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Bloody Hell that was quick! Correct but when I worked on it it was operated by an aerial survey company and was called a Desford and was piloted normally, not prone.

 

 

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I couldn't resist the opportunity to take this shot of a cute little biplane beside my Sonex at Lethbridge a couple of years ago.

 

[GALLERY=media, 3944]IMG_20170513_152602 by Peter Anson posted May 13, 2017 at 7:48 PM[/GALLERY]

 

My guess is that tricky engine oil top-up would be a pretty frequent job.

 

 

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Monospar ST-4?

Crack on. NZ Aerial Mapping started business with an ST25 Monospar in 1936, and she was still airworthy in the 80's...I saw it do a lolly scramble at an air show.

In '86 it was lost in a hangar fire, I believe it was the last one left flying.

 

In the interim NZAM went through a twin Beech, then a very nice Aero-Commander...they had good taste! A little history here, for those interested:

 

3rd Level New Zealand: Mapping NZ Aerial Mapping

 

Note reduction boxes on those little radials, resulting in offset props. Also resulted in unusual rattly noise, as I think the gears were square cut...

 

 

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Airspeed Envoy with twin Pobjoy radials? Pure guess, no google!

Monospar, as GraemeK said.

Certainly they used Pobjoy radials, though I can't pretend to know if this example (or NZAM's ST25) were Pobjoys. Seems likely, though?

 

 

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There is one that flies into Caboolture ever so often.

Okay....that's good to hear!

Lovely wing shape...and interesting to read about the monospar wing developement too.

 

 

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Big Boys` Toy ??? 022_wink.gif.2137519eeebfc3acb3315da062b6b1c1.gif[ATTACH=full]50490[/ATTACH]

 

Frank.

Dunno...we can only hope & pray Renault tweaked a little dihedral in there before opening the throttle for the poor ole fella...............(

 

 

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More than 24 hours and no bites.

 

The aircraft if a 1910 Pither (no, I'm not thpeaking with a lithp). It was built in NZ in 1910 and a replica built in 2003. Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Pither.

 

With the aircraft in the background, I would guess this is the replica.

 

 

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More than 24 hours and no bites.The aircraft if a 1910 Pither (no, I'm not thpeaking with a lithp). It was built in NZ in 1910 and a replica built in 2003. Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Pither.

 

With the aircraft in the background, I would guess this is the replica.

What a pither!
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