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Offline FLS

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Flying the F1 Camel
« on: May 06, 2010, 08:47:43 AM »
Richard King, one of the pilots at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, wrote a nice article on flying their Camel reproduction with an original Gnome rotary engine. This from the August 1998 Flight Journal.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_199808/ai_n8823870/?tag=content;col1
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Re: Flying the F1 Camel
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 09:52:28 AM »
Great read! Thanks for sharing.  :aok
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Re: Flying the F1 Camel
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 08:05:51 PM »
Excellent!
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Re: Flying the F1 Camel
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 08:22:37 PM »
That was a fun read, the author sounds like a kid on Christmas morning.   :)
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Re: Flying the F1 Camel
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 08:55:17 PM »
Good find sir.
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