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Old January 7th 15, 08:58 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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On 07/01/2015 04:23, Savageduck wrote:
On 2015-01-07 03:32:31 +0000, john szalay john.szalayatatt.net said:

Syke wrote in news:RzVqw.498095$7A5.464231
@fx17.am4:

On 06/01/2015 17:28, john szalay wrote:
Syke wrote in news:AgNqw.381617

$WK6.209157
@fx02.am4:

I wonder what those are in the background?

Regards

Syke


Grumman Trackers ? perhaps ?



It's the very short span wings that's puzzling. That's a Royal Navy
Meteor, so I'm thinking Sea Prince, but the wings are still too short
for that; more like the wings on the OV Bronco.

Regards

Syke


How about Percival Pembrokes


That is a very likely candidate given that its service starting in the
mid-1950's would make it a Meteor contemporary.


Yeah, the Pembroke was the RAF version of the Sea Prince. The
shortness of the wings certainly, to me, rules out the Tracker, which,
because of its unusual wing-fold, couldn't be these. I know I'm getting
desparate now but could it be something with the outer wings removed
prior to scrapping?

Somebody must know!

Regards

Syke