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[Dingo]

Just received from a friend without any info.

Methinks it could be a Fairey Firefly, but ...............

TIA
~
Dingo

[Neb]

Looks German to me....




"Dingo" > wrote in message
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> Just received from a friend without any info.
>
> Methinks it could be a Fairey Firefly, but ...............
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> TIA
> ~
> Dingo
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[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Dingo wrote:
> Just received from a friend without any info.
>
> Methinks it could be a Fairey Firefly, but ...............
>
> TIA
> ~
> Dingo
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>
>

Full flaps so he's either coming or going;

Squared wing tips

Tail empennage appears elevated

A hint of a liquid cooled in-line engine

Coverlets are attached to the landing gear

Lots of weeds in that field -- needs a mower.

B&W photo which has been folded in the center;

Taken from the ground, probably at the end or head of a runway

That's about as far as I got, but I do not know UK aircraft.

Cheers,

Dave

[Rabbit McCroolick]

U¿ytkownik "Dingo" > napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
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> Just received from a friend without any info.
>
> Methinks it could be a Fairey Firefly, but ...............

it`s indeed Firefly

[alf blume]

Hello, Dingo!
You wrote on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:22:26 -0000:

D> Methinks it could be a Fairey Firefly, but ...............

Big flaps squared tips - Firefly Mk 5 is a very good guess


With best regards, alf blume. E-mail:

[Dingo]

Thanks all, particularly Rabbit McCroolick and Alf Blume. Thanks for the
photos, Alf, much appreciated.
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Kind regards,

Dingo

[Morgans[_2_]]

"alf blume" > wrote > D> Methinks it could be a Fairey
Firefly, but ...............
>
> Big flaps squared tips - Firefly Mk 5 is a very good guess

What the heck is that sticking out the side by the back canopy? It looks like a
small prop on an arm.
--
Jim in NC

[Dave Kearton]

Morgans wrote:
> "alf blume" > wrote > D> Methinks it could be
> a Fairey Firefly, but ...............
>>
>> Big flaps squared tips - Firefly Mk 5 is a very good guess
>
> What the heck is that sticking out the side by the back canopy? It
> looks like a small prop on an arm.



A wind driven target towing winch ?




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Cheers

Dave Kearton

[Morgans[_2_]]

>> What the heck is that sticking out the side by the back canopy? It
>> looks like a small prop on an arm.

> A wind driven target towing winch ?

I have never hear of one, but really?

[alf blume]

"Morgans" > skrev i en meddelelse
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>>> What the heck is that sticking out the side by the back canopy? It
>>> looks like a small prop on an arm.
>
>> A wind driven target towing winch ?
>
> I have never hear of one, but really?

Absolutely . . . .

[Conscious Pilate]

G'day Alf,

isn't this one one of yours?

Seeya

Conscious Pilate

[Ricardo]

Morgans wrote:
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> "alf blume" > wrote > D> Methinks it could be a
> Fairey Firefly, but ...............
>
>>
>> Big flaps squared tips - Firefly Mk 5 is a very good guess
>
>
> What the heck is that sticking out the side by the back canopy? It
> looks like a small prop on an arm.


That's for vertical take-offs...

;-)

--
"Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand
Ignorance and prejudice, and fear, walk hand in hand ..."

[alf blume]

"Conscious Pilate" > skrev i en meddelelse
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> G'day Alf,
>
> isn't this one one of yours?

My scan of an official RDAF photo - yes!