prune, WAAF Winsome and a host of other characters in the RAF's monthly wartime publication Training Memorandum...otherwise known as 'TEE EMM'?
EDIT: Sorry, a bu**er of a question, but I happened to have one of my TEE EMMs on the desk in front of me!
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 04:38 AM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 05:05 AM UTC
Aw...not such a bu**er of a question after all! Yes, it was Bill Hooper. Gawd...and I thought that'd be a bit of a stumper! Oh well...
You have control.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 05:17 AM UTC
ok,here we go , another easy one...

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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 05:34 AM UTC
"Never call it a plane, Bader...it's an AEROplane"
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 05:44 AM UTC
give that man a prize!
over to you
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 05:52 AM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 06:08 AM UTC
Hmm...well, I don't seem to have got the hang of posting pictures, so I can't offer any 'mystery aircraft' and am wracking my brains to come up with some sort of question instead.
Okay, how's this?:
It's fairly widespread knowledge that Hollywood film stars like James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Clark Gable and a few others were fliers during WWII, but not so for some of their British counterparts. Two that I can think of immediately are Laurence Olivier (yes, Sir Larry) and post-war comic actor Jimmy Edwards. In what capacities did they serve, respectively?
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Merlin
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 04:40 AM UTC
Hi Tim
Laurence Olivier served as a pilot with the FAA, but apparently never saw action. Jimmy Edwards certainly did - he was a transport pilot and was famously shot down at Arnhem.
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Rowan
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 04:51 AM UTC
Hello Rowan! Yes, absolutely right. Olivier flew Blackburn Sharks and Westland Lysanders, towing targets, I believe. Edwards flew Dakotas and saw a considerable amount of action, as you say. Thank goodness he survived...and because he did and went on to star in a certain BBC radio comedy, I can hand over the reins to you by quoting its title: 'Take It From Here'.
Cheers!
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 05:46 AM UTC
Cheers Tim
Whacko! (Sorry, I couldn't resist it!

) let's see how long this monster survives unidentified...

All the best
Rowan
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 06:11 AM UTC
My goodness Rowan, you've come up with a beauty there! About the best I can offer is that it looks mad enough to be either French or Russian. What it IS, though, I must confess to not having a clue. One thing though; it would seem to be wishful thinking on the part of its designer for those tiny propellers to have much effect while blanketed by that fat wing!
Got me stumped (and curious)!
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 06:59 AM UTC
Hi Tim
Well you're on the right lines - it is Russian.

All the best
Rowan
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AussieReg
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 11:55 AM UTC
Looks very "Tupolevish" to me, they made some mad units.
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 01:13 PM UTC
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Looks very "Tupolevish" to me, they made some mad units.
Oh, yes me too
Is it in TB series??

Cheers Nick
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 01:20 PM UTC
I reckon it's the Kalinin K-7.
Crew of 19, apparently seven engines, but I can't tell where no 7 is!
My book says it had a wingspan greater than a B-52 at 53 metres and weighed 40 tonne.
Ah, it looks like the seventh engine was a pusher, on top of the rear of the wing, between a pair of tail booms.
On the props, the book says: "On its first flight, on 11th August 1933, the pilots reported that they were generally content with the way the huge aircraft handled, except for the instability and vibration, which was found to be caused by the small-diameter propellors and ungeared engines."
So there you go!
Grubby.
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 03:21 PM UTC
G'day Graeme'
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I reckon it's the Kalinin K-7.
I reckon you're right, and as the prize winner you get to scratchbuild one in 1/48 for the Big Beautiful Bombers Campaign.
BTW I still owe you a beer, when are you coming to collect ??
Cheers, D
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