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Apr 12, 2008, 04:28 AM
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Sunderland [56k Warning!]
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Apr 12, 2008, 08:47 AM
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...just bummin 'round
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wow that thing looks a beast! is that a successor to the lancaster? whats up with that window in front? that for some sort of instruments or just a wndow?
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Apr 12, 2008, 08:50 AM
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the Short Sunderland was designed as a patrol craft in the thirties and this model is a later one, I think it has Pratt and Whitney engines vs. Pegasus. If you look at the Short Stirling you can see a family resemblance.
  they were the workhorses of the RAF and did the grunt work.
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