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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

How lovely to see so many nice floaters appearing - as this is very much my favourite genre, I'll pass on this one !

In the meantime, if anyone knows of a good cure for gout...........:dejection:
 
lefty said:
In the meantime, if anyone knows of a good cure for gout...........:dejection:
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Not a cure but I have used Diclofenac (Voltarol) cream on my toes when I had it a year or so ago, which reduces the pain.
Cant remember what the Dr gave me though. Good luck, but watch the interactions with other drugs & only use for max of 5 days.
Keith
 
Hi Lefty.

lefty said:
In the meantime, if anyone knows of a good cure for gout...........:dejection:
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A close source (my wife) suggests, if bad - Colchicine. If not so bad and as a maintenance - Allopurinol. Good luck!

Hi Baragouin.

Took a little while to recognise twin motors! But possibly the French Brd1? Sources (not my wife) call it "uninspiring" and "displayed poor stability in flight" - hence a short-lived career...

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Green said:
Hi Lefty.



A close source (my wife) suggests, if bad - Colchicine. If not so bad and as a maintenance - Allopurinol. Good luck!

Hi Baragouin.

Took a little while to recognise twin motors! But possibly the French Brd1? Sources (not my wife) call it "uninspiring" and "displayed poor stability in flight" - hence a short-lived career...

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Yes Green it is indeed the Blanchard BRD1 of 1922.....:applause:
Your turn please
BG
 
Hi Green!
I've got following questions:
- conventional tail? Where is it?
- military or civilian?
- european or US?
- tourer, recce or what was its use?
- pre or post WW2?
Thanks for your reply
BG
 
Baragouin - sounds like you don't like my floater? :untroubled:

I worked hard to find it, so I'd like to let it float longer than 27 minutes before answering all those questions just yet, OK? But I can tell you it does have a conventional tail...

Cheers!
 
Moses03 said:
Better dive in before the float experts show up. This looks like a General Aviation GA-43.
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G'day Moses!

Yeah, that's why I didn't want to answer all those questions above - cause I was thinking in a few more minutes, someone is gonna come along and slam-dunk it!

Well done sir! :very_drunk:
 
Thanks Green. Okay, back to the floater well one more time. This time a large amphibian under construction.

I can't prove this one managed more than a hop at best, heck it might not have ever flown but there is no proof that I have found either way. Makes for an interesting mystery anyways...


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Green said:
G'day Moses!

Yeah, that's why I didn't want to answer all those questions above - cause I was thinking in a few more minutes, someone is gonna come along and slam-dunk it!

Well done sir! :very_drunk:
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Thanks anyway for your effort(s) in answering my questions....however for the benefit of us poor ignorant non-native English speaking can you explain what "slam-dunk" means?
Thanks
BG
 
BG, it doesn't necessarily help being an Anglophone.

'Slam-dunk' is, I think , a quaintly American sporting metaphor.

Two teams of 8-foot tall freaks take turns to drop a ball into a basket at opposite ends of the playing area. That is called a 'slam-dunk'.

Whichever one happens to be in the lead at the end of several hours is declared the winner. The score is usually something like 147-145. It's a great alternative to Mogadon.
 
lefty said:
BG, it doesn't necessarily help being an Anglophone.

'Slam-dunk' is, I think , a quaintly American sporting metaphor.

Two teams of 8-foot tall freaks take turns to drop a ball into a basket at opposite ends of the playing area. That is called a 'slam-dunk'.

Whichever one happens to be in the lead at the end of several hours is declared the winner. The score is usually something like 147-145. It's a great alternative to Mogadon.
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Thanks very much Lefty now with your help and with Merriam-Webster's I understand what Green meant by "slam-dunk" (a rather convolute metaphor may I say....)
cheers
BG

PS By the way I have no idea about the proposed amphibian
 
Not the Dolphin. It was possibly tested on Lake Michigan around 1930-31.

It was trimotor powered with three Pratt & Whitney Wasps mounted in the wings leading edge. No wait, another source says three Hissos. Even more confusing, they might have been Hispano engines!


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Well I found it by expanding my search a bit - hadn't looked for anything as big as a 16-seater !

The Century Sea Devil eh ? (Told you you would get me stumped anytime soon!) Nice one.
 
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