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E' meraviglioso !

Original engine ?Is it one of the two Australian replicas ?

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Flagon wrote:
E' meraviglioso !

Original engine ?Is it one of the two Australian replicas ?

Grazie,Francesco.



No it is one of the two NZ reproductions with original engines.

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Va bene !

They were made in NZ rather than Australia.

Sorry,the sources I have are what they are.

Would you please tell me other details.

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Grazie DaveM2.

BTW,Colt M2 ?

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There was a post on Kermit's blog a few months ago about his visit to NZ (then on to Australia) that gives more details. TVAL refurbished Kermit's engine, and built the reproduction.
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Grazie DaveM2.

BTW,Colt M2 ?

Just out of curiosity.

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Francesco

Not sure what you mean by Colt M2....so the answer is probably 'No'

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Grazie DaveM2.

BTW,Colt M2 ?

Just out of curiosity.

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Francesco

Not sure what you mean by Colt M2

I think he's referring to your DaveM2 handle, Suh? IIRC, DaveM #2 being your handle reason, and not a gun.

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It was fascinating to see this flown by Kermit alongside and 'against' the TVAL Sopwith Camel at last year's Classic Fighters airshow at Omaka, NZ. Both top of their game in the era as Scouts, yet utterly different in structure and power. Flown by two rather good pilots of the types, too. ;)

It's clear from Kermit's and other accounts that while the Albatros is one of the most 'shark-like' and aggressive looking fighters in history, it's actually a bit of a flawed dog...

And btw, the company and aircraft of this type are 'Albatros', one 's'.

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