This week's "what aircraft did I just see" thread

[Boatbuoy]

Just flew over my parents house near Old Warden:

High, straight wing.
Tail dragger.
Twin engines, each mounted on low stub wings.
Main wheels on engine nacelles.

Suggestions?

[grumpy52]

DH Rapide ?

[Boatbuoy]

Nope, that would be a bi-plane with tapered wings.

[Mr MXT]

Dornier DO28

[Eric Mc]

Sounds like a Do28 -

[Boatbuoy]

Bingo! or at least something very similar. Having googled it there seems to be quite a variation in styles of DO 28's. An early one I assume as it seems quite small and less boxy than the later types.

Cheers!

[Mr MXT]

What do I Win?

[Boatbuoy]

The honour my friend, the honour.

It seemed to be more like this:

[Eric Mc]

That's also a Do28 - but the original version.

[grumpy52]

Still prefer to see a Rapide !

[yellowjack]

grumpy52 said:

Still prefer to see a Rapide !

24th September this year. I was up in London to visit the WWI exhibition at the IWM, and then up to the Tower to see the poppies in the moat, before a Virginmarys gig at XOYO in Shoreditch. As I strolled out of Waterloo Station, there was a DH Dragon Rapide doing circuits over central London...




...this is the best I managed on a compact camera between buildings as we walked to the IWM.


ETA: You can do more than see one... http://www.classic-wings.co.uk/res_website.asp?sup...
http://www.classicairforce.com/list-flights

Edited by yellowjack on Sunday 19th October 21:12

[lazyitus]

Anybody any idea what these are? Spotted them flying over New York last month..



Seemed to be a display, similar to what we see over here with Spits and Hurricanes.

[Boatbuoy]

My bet is a Grumman Avenger flanked by a pair of Yaks