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    They have mate, they are called gliders and sailplanes!
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    I should have googled it first! As you said, Napier Deltic!
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    I could be wrong too, but wasn’t the Deltic English Electric?
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    Sorry if this is thread drift, but like the difference between steam locomotives and diesels!
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    A long time ago, when I was about 16 and an apprentice working at Edinburgh (Turnhouse) airport there was, were??? A C130 and an Argosy of the RAF parked on our apron and I had the opportunity to wander through both. I recall the Argosy flight deck just about having room for the crew whilst the C130 had room for the crew, a bunk and a galley. In the cargo hold the Argosy hydraulics we’re all bonding strips and lockwire whilst the C130 had nary a bonding strip or lockwire to be seen! My very first experience of something with which I became familiar in later years in BOAC. Parker flareless connections!
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    Oh come on, I love the old Beverly, quite unique really and when you think it is about the same vintage as the C130, how could you not love it too?
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    There was a French one I just had to look up too Sud-Ouest Djinn with tip jets which I think (didn’t look this bit up!) was powered by a Turbomeca Artouste!
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    Possibly sound a lot like the Fairey Gyrodyne or Rotodyne? In other words Bloody loud!
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    Funny how they never succeed. That one, Edgeley Optica and Seabird Seeker all chased the same market and apparently sank without trace.
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    I have Dynon Skyview with transponder and ADSB out. Zenith CH701 which is VH registered but could be RAA.
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    In that case mate, I don’t have a clue!!!
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    Ignoring everything else, in that report this is reported as a Cessna 177RG Amateur built????
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    Not quite sure what you mean by built in crosswinds but I’ll try again anyway! The Ercoupe?
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    Well bully for you old chap, you must be a delight to know personally! The question was asked, my answer was given, nowhere did I or anyone else suggest that was the only answer!
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    Seventy plus years of being an aeroplane nut helps! Memory goes back to seeing the Bristol Brabazon fly over Edinburgh. Add to that a bookshelf full of reference books and you have your answer!
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    Haven’t seen that version of it before!
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    Bit of a cheat really, not so much a guess as an ‘I know I’ve seen it before’ now I need to find it in my 60+ years worth of aircraft reference materials. Sometimes I can find it before anyone else, sometimes I can’t find it at all!
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    Fouga Gemeaux
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    Only telling you what she said!!! Irrelevant because here in Qld we are not currently in lockdown! Who knows for how long though???
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    When Qld was in lockdown our CHO said, live on television,” A pilot getting into his aeroplane and going for a fly isn’t a threat, of course he isn’t” I was happy to take her at her word!
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    Possibly the one that now resides in the Queensland Air Museum?
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    Neither of those, simply saying I am of no help because I have no idea of the efficacy or otherwise of your suggestion and no need to find out because what I have is, for my requirements, perfectly adequate. If I had any idea or suggestions I would tell you!
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    Neither on my part, just that I have no idea!
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    I am the only one who flies it and I built it so not likely to make that mistake. I also think that if you fit the caps 180° out the tubes wouldn’t be facing rear wards. Not sure how to explain that but the notches in the fuel tank flanges don’t align!
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