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Re: Can someone identify these dusty relics?
Posted by Graham O on Mon Sep 09, 2002 08:36:32 AM
In reply top Can someone identify these dusty relics? posted by Jagan on Mon Sep 09, 2002 05:25:50 AM
What you have here is a Fairchild F24W (the one that looks vaguely Beaverish) and a broken Percival Proctor (either Mk.IV or Mk.V). Look at the photo of the Gipsy style cowling. It matches another of the photos and you'll see the familiar bulbous windscreen of a late model Proctor. You can then see how the two photos join up, and that the Proctor has broken about throiugh the area of the front seats. This is normal when the structure deteriorates and the weight of the engine overcomes the structure at its weakest point. Any chance that these machines can be rescued?
Cheers,
GMO