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avia mini ix competition
Win a SOPWITH PUP!Our prize this time is a c. 1:19 scale hand-finished hardwood model of a Sopwith Pup. It represents B2192 of the Gosport School of Special Flying, in a dramatic striped livery, piloted in 1917 by Captain Foote. It was one of 100 built by Whitehead Aircraft Ltd, and powered by a 100 hp Gnôme Monosoupape. The Pup was descibed by Oliver Stewart as 'the perfect flying machine'. You only have to get three questions right out of five for your name to be selected by Biggles. He seems pleased that we are offering a Pup.
- Who designed the Sopwith Pup?
- Name one of the three 80hp engines which preceded our Pup's 100hp engine.
- What Sopwith fighter that followed the Pup was named after its 'hump'?
- What was notable about the Pup's connection with HMS Furious?
- Sopwith led to Hawker, but after whom did T O M Sopwith name his new firm?
Please send your answers on a picture postcard to avia mini competition, PO Box SM2, Leeds LS25 5XA, UK or fax to +44 (0) 1977 681991 or telephone our 24 hour voicemail on +44 (0) 1977 681966 , or you can e-mail to sales@zeteo.com
Your answers must be here no later than 31 January 1999. The correct answers will be printed in avia mini xi, in March 2000.
avia mini ix competition
Win a Corgi Sally B!
answers and winnerOur competition prize in avia mini ix was a 1:144 Corgi model of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B. usually only sold in a set with two fighters. 3000 of Sally B on her own were made for B-17 Preservation Ltd, owners of Sally B, and MD Elly Sallingboe donated an example as our prize. The aircraft is now grounded at Duxford, while Elly tries to raise funds to get the only airworthy Flying Fortress in the UK back in operation at her base at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford where she has flown regularly at air shows since 1975. All you had to do was get at least three answers right out of five for your name to go into a draw for the winner.
Here are the questions:
- What is Sally B's UK civil reg? A: G-BEDF
- What was Boeing's B-17 type no? A: 299
- Where is Sally B based? A: Duxford
- Which Air Force called theirs 'Fortress', rather than 'Flying Fortress'? A: RAF
- Which US General used the XC-108 conversion of the B-17? A: MacArthur
These readers got at least three right:
Stan Armitage, Newark, Notts. Åke Aversund, Alingsas, Sweden Derek Cann, Wokingham, Berks Philip Hancock, Byfleet, Surrey K G Hallam, Christchurch, Dorset P Hallam, Mansfield, Notts. Pierre Malbecq, Marcinelle, Belgium Rafael Steinbach, New York, USA Bill Stewart, Minnetonka, MN, USAThe winner, chosen by Biggles the Beardie Editorial Assistant, is Åke Aversund of Sweden. Congratulations to Åke, and now all of you who didn't win can buy one from the Sally B organisation for £29.99 plus P&P, all proceeds going towards keeping Sally B flying. (Send to PO Box 92, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 8RR).
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