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By: - 16th April 2014 at 20:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Ladybird" now identified as a Potez 36 F-ALJC. Photo here -
By: - 16th April 2014 at 21:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Curious now why someone named an all-yellow aeroplane "Ladybird". I know there are yellow ladybirds but, surely, the colour most associated with that insect is red!
Roger Smith.
By: - 16th April 2014 at 21:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Curious now why someone named an all-yellow aeroplane "Ladybird". I know there are yellow ladybirds but, surely, the colour most associated with that insect is red!Roger Smith.
Think it may have been red originally, Roger. In the pic in the link it looks darker than yellow certainly. Or maybe the reporter got it the wrong way round and the Heining was the yellow one!
By: - 17th April 2014 at 06:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Some nice pics of Spider etc on here : )
By: - 17th April 2014 at 10:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are yellow (ish) ladybirds here in the UK, though less common than the red kind. However, which is the most common in Tasmania? Assuming either insect is there, or some close local equivalent and the aircraft isn't named for some other reason?
Yellow does look dark in some film stock, particularly the Orthochromatic kind common prewar. Use of filters can also affect this - at times yellow appears as black.
By: - 17th April 2014 at 17:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Some nice pics of Spider etc on here : )
And Fox Moth G-ABWF (don't see many pics of Fox's with wings folded)
Roger Smith
By: - 17th April 2014 at 19:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Some nice pics of Spider etc on here : )
Nice link :) Great website
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By: Mothminor - 16th April 2014 at 19:25
Can anyone tell me what are the Heining and Ladybird aircraft referred to in this cutting? It's from 1931. Only Ladybird I can find is the de-Bruyne Maas but almost certainly it's not it.
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