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Jun 23^rd, 2005 at 3:54am

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I'm still going through all the photos I took last weekend. Here's a few random shots taken during the day at Old Warden before the Sunset Display on Saturday. Some people seem to prefer shots of aircraft on the ground & the weather was perfect. My old F401 fits conveniently in my top pocket & is ideal for this job. A little sunshine makes all the difference. Wink

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Reply #1 - Jun 23^rd, 2005 at 5:06am

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Great photos again Hagar pal. We have a light aircraft fly-in and short display of Merlin powered aircraft at Rolls Royce Hucknall on Saturday so I hope to have so photos of that to post at the weekend.

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Reply #2 - Jun 23^rd, 2005 at 6:46am

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Simply delicious Doug Wink

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Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2005 at 9:45am

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Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2005 at 10:41am

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Very nice!

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Reply #5 - Jun 23^rd, 2005 at 12:10pm

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Very nice. Amazing those things fly.. Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Jun 24^th, 2005 at 9:31pm

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Hey, cool pics Hagar-I especially like the last 2 (I really like WWI aircraft). I know the first one is an SE.5a, but what is the second one? If I had to guess, I would say a Morane-Saulnier Bullet but those were used mainly by the French and I don't think they had a round tail like that. Anyway, could you identify the last one? Wink

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Reply #7 - Jun 25^th, 2005 at 3:48am

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Thanks for all your comments.

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Hey, cool pics Hagar-I especially like the last 2 (I really like WWI aircraft). I know the first one is an SE.5a, but what is the second one? If I had to guess, I would say a Morane-Saulnier Bullet but those were used mainly by the French and I don't think they had a round tail like that. Anyway, could you identify the last one? Wink

Hi Richie. It's a Bristol M.1C replica* built from the original plans by the Northern Aeroplane Workshops. They also built the Sopwith Triplane in this thread. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=types;action=display;num=1...

*PS. I don't think it's flown for a while.

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Reply #8 - Jun 25^th, 2005 at 12:59pm

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*PS. I don't think it's flown for a while.

Haven't seen it in the air for a year or two. Engineering gremlins I expect, or maybe just rotating the collections aircraft so they aren't always airworthy (if you ground an aircraft for a year you don't have to worry about the same extent of insurance and pilot currency, probably saving several thousand pounds) - the collection is certainly big enough to do so.

On a flying note, I've heard it being likened to trying to land a (wet) bar of soap...

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Reply #9 - Jun 25^th, 2005 at 4:22pm

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Very nice photos Doug. I'm starting to like Old Warden. Last week I came across this one: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/864504/L/
Simply beautiful with the grass and old barn at the back. 8)

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Reply #10 - Jun 25^th, 2005 at 5:48pm

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Very nice photos Doug. I'm starting to like Old Warden. Last week I came across this one: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/864504/L/
Simply beautiful with the grass and old barn at the back. 8)

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Reply #11 - Jun 25^th, 2005 at 8:32pm

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Wonderful shots Doug...wonderful Wink

You posted my favorite World War One Aeroplane the SE5A which I would trade the old girl, all the kids, their wives and their kids to have in the hangar Grin

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Looks like you are having another great year...have fun!

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Reply #12 - Jun 27^th, 2005 at 3:33am

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What is the aircraft with the parasol wing in the fourth pic?

It looks like it might be a "Pietenpol Air-Camper"
Those were originally fitted with a Model-A Ford automotive engine!

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Reply #13 - Jun 27^th, 2005 at 4:06am

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What is the aircraft with the parasol wing in the fourth pic?

It looks like it might be a "Pietenpol Air-Camper"
Those were originally fitted with a Model-A Ford automotive engine!

That's exactly what it is. Wink

They're very popular over here now. Being homebuilts they can vary a great deal. This one was built in 1991 with a modern Continental C90-14F.

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