Spot on, Wout. Yes, the Explorer is at the SAAF Museum at Swartkop but I can only find a photo showing the gun installation. Any 'Boks out there who can help ?
Spot on, Wout. Yes, the Explorer is at the SAAF Museum at Swartkop but I can only find a photo showing the gun installation. Any 'Boks out there who can help ?
Every now and then a very, very, very well known manufacturer builds something different.
Sikorsky S-54.
That is fast and of course right on! I also should have asked for the name of the test pilot on the first flight and the weather on that day.
Got lucky really. Went for the Sikorsky stuff right away. Otherwise I am a bit weak on helos.
Next contestant, a stylish cabin cruiser.
Think it might bePolish..? Surely East European.
RR
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(That wouldn't be a light aircraft, by any chance, eh? )
Neither Polish or light. :whistle:
What about russia ?
The plot thickens...Originally Posted by fasm
It is a bit on the light side but thought it had enough character and size to slide past the Lefty-o-meter.
Will reveal since I will be away until late in the day tomorrow. It is a Aviavnito Anito-1. Some info here: http://ram-home.com/ram-old/aviavnito-1.html
Moving along with a twin. A later version was possibly tested for military use.
This beauty is the Southern Aircraft Co. BM-11 Southernaire (NX59783).
Moses03, would you know whether it flew 1940 or 1945 and are engines Rangers or Franklin (seen conflicting info).
Spot on wout.Sorry, don't have any extra info on this one. Still looking.
Over to you-
Bit of a teaser, but should be the easiest one ever for Moses03.
Think we'll leave the All-American flivver to my learned friend from Frisco......
(Judging by all the rollover gear, this guy doesn't trust his brakes much)
I'm all flivvered out.
Amen to that.
The very first Snow (S-1) with flat" engine and pilot first, then hopper con figuration. Later the aircraft received a 220hp Continental W670 radial engine. The S-2 and S-2A were the first production models and the S-2B model introduced the later generally accepted form of hopper first, then the pilot. And of course we know where Leland Snow's 1953 activities in Texas led to.
About unusual configurations. Try this one. It was completed and did fly
Seen (and posted) that one before; it's the Swiss Farner WF.12.
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Must have missed earlier posting, sorry!
Your turn, please
No problem Wout, at least I finally saw something I recognised.
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It was a while before I realised this was a quadruplane - a Naglo to be precise !
Yep, the Naglo Boots-Werke D.II Vierdecker to be precise.
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We had a skeletal chopper just recently - here's another beauty from a well-known manufacturer.
Nord N-1700 Norélic. Uncontested winner of the Prix d'Elegance in 1947.
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