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Old 16 September 2007, 10:02 PM   #1
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Breguet's Aircraft Challenge #267

Breguet's Aircraft Challenge #267

For your consideration a machine all in a piece but from a difficult angle.

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Old 16 September 2007, 10:47 PM   #2
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Dornier Riesenflugboot Rs IV. High-wing all-metal aircraft with fabric-covered wing and empennage. First Dornier with sponsons. Four Maybach engines in tandem in two nacelles, accessible for minor in-flight repairs from the hull. First flight 12 Oct 1918. Converted for civil use June 1919. Dismanteled in Fall of 1920 on instruction of the allies. Doc
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Old 17 September 2007, 01:23 PM   #3
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Doc this is a direct hit on this I thought quite difficult shot right from the back. You have three to go to take over

Scores at the end of challenge #266:

50.4 Varese2002
31.6 Dave_Kent
21.3 Rbailey
11.7 Rod Filan
8.3 YavorD
7.4 JohnMacG
7.8 Cruze
7.7 Dan-San
7.0 Breguet
6.2 EdStevens
6.1 joegertler
6.1 trp81
6.0 Eric Goedkoop
5.6 ercoupepilot
5.5 Patrick
5.4 Colin A. Owers
5.3 Der Grüne Flieger
5.1 bshatzer
5.0Tom L
5.0 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger
4.7 dpolglaze
4.4 Ross Moorhouse
4.3 edmondthieffry
4.2 Gilles
4.0 greenknight
2.7 Berman
2 Doc
2.0 Rickenbaron
2.0 Froggy
1.5 Kilian
1.2 Ransom E. Olds
1 austin08
1 Cliff
1 cubsfan4life
1 Gregoire
1 Peter Zambori
1 rammjaeger
1 Cigogne
.8 Machinbird
.6 Crankcase
.6 Sreiko
.4 Vilkata
.3 albapfalzd3
.2 Paul_J._Fisher

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Actually, it seemed quite distinctive from the back--- any other angle and I probably wouldn't have gotten it.... Doc
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