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I was in Woolies buying a bag of dog food. The woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

I said, "No. I'm on the dog food diet again."

She asked, "How does that work?"

"Well, I put a handful in each pocket when I go for a walk, and nibble a couple of bits when I feel hungry. It's a balanced diet, so I know it's good for me. Only problem is, I ended up in hospital."

"What happened? Did it make you sick?"

"No. I stepped off the kerb to smell an Irish setter's butt and got hit by a car!"

The guy in line behind her nearly had a heart attack, and now I'm banned from Woolies.

Don't ask a pensioner dumb questions. They've got all the time in the world to think up smart answers.

If you think that's an odd engine setup, what about the Martin XB-51 tri-jet:

That's right Marty_d. From the Hillson Praga production list:

HA.20 Regd G-AEON (CofR 7409) 3.11.36 to F Hills & Sons Ltd. First flight 6.11.36. CofA 5727 issued 4.12.36 (quoting c/n 1). Regn cld 12.36 as sold. Regd VH-UVP (CofR 632/CofA 589) 20.4.37 (quoting c/n 1) to D McArthur-Onslow; op by Light Aircraft Pty Ltd, Sydney. Regd 1.12.41 to JH Bowden, Kogarah, NSW. Regd 28.2.42 to TA Barrett, Orange, NSW. Sold 28.4.42 & regd 6.5.42 (back) to JH Bowden, Kogarah, NSW. Dbf in Bowden Air Transport workshop, Broken Hill, NSW 16.4.45.

HA.21 First flight 18.1.37; CofA 5773 issued 19.1.37 to D McArthur Onslow. Regd VH-UXQ (CofR 650) 13.7.37 to Light Aircraft Pty Ltd, Camden, NSW. Sold 24.9.37 to Royal Aero Club of South Australia, Adelaide. Sold 23.5.41 & regd 29.5.41 to HT Dalton, Albert Park, Vic. Sold 11.12.43 & regd 16.1.44 to JH Bowden, Broken Hill, NSW. Sold 23.9.44 & regd 11.10.44 to WJ Porter, Temora, NSW. Dbf 19.11.44.

HA.22 First flight 23.1.37; CofA 5774 issued 23.1.37 to D McArthur Onslow. Regd VH-UXR (CofR 721/CofA 678) 15.6.38 to Light Aircraft Pty Ltd, Camden, NSW. Regn cld 28.8.40; regd 20.9.40 to EE Condon, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Sold 28.7.42 & regd 1.8.42 to JR Pater, Middle Park, Vic. Crashed on landing Coode Island, Vic 11.9.43. Regn cld 28.9.43.

You obviously know or know of the aircraft, PapaFox. In fact 3 of these aircraft appeared on the Australian register. Let's see if anyone else can guess it.

Not sure what this is?But have been told on dubious authority it was used to deliver a keg of beer to Ian's tent at the last Norromine meet.

Hint: It's British.

That's the one.

http://www.biplaneforum.com/The-Interesting-Hillson-FH40-Slip-Wing-Hawker-Hurricane.html

Very close, Maj. Follow that thought.

OK Planedriver. Maybe you've heard of this one.

Aeronca C2 'bathtub'.........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velie_Monocoupe

My family lived in Deniliquin from 1956 to 1959. This was where I had my first experience with aviation. I can recall an Ansett Bristol Sycamore helicopter rattling over our house. I attended an airshow at the Deni airport, and saw a number of aircraft, but the only ones I can recall are a Tiger Moth which performed an aerobatic display, and a DH Chipmunk, which unfortunately crashed during it's performance, killing the pilot. On another occasion, my father took me to the airport to see Prince Phillip arrive in a DC3. When I left school, I applied to Ansett for a job, and as part of the experience, got to sit in the cockpit of a Convair in the maintenance hangar, and had a close-up look at Reg Ansett's Bell 47G helicopter (before the 47J-2's). I didn't get the job because my father thought I should do 1 more year of high school before starting work.

The secret is in the single quotes.

Right again, pmc.

http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac5/ROW%20Europe/F-AOHA.html

This photo will answer the question in the last one. It is also the next puzzle.

Correct weight pmc.

Crude vintage ground handling equipment of some sort. It would be a bit heavy to pull manually until it gets rolling.

The floatplane is a Karhumaki Karhu 48 Bear. See the link.

http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac5/ROW%20Europe/OH-VKL.html

Talk on TV this morning that they are making a movie about it.

Sorry, no kewpie doll.

Refer to the wiki article. There were three models with different engines. Maybe you are thinking of a different model.

Peter.

Three-view sketch. Note unusual placement of pilots seat in raised port rear passengers position.