Some wings between the wars

"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?

That was name of the JPG. Maybe someone else in the group can identify it.

"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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Did they have an observation deck and rec room on the bottom floor?

That was a French attempt at a "flying fortress"

"Jess Lurkin" wrote in message ...

Had to look further into this powerless bird.

That's the only fighter-glider I've ever heard of. It would be towed to
altitude above bomber formations by a Bf-109 and then released to fire two
30mm cannons while diving. While several prototypes were built, it never
went into production and crews regarded it as something of a suicide
weapon...

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 22:27:40 -0500, "Byker" wrote:

"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?

That was name of the JPG. Maybe someone else in the group can identify it.

Blackburn Blackburn (seems someone had a brainlock in aircraft naming
that day...)

On 8/10/2015 10:21 AM, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 22:27:40 -0500, "Byker" wrote:

"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?

That was name of the JPG. Maybe someone else in the group can identify it.

Blackburn Blackburn (seems someone had a brainlock in aircraft naming
that day...)


Many of their aircraft were named after British and Commonwealth cities
and towns, hence Blackburn, Beverley, Ripon, Airedale, Sydney, Perth...

Ri©ardo

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Moving Things In Still Pictures

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 19:29:20 -0500, "Byker" wrote:

This was subsequently rename as the Westand Wendover. But that didn't
keep it from being scrapped with just the one prototype built.

"Byker" wrote:
Attachment decoded: flying_apartment_block.jpg
What is this?

"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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Blackburn Blackburn (seems someone had a brainlock in aircraft naming that
day...)

A shape that only a Blackburnian could love