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Mar 12th, 2005 at 1:05pm

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Her'e another wacky old bird... can anybody guess the aircraft's name and/or mfr.?
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Reply #1 - Mar 12th, 2005 at 1:39pm

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Looks like a Burgess-Dunne Flying Wing ... one of them,at least.

 

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Reply #2 - Mar 12th, 2005 at 5:40pm

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Bingo!!
It's the Dunne swept-wing biplane; first developed as a tailless glider- pretty advanced design, and it looks like it flew! It also had washout at the wingtips...
Any idea what year this one was made? My source doesn't say...
 

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Reply #3 - Mar 12th, 2005 at 7:26pm

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Reply #4 - Mar 12th, 2005 at 9:28pm

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Pretty spiffy little aeroplane right there!
 

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