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In reply to the discussion: Aeroplane In A Bottle: From This One, I Will Be Getting Some Cash.... [View all]The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)14. Thank You, Sir
I post them up here occasionally, when I feel I have something special.
Besides the obvious one of the rigging, the particular challenges of this were the bare engine, and the spoke wheels. Over-heating was a real problem, and they stripped all the cowling panels off the nose to get some air flow to assist the water.
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Aeroplane In A Bottle: From This One, I Will Be Getting Some Cash.... [View all]
The Magistrate
Aug 2014
OP
I Don't Think Anybody Ever Said That About An Early Short Bros. Product, Ma'am
The Magistrate
Aug 2014
#12
Perhaps if you read his memoir, Going Solo, you could be inspired to build it
Brother Buzz
Aug 2014
#27