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From: Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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Subject: Re: Handley Page Heyford pics 2 [5/7] - Handley Page Heyford PC71
Date: 15 Aug 2018 08:35:47 -0700
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In article <j2h8ndh1p9216n3oc2utpp104mto61pjfs@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 15 Aug 2018 07:49:23 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>In article <hbe8nd5hlfu4euap1rggs756c6s2jik2gn@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>>On 15 Aug 2018 07:11:00 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>>wrote:
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>>>Strange, the pictures seem to show two different models of aircraft?
>>>Some have the fuselage mated with the upper wing, some show it mated
>>>with the lower wing, different engine mounts and different tails?
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>>>Are these different variants of the same model or did the pictures get
>>>shuffled?
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>>Dunno...posted as found.
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>>According to Wiki, there was version I, Ia, II, and III.
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>A lot of the early kites were not well documented and it seems very
>few of them survived intact. Fabric and wood rot, not to mention
>rapidly changing technology swept most into the dustbin of history.
>Not like many that crashed into oceans and swamps would be preserved.
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What I noticed right away was some had two bladed props while others had four
bladed props...no doubt influenced by engine types which changed.
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