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    Ah yes, an early Vespa! Piaggio P 50 if I'm not mistook. We used to get a P 166 at Luton Airfield when I were but a wee stripling...
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    Quote Originally Posted by pongo6863 View Post
    Ah yes, an early Vespa! Piaggio P 50 if I'm not mistook. We used to get a P 166 at Luton Airfield when I were but a wee stripling...
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    It's vaguely like a Gladiator but I'm pretty sure it's a Rusky. Is it one of Polikarpov's creations?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pongo6863 View Post
    It's vaguely like a Gladiator but I'm pretty sure it's a Rusky. Is it one of Polikarpov's creations?
    Arr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SUU23 View Post
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    Curtiss Hawk

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    Quote Originally Posted by petetheplane View Post
    Curtiss Hawk
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    Polikarpov-Grigorovich I-5?
    "My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself" - Emo Philips

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatcivvy View Post
    Polikarpov-Grigorovich I-5?
    Ooh ya.

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