There is some very interesting stuff. A few silly errors in discription. For Wapiti crashed on house try Martinsyde Elephant on hangar.

John

I’ve always liked that machine. A new one.

John

Nein!

John

Neither I’m afraid,
John

:rolleyes: I thought for a moment you were taking the ….

John (spelling check)

He shouldn’t be allowed to until he specifies whether it’s a KZ-II Sport, Coupe or Trainer… 😀

My, was I itching to answer this one but I haven’t got the time to devise and follow up on a riddle of my own…

John, where did you get this photo from? Any captions as to the registration and the location? Two examples of this variant still fly in Denmark and a third one is in deep storage in Switzerland.

Kenneth

I scanned this in some time ago thinking to use it and I can’t remember which of my books it came from but I will search. I also erased the reg.
Regards

John

Much of the Fairey achive was destroyed, but some of it was rescued by some private individuals who made a last minute attempt to save as much as possible. Sadly a vast amount of material didn’t survive.

John

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Does anybody know if the word ‘cowling’ has any nautical meaning (to do with sailing ships or yachts)?

Cowling or cowl usually means a hood as in “a monks cowl”.

John