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OK. I apologise for the previous Quiz.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=25602

I will not introduce Belgian cartoonist's creations into the quiz again (Easy promise...).

To make this quiz more Texan-Capable, this is a US type.

Clues later, but I don't think this one will run to three pages, somehow.

Q: What, where? (To retain an element of fun, people from the object location are asked to keep out, so the rest of us can enjoy...)

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It's a part. It's the right way up. There can be a pic of more of it if this is a stumper.

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Looks like where the horizontal stabilizer goes on a.......... airplane of some sort?
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Is it a vertical stab, looks like a fin flash there,and the horizontal stad would bolt there, maybe hudson...
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hmmmm???

I think the last one was much easier JDK

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That looks like the underside of a wing, where either a bomb rack or drop tank rack was attached. Note the smaller attach points to the left where anti-sway braces should be.

Am I on the right track, JDK?

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Am I on the right track, JDK?

Dean the sleuth :roll:

More Keystone than Sherlock, I'm afraid. ;) No.
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Is it a vertical stab, looks like a fin flash there,and the horizontal stad would bolt there, maybe hudson...

Good, good, good, - oh, he's crashed. :lol: Three right outa four, but sans cigarillo as a result.

Bigger pic:

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7+2+3=12 :twisted: :idea:

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Jack Cook wrote:
7+2+3=12 :twisted: :idea:

That's correct, but I can't make it fit the answer, Jack! Sorry.

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Looks to me like it might possibly be the horizontal stab off something WWIIish, perhaps a T-6?

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Now I know we have different versions of English for the various flying surfaces, but I'm interested in the difficulty over "it's the right way up"... ;)

Technically it's not quite at the right angle, but it's orientation, as seen is correct.

It's definitely W.W.IIish. And an American design.

Probably from the least-well represented US manufacturer, in terms of survivor numbers against W.W.II production.

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Given some of my local knowledge (although I'm not technically from the object's location) am I out of the running for this one James? :wink:
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... but I'm interested in the difficulty over "it's the right way up"... ;)

Technically it's not quite at the right angle, but it's orientation, as seen is correct.


Uh huh, here we go.... :roll: Bucket and scoop ready to catch the wording overage...

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Uh huh, here we go.... :roll: Bucket and scoop ready to catch the wording overage...

Hey - give us a break! ;) I didn't use the word empennage. :lol:

And what's your guess?

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Given some of my local knowledge (although I'm not technically from the object's location) am I out of the running for this one James? :wink:

Give the wordstruck a 24 hour run, eh, Matt?

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Is it part of the Werribee Liberator project, James?

The marking seems to be RAAF.

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