You are good on your floaters, Chris ( I have it as Farman-Blanchard Trimoteur - being French, it will have at least two other designations). Over to you..
Hi fabulousfour
Excellent detective work!. DFG-1 (N7157) built by Hobie (Hobart) Sorrell. Flew 1958, 40hp Mercury outboard engine, geodetic fuselage construction.
Another picture for your collection.
I have seen her described as sort of 2-seat version of a famous F1/Goodyear racer.of which several (up to 8) examples were built.
Reportedly the wings were built on the same rigs. In a later life she flew as a single-seater with a shortened canopy.
It looks like a two seat version of the LeVier Cosmic Wind - but I've failed to find any reference to a tandem cockpit, retractable undercarriage version of this aeroplane!
Hi pomme homme
You found her!
The Model 1 Bird by Jim Dewey. (aka as the Deweybird and Super Cosmic Wind). First flown August 1965.
Lycoming O-320 engine and retractable gear. N3Y was later modified into a single-seater with a fixed gear.
This was not only aeroplane produced by its designer/builder. This one might be described as a product of post war austerity. However in addition to producing this badly recorded biplane, powered by a 25hp Poinsard engine, a couple of years later he produced a better recorded parasol winged monoplane, powered initially by a 32hp Saroléa and latterly by a 35hp Anzani engine. I won't insult you by inviting you to guess the country of origin of the two!
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