You’ll make a lousy de Gaulle lookalike TT!:diablo:

The end of an era.

Thank you for inspiring so many of us.

Odd mods. I thought you were talking about Moggy! 😀

More seriously though, I’ve had this pic in my possession for a while and would love to know the full story. I’m pretty sure its a mod, let’s face it no-one would have designed it that way to start with!!

Just you wait till we get the old BE going!

Eight interplane struts, eight sets of flying wires, eight landing wires, plus a load more around the cabanes and undercarriage.

Blow me she should ‘um like an ‘arp 😀

“The seaplane service will put Glasgow and the West of Scotland in the same league as the Maldives…….”

I know aircraft are getting blamed for global warming, but this is taking it too far!! 😎

I’d choose the world’s first purpose-designed military aeroplane.

The first aeroplane in the World that was developed to be naturally stable.

It held altitude records of over 12000 feet – less than a decade after the Wright Brothers first flight.

It served in every theatre of war during WW1. And like the Spitfire in WW2, it was one of the few aeroplanes to still be in service at the end of the conflict as well as at the start.

Out of 1600 built, less than a handful are in museums and none are currently flying.

Oh my god, we’ve got one!

It’s the………
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BE-2 !!;)

Can we have some money now please 😀

Something like that yes… (I tend not to be totally orange these days…)

He’s still pretty distinctive though! 😀