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Biplane over London

LeuthLeuth
in Not Sports Related


What make is this, and what's the occasion? 

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    DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    It’s a De Havilland Rapide, there are a couple used by pleasure flight companies so would imagine it’s one of them 
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    GribboGribbo
    Pretty sure I see one yesterday over Kent 
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    GribboGribbo
    .....and refreshing to see the aviation industry using pronouns for aircraft
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    Kap10Kap10
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
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    GribboGribbo
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
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    BDLBDL
    Classicwings from Duxford
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    Hal1xHal1x
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
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    DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
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    Off_itOff_it
    DaveMehmet said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
    You love a Fairey!
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    Hal1xHal1x
    DaveMehmet said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
    They must have had balls of steel to head off to the Bismarck in the old stringbag!
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    tangoflashtangoflash
    All planes look like that when I've had a few
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    Kap10Kap10
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    Fine tuning the propellers! 
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    palarsehaterpalarsehater
    Off subject but was playing golf at pedham on Friday and saw a couple of spitfires was really cool to see
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    RichmondSE10ExileRichmondSE10Exile
    DaveMehmet said:
    It’s a De Havilland Rapide, there are a couple used by pleasure flight companies so would imagine it’s one of them 
    Is TS using them to organise fly-by tours for last minute would-be takeover consortium members?
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    MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    edited May 2023
    Hal1x said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
    They must have had balls of steel to head off to the Bismarck in the old stringbag!
    Whilst it was outmoded, I think it looks cool. The thing is, it would have been outclassed by more modern aircraft of the time but could still be effective when it was the sole aircraft in the air. The question then comes to the weapons it is able to deploy. It had torpedoes. One quality these old bi-planes had was they could take a lot of hits without going down. The bullets the bismark would have fired at them had contact fuses but the Swordfish's body was fabric so they would have gone straight through withought doing much damage.
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    Billy_MixBilly_Mix
    DaveMehmet said:
    It’s a De Havilland Rapide, there are a couple used by pleasure flight companies so would imagine it’s one of them 
    From Pedants' Corner: it's a De Havilland Dragon Rapide
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