The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Willy]

to SrGallahad!

PBN Nomad 1941 = Twin flying boat from the Naval Air Factory styled after PBY Catalina; two Wright R-1830-92; span: 104'3" length: 64'8" load: 18,712# range: 2590 ceiling; 15,100'. POP: 156 as PBN-1 [Bu Nos A02791/02946], most of which were exported to USSR.

And I thought it had the potential be a stinker.

[srgalahad]

Naw.. the turret/skinny nose was the deal-breaker.. give me a few to get something up to play with

[srgalahad]

OK, let's hope this works

[lefty]

Nice family runabout with mother-in-law seat in the rear. Good idea.....

[srgalahad]

Nice family runabout with mother-in-law seat in the rear. Good idea.....

..and with her back in the slipstream + no Gosport tube, it's amazingly quiet for the crew

[Moses03]

Curtiss Model C-1 Canada of 1915.

[Moses03]

Going to be away from the computer until well into the day tomorrow. Will go ahead with the next one to give you all something to work on.

A very curious design. Where is the engine? Hehe...

[lefty]

Well, my diggings have revealed something with a description tallying with this, but can't find a pic to corroborate.

Is it the Lewis-American Gray Goose MD-1 ??

[srgalahad]

a tardy but full 3.2 on it's way to Texas

[Moses03]

Lefty scores big here on the parasol pusher mess! Apparently it attained the amazing height of 14" on it's test flight.

Over to Scotland-

[lefty]

Amazed it got as high as 14", to be honest.

Here's something different - a rather sinister-looking twin.

[Moses03]

This one is a "Turkey", the Nuri Demirag ND-38.


Moving along-

[jhefner]

Northrop Gama? Or another one of those stinker look alikes.

-James

[Moses03]

Not a Gamma, or even from this side of the pond...

[Moses03]

When in doubt, think of that certain country so famous for oddballs and unfortunate designs...