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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

As Lefty sent to me I think it should be his decision to forward onto you - &Co. I have obviously no objections.
Keith
 
& Co. said:
Hi all!

Lefty, Dev One, would you mind sharing those Petrel blueprints and cutaway with me too?

If OK, I'll PM my address. Thanks in advance! ;)
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No problems - PM me your address, Yann, I will forward.......

PPS John, your parasol has not been forgotten, but I fear will remain unidentified !
 
Yes it is a modified SE5A, but was given a model number by Dudley Watt - the DW1. It was at Brooklands about 1929 & my father was part of the team. Believe two built/modified. This registration G-EBOG.
Keith
 
Nice one, Keith - found a reference to it - Watt tired of it as the 300hp Hispano-Suiza couldn't give him enough performance ! He seems to have been a bit of a nutter - wrote off a plane after flying it 200 yards from the hangar to the fuel pump rather than taxiing !

They don't make 'em like that any more.......over to Dave, methinks.
 
One certainly gets the impression that he was a bit of a dare devil from the Flight write ups of the Bournemouth air races. He was also a Skywriter trailing smoke for advertising....
Keith
 
Here is one to ponder while we wait on Dave to resurface.

Senior Gonzalo is pointing out where the wing root should be...
 
Dave, with great respect, these would be a lot harder if the answer wasn't actually displayed on the photo !

We'll let you post another - in the meantime, I'm still struggling with Moses' 'flying' (??) tuna !
 
I have been working on it. Found several close calls but no exact match. Do you have a bigger photo? The empennage looks like a biplane setup.
 
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