On 07/01/2015 04:23, Savageduck wrote:
> On 2015-01-07 03:32:31 +0000, john szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> said:
>
>> Syke <h.macguire@CRUIVEvirgin.net> wrote in news:RzVqw.498095$7A5.464231
>> @fx17.am4:
>>
>>> On 06/01/2015 17:28, john szalay wrote:
>>>> Syke <h.macguire@CRUIVEvirgin.net> wrote in news:AgNqw.381617
>> $WK6.209157
>>>> @fx02.am4:
>>>>
>>>>> I wonder what those are in the background?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Syke
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Grumman Trackers ? perhaps ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's the very short span wings that's puzzling. That's a Royal Navy
>>> Meteor, so I'm thinking Sea Prince, but the wings are still too short
>>> for that; more like the wings on the OV Bronco.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Syke
>>>
>>
>> How about Percival Pembrokes
>
> That is a very likely candidate given that its service starting in the
> mid-1950's would make it a Meteor contemporary.
>
>
Yeah, the Pembroke was the RAF version of the Sea Prince. The
shortness of the wings certainly, to me, rules out the Tracker, which,
because of its unusual wing-fold, couldn't be these. I know I'm getting
desparate now but could it be something with the outer wings removed
prior to scrapping?
Somebody must know!
Regards
Syke
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