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The magnificent men and their flying machine

There are only two airworthy Sopwith 1½ Strutters in the world. Lorna Gordon has been to meet a team of retirees in East Lothian who've spent 20 years trying to build the third.

A decades-long dream to build a World War One biplane has taken shape in East Lothian. There are only two airworthy Sopwith 1½ Strutters in the world. But a team of retired men have spent more than 20 years building the third and their hope is that is will soon take to the air for the first time. The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Scotland Correspondent, Lorna Gordon, has been finding it all about it - in this episode of 5 Minutes On.

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