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FFP Celebrity photographed at YBDG:

Don’t try to save anyone, just stand there making a video.

A teenager crawled from the flaming wreck of a crashed Cessna 210 in Detroit. His parents were killed in the crash, believed to be caused by fuel and undercarriage problems. The plane clipped trees and a power line before hitting the ground Relatives said the pilot had not flown in 10 years, and had only purchased the aircraft last week.

Story, video here: https://nypost.com/2018/06/25/teen-survives-fiery-airplane-crash-that-killed-parents/

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The blue and white one has a squared off fin, the Johnson Rocket photos that I can find all have a rounded fin. Makes it hard!Edit...the Rocket was the three seater with round fin, the Bullet was a four seater with squared off fin.

I thought this one would go off quickly, in fact I tossed up whether to include it at all.

It is a Texas Bullet, aka Johnson Rocket.

This next one might be more familiar to the members of this site.

I think I might have just screwed up!

I’m a retired pilot. I was asked to address a local junior high gathering put on by the PTA.

I had the stage to myself. I talked about staying in school, getting good grades and all that usual bullshot. Since I had plenty of time, I threw it open for questions.

The last one asked was, "Can you give us a couple of your life's philosophical beliefs?"

I said, "That's easy. Looking back over my 7 decades, I believe I've spent close to 90% of my earnings on booze and whores. The rest I just wasted."

I was escorted out without getting to finish my last two rules to live by:

1) If it flies, floats, or f*cks, it's cheaper to rent it.

2) If it's got t!ts or tires, you're gonna have problems with it.

I hope they invite me back next year so I can finish.

They need to know this stuff!

The blue and white one - hint: there was also a tricycle version.

The performance was repeated just before the race.It's a hover board, not a jet pack.

Now you've got me confused, kasper. The aircraft is definitely high wing, with three fins, and looks like it has two engines, but the commentary on the film calls it a HP Marathon, which is four engined.

Some more digging brought up this - the HP Mamba-Marathon. The original Marathon was piston engined, but this development had two Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turbines driving propellers, making it the third British turbo prop, before any other country had flown any.

Welcome to the forum WB.

You are right again Kasper, it's the ANEC II.

See my replies 982 and 086 re the airliner.

The AW55 Apollo was a competitor for the Vickers Viscount but only two were built due to ongoing engine problems. Story here:

Armstrong Whitworth Apollo - Wikipedia. The Viscount went on to be a best seller.

(Edit) More details, photos here:

Armstrong Whitworth AW55 Apollo | BAE Systems | International

That's what I said, although I didn't name him. What about the one above it?

Armstrong Whitworth AW55 Apollo.

And yes, the yellow one is a Wild Thing, produced by Ultraleicht Bau International (ULBI), of Hassfurt.

And if you are after a Thruster photo, here is one of a Thruster that was owned by a friend of mine and hangared at Lethbridge Park. He had it up for sale, but I haven't seen him for about 6 months, so I don't know if it was sold.

Where are Kasper, derek, et al when you need them?

Research for this thread has been both fascinating and staggering. I am amazed at the number of manufacturers and models, which run into the thousands, and I've hardly scratched the surface. From the exotic to the bizarre, it's amazing what will fly, and what people will fly in. As I said earlier, I have concentrated on fixed wing, powered light aircraft, with the occasional military plane. In most cases, I have only chosen one model per manufacturer, even though they may have many. I have tried to avoid copies or developments of well known planes, such as the Jodel and the Cub. It also surprises me that there are many aircraft out there with no photos, at least on the database I am researching. I guess if I took note of the name and Googled them I would find photos somewhere on the net. My wife thinks I've wasted too much time looking at pictures of planes. Working through the alphabetic listing, I haven't finished the C's yet. Here is a screenprint of the aircraft I have yet to test you with, purposely shown small.

A clue?? ... A clue??

It's German. A total of 75 built before the manufacturer went out of business.

Not many green dots on board tonight.

OK. The yellow plane is no. 24 of the new collection, which has now reached 75. You have your work cut out for you.

Hi Rowey, new members always welcome. Tell us a bit about yourself. Are you learning, are you past that stage or an old hand? If so, what do you fly?

I know it's too small to read, but it's the only way I could get it on the one page, however this will give you an idea of the list of manufacturers. This is just the A's.

I have not chosen any gliders, weightshift, rotorcraft (with one exception), airliners, common GA or LSA aircraft, and most military aircraft. There are also many manufacturers who may have between 3 and 50 aircraft registered around the world, but have no photos on the database.

Correct PMcC.

Ian, you'd think so. It's hard keeping up with kasper. Not letting the others get much of a chance, but there are a few who manage to get a word in edgewise.

The one below is number 23 of 47 since working on the laptop. I'll have to finish off the A's and start on the B's.

Correct weight.

The only rotor craft in the list (so far).

Aero Composites Seahawker is how it was listed in the source of the photo.

It was listed in the FAA Registry as a Seahawker (rego now expired). I did not check it's lineage, sorry.