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December 6, 2017 at 10:31 am in reply to: Sixty Years Ago Today #796508

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I heard that KLM pilots reckoned the Electra handled like a fighter . Rode on them Heathrow-Schiphol and Schiphol-Le Bourget a couple of times..KLM’s ‘Neptunus’ went to Martinair briefly https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1001537

December 3, 2017 at 11:29 am in reply to: Aussie post war die-casts #797994

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These look like rarer hand made one -offs or small batch sand castings….to get die-casts (mass production) metal moulds have to be made which is precision work and very expensive

November 4, 2017 at 10:14 am in reply to: Please identify this plane #813369

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And the Northrop N-3PB floatplane supplied to Norway was closer to the mystery plane ( but not enough!)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N-3PB_(N-3PB).jpg

November 4, 2017 at 10:02 am in reply to: Please identify this plane #813456

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Northrop did lower the thrustline and blend the engine cowl to the wing lower surface with the XBT-2 (forerunner of the Dauntless)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=northrop+xbt2&prmd=mniv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV47Dn06TXAhWDrxoKHaqABd0Q_AUIFCgD&biw=1280&bih=752#imgrc=4QFLOW2ymgVcjM:
so it was possible with some sheet metal work

October 29, 2017 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Please identify this plane #816076

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The landing gear, flaps and outer wing dihedral break from a continuous centre section suggest Northrop (feature carried through to DC-1, DC-2, DC-3) but this seems to have a slight inverted gull wing attached higher on a fatter fuselage and the outer wing dihedral is a little too much

October 26, 2017 at 9:37 pm in reply to: Please identify this plane #816847

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Local customisation of a Northrop Gamma?

September 16, 2017 at 12:50 pm in reply to: Piper PA-33 prototype information. #833019

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The PA-33 has a touch of Stelio Frati’s Falco about it…maybe just the front end

August 27, 2017 at 4:09 pm in reply to: 1954 Tiger Moth crash Wimbledon Common #770559

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And the Wombles set to and rebuilt it overnight?

August 1, 2017 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Lysanders but look at the codes…. #784377

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Jagan..Yes, you’re right

August 1, 2017 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Lysanders but look at the codes…. #784699

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John Aeroclub….Thank goodness you uploaded the images direct to the Key forum rather than via Photobucket…. (why did we ever trust them?!!….I call what they’ve done vandalism)….great that the book has reached publication.

July 28, 2017 at 3:26 pm in reply to: Hampden / Hereford dumped at Luton, late 1940s. #787072

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Britain from Above have some aerial photos of Luton around 1950…if you sign up you can zoom in at high resolution https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/search?keywords=Luton%20airport%20&country=global&year=all ……don’t wreck your eyes!

July 22, 2017 at 7:36 pm in reply to: The Neutral Airlines in WWII #790371

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Some tantalizing glimpses of neutral Turkish DH-86s and DH-89s but mainly about interned American B-24s in Turkey here https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/search?q=Turkey%20hart%20preston

July 19, 2017 at 5:18 pm in reply to: The Neutral Airlines in WWII #792209

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Swissair painted at least one each of their DC-2s and DC-3s with red/white ‘neutrality’ bands. DC-2 pic by RalphMetzger/RafaelK on airliners.net and DC-3 from the Swissair Zurich archive

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July 17, 2017 at 10:13 am in reply to: BOAC Liberator II Landing At Prestwick #793525

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Those LB-30s served with the USAAF with the RAF serials having been diverted from the British production I believe…sorry the link I posted becomes obsolete as more photos are added to the SDASM/flickr site , they’re currently here https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/archives/date-posted/page7/ and here’s a sample https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/35460118681/sizes/l

July 16, 2017 at 4:41 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #793898

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Hi Ian…As an offshoot from the Lisbon thread perhaps we should have a photo-rich thread on the Neutral Airlines in WWII ….hopefully avoiding the use of photobucket 3rd party hosting!
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