Connections, connections
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Terry Walker
, Nov 19 2011 02:43
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Terry Walker
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 02:43
This replica WW1 Spad at Duxford has a connection to Sherlock Holmes. Indirectly. No prizes.
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David Birchall
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 03:26
Stephen Fry did/didn't-owns/doesn't own - one?
Or was that a flying carpet...?
Or was that a flying carpet...?
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Radoye
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 08:49
This replica is styled according to the SPAD S.XIII as flown by American ace Eddie Rickenbacker.
Rickenbacker's actual surname was Reichenbacher but he changed it because it was "too German-sounding".
Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty had their final duel at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.
Is that it?
Rickenbacker's actual surname was Reichenbacher but he changed it because it was "too German-sounding".
Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty had their final duel at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.
Is that it?
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UK6
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 15:54
The answer is elementary dear Terence - both craft and virtuoso are highly strung!
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kayemod
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 16:06
The answer is elementary dear Terence - both craft and virtuoso are highly strung!
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Even better, they both have a long pipe.
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Amphicar
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 17:21
Both Sherlock Holmes and Eddie Rickenbacker came back after being presumed dead: Holmes after the struggle with Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls; and Rickenbacker twice - once after a crash in an Eastern Airlines DC3 and once after being adrift at sea for 24 days.
