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Perhaps a Royal Aircraft Factory RE8?

On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:05:25 GMT, "Glenn"
wrote:

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Robert

Uncommon Aircraft: http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon

I believe it's an Royal Aircraft Factory RE8.



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"Glenn" wrote in message
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From my very knowledgeable friend who knows almost every thing about WW1
flying machines.

"Easy! It's F3556, the Imperial War Museum's RE 8 at Duxford. The
aeroplane was a presentation aircraft from British residents in Ceylon, and
named A Paddy Bird from Ceylon (each of the aircraft presented by Ceylon was
named after a bird of the country). F3556 went to France after acceptance
by the RAF, but saw no service; it was given to the IWM in 1920. It's one
of two RE 8s left in the world - the other is a Belgian machine with a
Hispano-Suiza engine that's preserved in Brussels. Film maker Peter Jackson
had a replica built in NZ, but I understand that it's a non-flier, at least
so far."

Avsec

"Glenn" wrote in message
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Thanks to all those that helped :-)
"Avsec" wrote in message
u...
From my very knowledgeable friend who knows almost every thing about WW1
flying machines.

"Easy! It's F3556, the Imperial War Museum's RE 8 at Duxford. The
aeroplane was a presentation aircraft from British residents in Ceylon,
and named A Paddy Bird from Ceylon (each of the aircraft presented by
Ceylon was named after a bird of the country). F3556 went to France after
acceptance by the RAF, but saw no service; it was given to the IWM in
1920. It's one of two RE 8s left in the world - the other is a Belgian
machine with a Hispano-Suiza engine that's preserved in Brussels. Film
maker Peter Jackson had a replica built in NZ, but I understand that it's
a non-flier, at least so far."

Avsec

"Glenn" wrote in message
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Glenn wrote:

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Ah, so you went to Duxford...

The RE8 from another angle!

®i©ardo

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"Avsec" wrote in message
u...
From my very knowledgeable friend who knows almost every thing about WW1
flying machines.

"Easy! It's F3556, the Imperial War Museum's RE 8 at Duxford. The
aeroplane was a presentation aircraft from British residents in Ceylon, and
named A Paddy Bird from Ceylon (each of the aircraft presented by Ceylon was
named after a bird of the country). F3556 went to France after acceptance
by the RAF, but saw no service; it was given to the IWM in 1920. It's one
of two RE 8s left in the world - the other is a Belgian machine with a
Hispano-Suiza engine that's preserved in Brussels. Film maker Peter Jackson
had a replica built in NZ, but I understand that it's a non-flier, at least
so far."

These aircraft also bore the name of a Scots music hall performer, Harry Tate,
as a form of rhyming slang.
--
Andrew Chaplin
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Andrew Chaplin wrote:

"Avsec" wrote in message
u...
From my very knowledgeable friend who knows almost every thing about WW1
flying machines.

"Easy! It's F3556, the Imperial War Museum's RE 8 at Duxford. The
aeroplane was a presentation aircraft from British residents in Ceylon,
and named A Paddy Bird from Ceylon (each of the aircraft presented by
Ceylon was
named after a bird of the country). F3556 went to France after
acceptance
by the RAF, but saw no service; it was given to the IWM in 1920. It's
one of two RE 8s left in the world - the other is a Belgian machine with
a
Hispano-Suiza engine that's preserved in Brussels. Film maker Peter
Jackson had a replica built in NZ, but I understand that it's a
non-flier, at least so far."

These aircraft also bore the name of a Scots music hall performer, Harry
Tate, as a form of rhyming slang.

The Peter Jackson built replica is he
http://www.omaka.org.nz/exhibits.htm#re8

'lo,

Avsec a écrit dans
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From my very knowledgeable friend who knows almost every thing about WW1
flying machines.
"Easy! It's F3556, the Imperial War Museum's RE 8 at Duxford.
....
It's one of two RE-8s left in the world -
the other is a Belgian machine with a Hispano-Suiza
engine that's preserved in Brussels.
Here it is :
http://tagazous.free.fr/affichage.ph...t+Factory+RE.8

Bye