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Old 09-20-2008, 11:27 AM   #2401
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Yes Graeme, thats it, well thought through! At least the Airspeed Ambassador has its own undercarriage to stand on.
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Old 09-21-2008, 05:33 AM   #2402
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Airspeed Ambassador
That's the one.

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a tatty fuselage
Another forlorn fuselage...

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Hi RD. I was thinking a Hart II (Kestrel) Registration G-ABMR.

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Yeah, that's the one, I couldn't find my registration lists until this morning.
Have you seen Shuttleworth's Hind, it is gorgeous.........
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Another forlorn fuselage...
My guess, and it is a guess. CASA C-201 Alcotan.

Departs stage right, crossing fingers...........
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My guess, and it is a guess. CASA C-201 Alcotan.
Yeah it does look a bit like the Alcotan...




...but no. This was Lieutenant General Baba-Masao's personal transport for his "surrender flight"...

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Electra Junior?
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It's Japanese.
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Its a Tachikawa Ki 54 Allied code name hickory
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Its a Tachikawa Ki 54 Allied code name hickory
That was very quick Patoruzu! Yep, Ki-54. The same aircraft, but in a better condition...



Baba Masao's Ki-54 eventually ended up in a kindergarten at a RAAF base (Fairbairn) in Canberra, but I don't know what eventually became of it.
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Trebor are U refering to the DHC Chipmunk? - the one with the british roundels?
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Is it a "droop snoot" P-38?
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No, I think it might be Russian.
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I think the engine looks like a french one! but props rotated leftwards - can be russian

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Archangelski (Cyrilic MMH) MMN !!

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