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My source called it the LASA T-bird (that's what is painted on the aircraft) - full title LASA (Thrush) T-bird 510G - original photo below. Same horse - different jockey.

 

 

 

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No takers on this French Amateur-built 4 seater? A few of them around. Google images has 20 photos, 6 aircraft in all, with rego F-****. This one recorded with Construction No. 18.

 

 

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While you are all tearing your hair out (what little you may have left) trying to identify the above aircraft, can you answer this quiz question?

 

Who thought up the idea of towing a glider behind an aircraft?

 

 

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Red: a Glider IS an aircraft...

 

However, not to be an irascible pedant for too long.. I don't know. BUT, military gliders (mostly troop carriers, but also for heavy weapons transport), were used quite a lot in WWII. Military glider - Wikipedia . They were not designed to soar, but to glide to land following release from a tow aircraft.

 

The Me 321 was the mother of all. messerschmitt me 321 - Google Search:

 

And it spawned the 'Gigant' the world's most fugly but imposing motor-glider: messerschmitt gigant - Google Search:

 

 

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Probably derived from. Just about all I can find is in French. I did Google translate some small bits. All photos I saw were F-xxxx rego.

 

The plane is a Tissot-Charbonnier TC-180 Oceanair. There are TC-120, TC-160 and TC-180 models.

 

Here is a link to a club blog covering the building of a TC-120, again in French. If you wish to translate the captions to the photos, in a separate screen or tab, open Google and type "translate french to english". Copy the caption, paste it into the first box and the English version will appear in the right box.

 

Link: Projet Océanair TC120 F-PBTM | CAL

 

An English language translated version of the page is available via Google but does not include the photos. Here is a sample of the caption by caption translation.

 

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Close enough OME. 5 websites I checked all had it as an SV.4A, but your are closer than I expected.I thought someone would say Thruxton Jackaroo.

 

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By the way, how many knew about Barbara Cartland?

 

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Close enough OME. 5 websites I checked all had it as an SV.4A, but your are closer than I expected.I thought someone would say Thruxton Jackaroo.

I bet a few thought it was a Tiger with a canopy as used by the Empire Training Scheme in Canada during WWll.

 

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I can't claim encyclopedic knowledge. It's just that I recognised the fin shape and I knew that this one used to be at Goulburn.

 

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Lots of differences, OME.

 

SV4A: A-Wire braced tailplane B-Fin shape C- Upper wing aileron D- wire angle brace E- Internal vs external control cables

 

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Jackaroo A-Solid brace B-shape C-no upper aileron D Strut angle brace E External rudder cables

 

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3 view plan shows different wing, tail shape.

 

SV.4a

 

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Jackaroo (this is a Tiger 3 view, but Jackaroo based on Tiger.)

 

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