The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

This never built corporate came from a famous manufacturer

[DHC2Pilot]

Piper PA-35 Pocono??

[wout]

DHC2, not a Piper, but the manufacturer was BIG

[lefty]

Wout, we have a wee rule in this forum that a 'mystery' not only has to have been built, but actually flown... Models, mockups, artist's impressions, CGI's etc are frightfully bad form. You said this was 'never built' ????

[wout]

Beechcraft Model 120 and indeed never flown (for some reason the FAA does not allow mock-ups to fly, even when they are full scale)
This light twin was flown, however

[lefty]

That is very interesting, Wout - references I have for the 120 mention a Queen Air flying test bed, but not a mock-up. 3-view in Jane's. The Putnam Beech book gives it barely a mention ! Wonder why they ditched it.

The wee twin is a Hodek HK-101.

[wout]

In the Beech 120 I donot see much of the Queen Air. Maybe Swearingen used it as basis for the Merlin I (never flew), II and III?
Aircraft manufacturers are just like politicians. They donot like to talk about their failures or show they were wrong.
And yes, it is the Hodek H-101

[lefty]

Its odd - to go to the lengths of making a serious-looking mockup - anyway, here's what the Pelletier book says..

[lefty]

And now, for students of 1930's passenger aircraft........

[wout]

Lefty, the testbed aircraft Pelletier is referring seems the US Army owned NU-8F (Beech Model 87 and also called Model 65-90T) and this had a Queen Air 80 fuselage, Twin Bonanza wings and two PT6A-6 engines. It was in fact the predecessor of the King Air family.

[Moses03]

Hate to disappoint. Methinks this is the Polikarpov PR-12. One-off mod of the biplane PR-5. Built in 1938.

[lefty]

30's student on the ball ! PR-12 it is.......

[Moses03]

Thanks. Next up, a single engine transport.

Will be away until late in the day tomorrow. Please press on if you spot it.

[Moses03]

Hint: Two built from a smallish company. Used to deliver mail.

[lefty]

It's a Loire 11. Thanks for the hint - I was wondering about the relative lack of windows..