Here's a confusing little number..
Here's a confusing little number..
Once a Caudron sailplane.Originally Posted by lefty
Hmmm - need more info on that ! I see the similar tail unit to the Caudron 800....
Anyway, you obviously know this one so please reveal all, and why I referred to it as confusing !
Hi Mike,
by any chance, perhaps, possibly the RL-16 by the other René Leduc?
if correct OH please
Yes, indeed, the 'other' René Leduc, i.e. not the one who built the pointy bulbous ramjetty monsters !
I think Hurricane knew about this and am curious about the Caudron connection - I'll leave the house open to him.
Thank you for posting this excellent subject. Unfortunately I did not know of this charming airplane. To me it appeared that the builder used a Caudron sailplane as the basis for the aft fuselage. I have seen the Caudron before but could not locate a reference to the particular sailplane online. I was just starting to dig through a mountain of soaring magazines when Wout pegged it.
It is possible since Leduc obtained parts for the aircraft from a variety of sources. As a number of people have discovered, the RL-16 makes an admirable flying scale model and has perfect moments for rubber power. I saved the drawings I found for a future project.
Thank you for the open house offer, but I do not have an appropriate subject to post. Please proceed.
A wee story about it here - built for an altitude record.
http://aircollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/rl16.htm
Check some of the other pages - some of these quite obscure.
My French is pretty bad but Google Translate can be hilarious. Leduc becomes 'Duke' !
Double open house eh? Here is one. Not a mockup, it did fly!
Douglas XSB2D-1.
I got a chuckle out of that too. "The Duke" only flew P-40s ( "The Flying Tigers), F4Us ("Flying Leathernecks"), and Dakotas ("Island In The Sky"). A 52 hp French motorglider? Never.
Woops !
Right on Hurricane.Over to you.
Shows how much I know. When I last saw the film, they were big noisy thingies with round engines.
Nice twin...
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Indeed. Don't think I've seen her with such smart clothes before.......(usually naked :redf
...but at least she usually sported those nice shoes.
That is a nice shot of the "twin".
The photo was taken at the Antique Airplane Association's 1966 annual fly-in at Ottumwa, IA. Owner John Pierce (pictured) had it painted and installed a radio. Otherwise it was original. Mr. Pierce said it was easy on the controls and easy on the gas. At the time it was for sale. Does anyone know what happened to it?
You know what it is, but bonus points if you know the prototype's nickname.
Its full Sunday name was the Andover Kent Langley XNL-1.
I have seen it described as the 'Plastic Plane' ??
It appears it crashed in 1965 and was rebuilt into the 'Pierce Arrow.' This is at odds with it appearing in 1966, though.
Here's the story - interesting stuff -
http://www.hdc-nm.com/jimi/108.html
Absolutely correct Lefty.
I was mistaken on the photo date, it was taken in early September, 1965. Good call.
Points to you also on the name.:ernae:
I have also seen the name "The Flying Piano" because of the beautiful mahogany veneer fuselage.
Don't often do choppers, but I liked this one because it is straight out of Thunderbirds, I reckon...
It did fly.
One of the few I actually know without digging into a book. The Schramm Javelin of the early 1960's.
Spot on, Kevin - Schramm Javelin - I'm sure the skies over Arizona were thick with these in the Sixties......
Turning back the clock...
This one had some interesting features.
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