Question for history buffs: Did the word 'snargasher' mean anything

[Wanda Puvogel]

As in the Reid and Sigrist RS1 training plane from WWII.

I've scoured the web for info and can find only photos, but no actual
history. Would be grateful if anyone has some information.

Thanks
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Wanda Puvogel

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:23:55 +0100, Wanda Puvogel <nomail@invalid> wrote:

>As in the Reid and Sigrist RS1 training plane from WWII.
>
>I've scoured the web for info and can find only photos, but no actual
>history. Would be grateful if anyone has some information.

The book "BRITISH LIGHT AEROPLANES Their Evolution, Development and Perfection"
claims to describe it in detail.

Ron Wanttaja

[Vic Smith]

In article >, Wanda Puvogel
<nomail@invalid> wrote:
> As in the Reid and Sigrist RS1 training plane from WWII.
>
> I've scoured the web for info and can find only photos, but no actual
>
> history. Would be grateful if anyone has some information.

According to a short item in the September 1976 issue of Air International
the name was applied to the R.S.1 by the factory workers during its
construction and had no meaning other than as a "family joke".

Registered G-AEOD, it was intended as a 3-seat advanced traine and first
flew early in 1939. Its Certificate of Airworthiness was issued on 3 June
1939 as the Reid and Sigrist Trainer Type 1. During WWII it was used as a
communications aircraft by Reid and Sigrist and was broken up in 1944

HTH

Vic Smith


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