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23 February 2006, 04:28 PM
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Another mystery photo - Need someone to read caption - German
The following picture was among many that sold recently in a album on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...tem=6255843707 It doesn't look right to me. Maybe a child's toy or model? I enhanced the image several different ways so that the writing might be easier to see. The upper left photograph is the original from the auction. Can anyone tell me what is written under the photograph? 
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23 February 2006, 06:48 PM
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something about familie, nothing about the aircraft
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23 February 2006, 08:01 PM
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Familienurlaub auf Heilberg....? Ich kann nicht alles lesen. (I can't quite make it out!) The tent looks like the type used for camping. The small size of the aircraft... perhaps something crafted for the youngsters?
Or, perhaps it is a dummy decoy aircraft to distract enemy aircraft?
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24 February 2006, 03:20 AM
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Familienurlaub is ok , but I think Heilberg is wrong
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24 February 2006, 10:32 AM
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Best guess is a photo of a model, possibly control line type, taken during a family vacation in some illegible location.
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24 February 2006, 05:59 PM
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Franzkait,
I agree with you... it is longer than the name Heilberg. (I put dots after the word to show it was a guess.)
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24 February 2006, 07:47 PM
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Thanks for all the effort guys. Here is bigger shot of the writting. Any better?
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24 February 2006, 08:42 PM
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Looks similar to Heilbingrün? I find the struts very interesting. Like those on the Pfalz triplanes.
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25 February 2006, 01:48 AM
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"grün" is a potential interpretation for the second half of the last word but for me it looks rather like "gäu" (like in "Allgäu") and could indicate a location in Southgermany or Switzerland (if I am right).
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25 February 2006, 05:05 AM
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gau looks better compare to grün, but Familinurlaub is wrong. I can not see the urlaub
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