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03-12-2008, 01:34 AM
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03-12-2008, 01:36 AM
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Country: | Definitely the 247. General Chiang Kai-Shek´s personal mount........  | |
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03-12-2008, 01:42 AM
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03-12-2008, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Wildcat  Beechcraft 18/C45 ???? Lockheed 12 ???? Am I close??? | Sorry Wildcat, but... Quote:
Originally Posted by p47thunderbolt Definitely the 247. General Chiang Kai-Shek´s personal mount........ | ...it is the Boeing 247Y, a one-off conversion of a 247D for a "Chinese customer". Various sources have different stories. Some say Chiang Kai-Sheck, one says Marshal Chang Hsuech Liang and others "unknown". Quote:
Originally Posted by p47thunderbolt This should be easy...... | Yeah, right Chris: 
Early version of the Demoiselle?  | |
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03-12-2008, 04:39 AM
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03-12-2008, 05:28 AM
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received the second pilot licence ever issued by his country
| And when asked by a journalist, why he received only the second one, he answered that the "number 2 is the even number". Now it would be good to know german language.  | |
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03-12-2008, 06:22 AM
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Country: | One could say, this is a real grade a aircraft, in every sense. | |
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03-12-2008, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by p47thunderbolt One could say, this is a real grade a aircraft, in every sense. | That's the clue that did it...
The Grade-Monoplane of 1909.  Deutsches Museum: Grade
Ever seen the commercial with the catch phrase "I can't believe it's not butter?".
Well, "I can't believe it's NOT a Thunderjet!?"...  | |
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03-12-2008, 08:46 PM
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Country: | Nanchang CJ-6 with a modified nose 
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03-12-2008, 09:12 PM
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F84G Thunderjet for comparison.... RTAF Museum, Don Muang, Krung Thep (Bangkok) | |
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03-12-2008, 09:19 PM
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Here is an obscure one.... anyone seen one of these before ? | |
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03-12-2008, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Wildcat Nanchang CJ-6 with a modified nose | Brilliant Wildcat! If the roles were reversed, there is no way I would have picked that. Photos: Nanchang CJ-6 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net | |
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03-13-2008, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by wingnuts Here is an obscure one.... anyone seen one of these before ? | I only recognised it Wingnut because I'm sure that you posted the Museum link once before?... Royal Thai Air Force Museum Royal Thai Air Force Museum - Boripat
The 'Boripatra'... 
New one...
Armament included a 37mm cannon... 
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03-13-2008, 11:28 AM
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Country: | That's atough one. French? They experimented with a 37mm cannon in a SPAD. Quote: |
Nanchang CJ-6 with a modified nose
| Strange, what's the story about this aircraft? There must be one.
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03-13-2008, 05:55 PM
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Country: | [quote=Graeme;332644]I only recognised it Wingnut because I'm sure that you posted the Museum link once before?...
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Damn!.... outsmarted myself... getting old | |
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