Thank you Robert. Here's a tubby little number -
Thank you Robert. Here's a tubby little number -
Hi Mike
The unique Townsend A-1 Thunderbird (N794T) with the original Notre Dame back?
That's the one, Walter - over to you -
(Robert, glad you enjoyed Garda - we had a good time there a few years ago - staying in Riva, which is very German - lots of beer !)
A nice tri-motor.
Hint: Temper your enthusiasm, because it is not the often depicted other one.
Interesting, Mike.
We had only a short visit to Riva since we had our appartement on the other side of the lake at Lazise.
One thing was really weird: We had a Fiat with an Italian license plate. One time we drove onto a parking place and the man who gave the parking ticket talked to us in German. Still wondering how he did know about our nationality.
Walter, your trimotor looks very Piper-ish but couldn't find anything more yet.
On the basis that it isn't the Piper PA-32-3M, that gave birth to the Senaca, could it be some sort of tri-senaca (although I cannot find any reference to any such conversion)?
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I had not heard of this tri-motor myself until a couple of days ago.
Sorry, but no PA-32 Cherokee Six or PA-34 Seneca connection
If one took a Comanche 260B and mated the fuselage to Twin Comanche wings... voila! (or any other combination of the above parts).
A Twin Comanche with an extra 250/260 engine on the nose might work also.
But who would do it and why? Je ne sais pas...
Wiring and running the engine controls would be a PITA.
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Well, your tax $$ at work... NASA Langley Nacelle tests 1971
https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/...d_Model_Tunnel
Sure explains "who", but no explanation of 'why'. In lieu of a better designation, I guess it's the "Langley Test 325"
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
srgalahad nailed it
Thank you for the very nice link!
I found the photo of the "Tri-Comanche" on the very interesting site of Jason McDowell (https: // www.toopics.com/cessnateur).Lots of photos/info on unusual aircraft, events. If you have the patience, you may even find a photo of a Swearingen Metroliner with two small turbofans at the rear fuselage.
(reportedly was just weeks away from a first flight).
srgalahad, the playing ground is all yours
Thanks W.
With temps 10C below normal, I'll opt for a hot toddy. At the same time I'll unlock the gates to the playground and make it Open House.
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
to keep us going.... A variation on a theme.
around 1952ish. Not Pilatus, but the other part.
The penny has now dropped. This is the Pontius adaptation of the Pou from somewhere in the
Hi Mike
Often referred to as the Model 3 by John Pontius, California. Engine is a 36hp Aeronca E113
Quoting Robert, the playground gate is wide open.
Following the "small and simple" theme,
Not a one-off, too big for a suitcase and definitely not a flying saucer...
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
This 'petite soucoupe' hails from a place more known for a tragi-heroic Douglas tri-jet than for fragile flivvers.
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Gosh ! You do have to do a lot of detective work on this forum nowadays,,,,however Rob's clue led me to the Kari-Keen 60, from, of course, Sioux City ?
indeed the K-K 60, otherwise known as the Sioux Coupe, produced by a subsidiary of the Karrier luggage company.
Normally I'd refrain from the Poirot adventure but the description on Aerofiles just made it unavoidable.
A large one for your efforts Mike!
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Thank you Rob. Here's a neat biplane -
Looks very SPADish
Model 29 or 52? -> presumably the SPAD 52 (4 ailerons instead of 2?)
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It is indeed the SPAD 52 F-AEED. Over to you, Uli
here is an elder number which, I think, didn’t appear here before
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Uli, that is the AEG C.VIII in its appearance as a biplane (which was later converted into a triplane ).
I know (and agree)
enjoy a glass
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