UK1 05644 Sopwith 1&OneHalfStrutter HMAS Australia.jpg

[Joseph Testagrose]

[Netko]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:52:23 +0000, Joseph Testagrose wrote
(in article >):


Actually N5644, I think. HMAS Australia used N5644 for 'aircraft
experiments' in the Firth of Forth in the period March-May 1918. See:

http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Australia_(I)

http://www.navyhistory.org.au/australian-naval-aviation-part-3

As an aside, the Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland is building a
flying replica of a Strutter less than 30 miles from where this photograph
was taken. Though you can't really tell from their web site, the project is
still progressing:

http://www.apss.org.uk/projects/APSS_projects/Strutter/index.htm

[joet5]

I must agree with you as 5644 was a FE2a.

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:11:09 +0000, Netko >
wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:52:23 +0000, Joseph Testagrose wrote
>(in article >):
>
>
>Actually N5644, I think. HMAS Australia used N5644 for 'aircraft
>experiments' in the Firth of Forth in the period March-May 1918. See:
>
>http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Australia_(I)
>
>http://www.navyhistory.org.au/australian-naval-aviation-part-3
>
>As an aside, the Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland is building a
>flying replica of a Strutter less than 30 miles from where this photograph
>was taken. Though you can't really tell from their web site, the project is
>still progressing:
>
>http://www.apss.org.uk/projects/APSS_projects/Strutter/index.htm