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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

This is not difficult in itself, but is an interesting shot culled from a print in the cocktail bar (OK, I can hear the chortles already) of our hotel in Funchal.

For a long time, it was impossible to get to Madeira other than by ship or 'floater' - this is one of them !
 
You'd be thinking right, I reckon, sir.

If it took 3-and-a-half hours for the 757 to get back to Glasgow from Madeira, I wonder how long you'd sit numbed in the Felixstowe ????
 
DHC2Pilot said:
R.A.F. FE.1
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Sorry for the absence guys. Yes, it's the FE. 1 aka De Havilland No. 2 - Geoffrey's second effort in 1910
"With a £1,000 gift from his grandfather, de Havilland began work on his first plane in 1908. Completed in early 1910, its only flight took place at Crux Easton. With de Havilland at the controls, the plane crashed after flying only 100 feet. De Havilland continued with the project and his second aircraft, the FE-1, was purchased by the British War Office."

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1910/1910 - 0782.html?search=de havilland No 2

The beginning of a marvelous career
 
I had a sinking feeling after I posted it that it would be a repeat. As soon as I get home from work (in about 4 hours or so) I will promptly replace it with something else.
 
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