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229DAK
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Originally posted by wrightd:
I was gonna say if one fell off, but after hearing all the aviation knowledge on file, I'm retracting it.
As long as the front doesn't fall off.


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If your ever in upstate NY, go to the Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
They have some really old airplanes there that fly. Mock dogfights, aerobatics and a museum.


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Originally posted by egregore:
IIRC, that plane got maybe a couple of feet off the water and crashed. Mostly correct.
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Originally posted by joel9507:
Some took "the more, the merrier" approach to wing count to extremes. For example, the Caproni Ca. 60:



Raise you the Horatio Phillips Multiplanes.



Just decided to wing it?

Seriously, is this where the phrase comes from?
 
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