20-10-2007, 04:27 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1   | Air Quiz I think we need some fun and games on here. So time to start the Air Quiz. First Question: Who or what were Frobisher, Fiona and Fingal? ....
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20-10-2007, 04:39 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | DH Albatross' (Albatrosseseseses?). Less than 10 built in late 30s but built using same wood "sandwich" used in the Mossie. Configured as mail planes or passenger planes. I think they saw war service but most pranged and anything left was scrapped. There were others with "F" names as well. Four engined jobbies too, reckon they would have sounded cool. Wonder if they were put into "uniform".
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20-10-2007, 05:24 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Three of the passenger versions that flew in airline hands? There were only a couple of mail planes I think so since you've given three names I've put two and two together and no doubt come up with 54! Sooo much more interesting trawling through my brain than trawling through my email account for the news items I need to put in my e-mag!
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20-10-2007, 10:05 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | Yep, they were three of the five Albatrosses used by BOAC: Frobisher Destroyed by enemy action Whitchurch 20.12.40 Falcon Scrapped 9.43 Fortuna Crashed nr Shannon 6.7.43 Fingal Crashed Pucklechurch 6.10.40 Fiona Scrapped 9.43 Your go, Andy
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20-10-2007, 11:12 AM
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21-10-2007, 06:53 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Ooh, pretty plane, Morse! Okay, um, shouldn't have answered question if had to come with one myself... I am the Spirit of Britain First and I had a particular claim to fame that was rather embarrassing to others. Who/What am I and what was this claim to fame?
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21-10-2007, 09:10 AM
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You're Top Poster: #5 | Just of the top of my head! Was that not the name given to the Blenheim prototype!
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Keep going, Morse...
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