The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***lefty*** · June 5th, 2009, 13:03

After considerable research, and with knowledge culled from years of aero-browsing, I can hazard a wee guess - is this American by any chance ?????

**DHC2Pilot** · June 5th, 2009, 16:59

Childs Play...LOL

Beech T-36 proposed trainer. Two were built, project cancelled in 1953.

**DHC2Pilot** · June 5th, 2009, 17:13

Allow me to be bold and assume that I'm correct. Lets run this one past the experts in here.......

***Moses03*** · June 5th, 2009, 19:45

A frosty brew to DHC2!

The Beech that got away. Too bad, as it looked like a nice design. Would have been the largest Beech ever flown.

http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/histo...cle.asp?id=196

***Moses03*** · June 7th, 2009, 12:13

Seems you scared everyone off with this biplane. Time to reveal and move along with something new. It looked like something from the USA about 1932 or so to me.

**DHC2Pilot** · June 7th, 2009, 21:02

Chinese Fu-Shing AP-1. Open floor for the next submission.

***Moses03*** · June 8th, 2009, 06:44

China eh?

Next up, a stylish mess...

***Moses03*** · June 8th, 2009, 08:30

Dangit! I had that Chinese bipe in my archives.

***srgalahad*** · June 8th, 2009, 09:10

ahhhh.. the ugly, but often-seen Capelis XC-12 as modified by the Timm Aircraft Corporation for RKO, star of multiple movies:
- Five came back (RKO) 1939
- Flying blind (Paramount) 1941 (maquette)
- Flying tigers (Republic) 1942 (avion+maquette)
- The adventures of flying cadets (Universal) 1943 (maquette)
- Invisible agent (Universal) 1942
- Night plane from Chungking (Paramount) 1943
- Wings over the Pacific (Monogram) 1943 (maquette)
- Action in Arabia (RKO) 1944
- Dick Tracy’s dilemna (RKO) 1947
- Daredevils of the clouds (Republic) 1948 (maquette)
- Tarzan’s magic fountain (RKO) 1949 (maquette)
- China gate (Globe Enterprises) 1957 (maquette)

which also looked like this:

Sorry, the page is in French...
http://www.cocardes.org/tvcine/artic...?pg=273&lng=fr

Shows the desperation of Hollywood

***Moses03*** · June 8th, 2009, 10:09

That's it.

for Rob.

Over to you-

***lefty*** · June 8th, 2009, 12:04

Yes, and that Capelis has featured here before, Kevin. Suppose it is inevitable, really..... Lovely old piece of aeronautical junk !

***srgalahad*** · June 8th, 2009, 14:33

Old plane, new pic. shouldn't be much of a test except...

maybe it being in colour will confuse the issue

**DHC2Pilot** · June 8th, 2009, 20:54

I looked in my "wacky wing strut arrangement" folder and couldn't find it.

Almost certainly German, but I'm not finding a match.
Am I correct in assuming that the rear turtledeck is missing from this specimen along with the fabric on the fuselage??

***lefty*** · June 8th, 2009, 22:27

That looks like a Bolingbroke nose peeping out, so I reckon we're in a Canadian museum (no surprise there), but that's as far as I've got....

***srgalahad*** · June 9th, 2009, 07:50

Originally Posted by DHC2Pilot

I looked in my "wacky wing strut arrangement" folder and couldn't find it.

Almost certainly German, but I'm not finding a match.
Am I correct in assuming that the rear turtledeck is missing from this specimen along with the fabric on the fuselage??

Ja, und ja, und ja (well, sort of...)
and Aye Lad!

and yes, the front is correct...