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[Mitchell Holman]

[Mike Mackenzie]

Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the
fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or
the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it?

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[Mitchell Holman]

Mike Mackenzie > wrote in
:

> Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the
> fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or
> the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it?
>


Your guess is as good as mine.........

[Andrew Chaplin]

"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...
> Mike Mackenzie > wrote in
> :
>
>> Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the
>> fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or
>> the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it?
>>
>
>
> Your guess is as good as mine.........

"We will be landing shortly at our destination of Sheremetyevo Airfield.
Please return to your SEATS and fasten your seat belts."
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
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[Peter Twydell]

In message >, Andrew
Chaplin > writes
>"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...
>> Mike Mackenzie > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the
>>> fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or
>>> the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Your guess is as good as mine.........
>
>"We will be landing shortly at our destination of Sheremetyevo Airfield.
>Please return to your SEATS and fasten your seat belts."

I'm surprised no-one had identified this yet. It's Igor Sikorsky's Ilya
Muromets (spellings vary) from 1913.

http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/ilja_muromets.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets
http://news.webshots.com/photo/1012176765000877832IEaMZqIEVI

--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

[Andrew Chaplin]

"Peter Twydell" > wrote in message
...
> In message >, Andrew Chaplin
> > writes
>>"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...
>>> Mike Mackenzie > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the
>>>> fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or
>>>> the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Your guess is as good as mine.........
>>
>>"We will be landing shortly at our destination of Sheremetyevo Airfield.
>>Please return to your SEATS and fasten your seat belts."
>
> I'm surprised no-one had identified this yet. It's Igor Sikorsky's Ilya
> Muromets (spellings vary) from 1913.
>
> http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/ilja_muromets.php
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets
> http://news.webshots.com/photo/1012176765000877832IEaMZqIEVI

It's such a famous shot, it didn't occur to me.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)