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What-Where-When #222 - Austin Champ / RAF Abingdon / 1957
« on: May 10, 2012, 04:51:00 AM »
Tell me what this motor vehicle is, and the circumstances of this picture (where, and when).

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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 03:37:07 AM »
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2012, 06:30:09 PM »
Well it is obviously an air drop.

So the question is military or advertising stunt?
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2012, 03:56:16 AM »
Yep
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2012, 01:56:37 PM »
Advertising stunt?
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2012, 02:07:54 PM »
No
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2012, 02:15:57 PM »
Military airdrop of a Jeep or similar
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2012, 03:32:44 PM »
More or less
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2012, 05:31:27 PM »
Total wild guess: Russian airdrop of a BMD-2 airborne infantry fighting vehicle.
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2012, 06:11:46 PM »
No
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2012, 06:26:28 PM »
Didn't think so...but since it was the only image I found with the appropriate number of chutes...well, I had to give it a shot.  :)

Just got back from shooting a car show.  I may have some fodder for a puzzle or two.
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2012, 08:45:11 AM »
Coming down and going up
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2012, 09:09:16 AM »
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Carrick Watson send us a photo of an Austin Champ of which there are not many around these days. "The photo was taken in 1957 when I was in REME Airborne attached to Parachute Regiment at 1 Parachute Training School RAF Abingdon. The Champ was fitted with 5 forward and 5 reverse gears, you had to be very brave ( STUPID !!) to try the reverse at speed... It was a very heavy machine fitted with a Rolls-Royce engine. We got around 10 mpg. It was not an easy machine to work on... and a bit prone to falling over when driven with any enthusiasm. It was great to see one of them being parachuted down from a Beverly Aircraft which we were using at that time... as long as you managed to get down first! Suppose you could call this a real flying machine... !"
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2012, 09:22:08 AM »
Crikey - have you tapped into my hard drive?  ;D
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Re: What-Where-When #222
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2012, 09:24:26 AM »
No, when you picture-google "parachute heavydrop", it appears on page 3.  :D
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Re: What-Where-When #222 - Austin Champ / RAF Abingdon / 1957
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2012, 04:11:32 AM »
It's Beverley...
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Re: What-Where-When #222 - Austin Champ / RAF Abingdon / 1957
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2012, 05:37:12 AM »
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Re: What-Where-When #222 - Austin Champ / RAF Abingdon / 1957
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 11:01:12 AM »
Carnut is correcting the quote in Reply #12, which says that the Austin Champ was parachuted from a Beverly aircraft. What they mean is a Blackburn Beverley.
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Re: What-Where-When #222 - Austin Champ / RAF Abingdon / 1957
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2012, 11:04:56 AM »
Ah - I read that too fast.

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