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Mike, I think these are the remains of the Surrey AL.1 that were (still are?) in storage after the war.
A rather sad view...
A rather sad view...
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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
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pomme homme
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Yes, Robert, that is what remains of the Surrey Flying Services AL.1 after decades in store in the legendary barn of Bertram Arden near Exeter. That image itself is, I believe, about three decades old and whilst I'm unaware of any later photographs, I have no reason to believe that the condition of this old girl has improved. But enough of this. The baton passes back to Germany.
fabulousfour
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This rather sleek plane was a one-off and first flew in the mid-1930s.
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It is the elegant Piaggio P.23R.
Enjoy a pint, Uli.
Enjoy a pint, Uli.
srgalahad
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That was a surprise. For a moment I thought Moses had been digging through my slide collection!
Not sure of the US registration, but it may have been, in a previous life, the SCAN30/Gannet owned by Ontario Paper in Canada. If so, the other pic I have would be of me sitting in the right seat.
Might be time to dig into the musty old boxes.
AFAIK, all the various engine-conversions still carried the G44/G44A designation on the certificate. The Grumman-built ones had serial#s in the 1200-1400 range, the French ones were odd in the serials are 1-41.
BTW Lefty, N63L seems to have been exported to Pakistan and was once owned by John (Jack) Conroy - of Turbo-3, CL-44, AeroSpacelines fame.
Not sure of the US registration, but it may have been, in a previous life, the SCAN30/Gannet owned by Ontario Paper in Canada. If so, the other pic I have would be of me sitting in the right seat.
Might be time to dig into the musty old boxes.
AFAIK, all the various engine-conversions still carried the G44/G44A designation on the certificate. The Grumman-built ones had serial#s in the 1200-1400 range, the French ones were odd in the serials are 1-41.
BTW Lefty, N63L seems to have been exported to Pakistan and was once owned by John (Jack) Conroy - of Turbo-3, CL-44, AeroSpacelines fame.
lefty
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I was fascinated by this wonderful source -
https://www.goodall.com.au/grumman-amphibians/grumman-scan30.pdf
If you scroll down to page 7 you'll find N7775C - could that have been it, Kevin ? (N63L seems to have the same paint job as yours...)
Rob, the history of all the SCAN Gannets is there too - maybe you are referring to CF-LFQ ?
I would buy the Air-Britain book but I'm not allowed any more aviation books till I get rid of some of the surplus ones !
Back with a new mystery after breakfast......
https://www.goodall.com.au/grumman-amphibians/grumman-scan30.pdf
If you scroll down to page 7 you'll find N7775C - could that have been it, Kevin ? (N63L seems to have the same paint job as yours...)
Rob, the history of all the SCAN Gannets is there too - maybe you are referring to CF-LFQ ?
I would buy the Air-Britain book but I'm not allowed any more aviation books till I get rid of some of the surplus ones !
Back with a new mystery after breakfast......
cthornburg
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Hispano Suiza HS-42
Chris
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