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#21 Post by llondel » Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:05 pm

CharlieOneSix wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:18 pm
No, not a Tiger Moth. This one has side by side seating and you can fold the wings back against the fuselage.
You can do that with most aircraft if you shove it through a narrow gap at the correct speed... Of course, folding them back out to the correct flying position is not always trivial.

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#22 Post by CharlieOneSix » Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:35 pm

An obscure clue - Frank didn’t design this…….
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#23 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:47 am

So Robinson! But Robinson what? ;)))
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#24 Post by John Hill » Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:03 am

Ah, Robinson Redwing...
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#25 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:12 am

You have it, John, well done!
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#26 Post by John Hill » Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:53 pm

I think you have already seen all the weird ones in our museum so it is OH from me.
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#27 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:00 pm

Where does this ship hail from? An accurate statement of planet and galactic quadrant will suffice.

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#28 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:48 pm

It's a Klingon Bird of Prey, from the planet Qo'nos in the Beta Quadrant.

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#29 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:59 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
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It's a Klingon Bird of Prey, from the planet Qo'nos in the Beta Quadrant.
You, with respect Sir, are an esteemed pilot! ^:)^

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#30 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:07 pm

Benefits of being an Air Defender, a quick glance of a small bit is enough.
I had to look up the location, as I am not a Trekkie. But I recognised the craft immediately, as my sister IS a closet Trekkie, and obliged me to watch Star Trek IV with her last summer.
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#31 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:09 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:07 pm
Benefits of being an Air Defender, a quick glance of a small bit is enough.
I had to look up the location, as I am not a Trekkie. But I recognised the craft immediately, as my sister IS a closet Trekkie, and obliged me to watch Star Trek IV with her last summer.
OH please
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#32 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:59 pm

TheGreenAnger wrote:
Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:59 pm
Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:48 pm
It's a Klingon Bird of Prey, from the planet Qo'nos in the Beta Quadrant.
You, with respect Sir, are an esteemed pilot! ^:)^

Only matched by Ace Rimmer whose original posts here on ops-normal.org too...(if he breaks his silence you will see that I know).

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#33 Post by G-CPTN » Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:49 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
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Benefits of being an Air Defender, a quick glance of a small bit is enough.
A while ago I observed a 'Lightning' overfly my garden.

As I knew that that was impossible, I entered 'historic' spotter type mode and reasoned that it had to be 'Russian'.
I had never seen any real Russian aircraft, just relied on my Air Training Corps recognition exercises, but I was convinced that what I had seen was a Fitter.
It transpired that it was a Sukhoi 22 from Poland on an exchange training exercise.

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#34 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:58 pm

Yes, not dissimilar from the front or planform.
The difference from the rear is obvious (which is the main view I've had :ymdevil: due to the number of engine exhausts)

*did some affil with the Egyptians once. They never saw us.

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#35 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:40 am

We had to do ship and tank recognition on 10 Sqn. I refused to take part. I said that if I got that close to a ship or tank in a VC10 I would have better things to worry about.

Had to go into a Russki airfield once on a VIP trip. It was also a military base. Had a guy from intelligence come to visit me after getting back. He asked me what I had observed. I said tanks and aircraft. Then the questions startled to get difficult. I stuck to name rank and number. Fortunately my nav used to mess about in East Berlin and was more helpful.
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