Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge

[Ridge Runner]

https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/6759083/openhouse2.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

go on, be a devil!

[Lightning Mate]

Off to lunch - back shortly........

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/bag.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

Strewth, mate! Viewed from above? Is t really deflating of is it supposed to look like that?

[Lightning Mate]

Better than Cessna 172 lookalikes though innit! :E

Viewed from below and front. This was the protype and it's accurately silhouetted - it looked a lot more conventional afterwards.

[Ridge Runner]

Viewed from below and front Really? It would be very asymetric then?

RR

[Lightning Mate]

Not really.

Would you like the original photograph?

[Ridge Runner]

I'd love it!!!

[Lightning Mate]

I'm too soft......

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/bag2.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

Ah, so not "Viewed from below and front". Now all is clear!!!! Thanks... RR

[Lightning Mate]

If you look at the perspective of the gondola it's not from behind.

I have to invigilate an exam - back in about an hour.

More clues then, but here's one to be going on with:

hot air.

[Ridge Runner]

From the 1970s? A Multi-coloured gas-filled balloon with a platform open gondola?

[Ridge Runner]

amusig myself ...

http://jencarnes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/darth-vader_hotairballoon.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Hooked up to classroom computer.


From the 1970s?

1980s.

Apologies - it was modified from a hot-air balloon.


......platform open gondola

Yes. :ok:

edit: production versions after the prototype were hot air and pressurised.

[Lightning Mate]

Going home - back shortly.

Wannuther clue later?

[Ridge Runner]

Sorry david but an aside ........ I've got to share this find of a truly magnificent aircraft!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRV6bSGjoRY&feature=related

Forget your Fulcrums and Flankers, the Blinder was an extraordinary and wonderfully elegant machine!!!!

Your idea of speed, David?

RR

[Ridge Runner]

Going home - back shortly.


sorry David, balloons are not my idea of fun and I know nothing about them! :(

[Lightning Mate]

Your idea of speed, David?

Sure is, but it could only sprint for a short period.

I am sorry you don't like balloons - I dont care for high-wing old monoplanes either.

If you are sticking around I'll give you a juicy clue. :)

[SincoTC]

Morning LM :),

Sorry, out all day yesterday!

modified from a hot-air balloon

Ah so Glasshopper!!

Dunno much about strange balloons, but Gogglefucious says modified hot air balloon is a rare photograph of the prototype (with original envelope) of Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics "Bee-6"

[Lightning Mate]

Good morning TC. :)

Sorry, out all day yesterday!

Don't apologise Glasshopper.

The prototype Bee-6 it is mate - your thread. :D

做得好

[SincoTC]

Thanks David,

Surprised this doesn't appear to be on Mel's list!

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_wtf232.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Playground open. :ok:

Pushers?

[SincoTC]

They are indeed pushers

[Lightning Mate]

Am I right to be looking for single-engine?

[SincoTC]

Yes, a 60 HP engine by the same manufacturer as the airframe

[Lightning Mate]

Then possibly the Wright Model H.

[SincoTC]

Very similar, (W)right manufacturer, but not the Model H, this one also had a nickname!

[Lightning Mate]

The F then - Tin Cow. :)

[SincoTC]

Wright on mate; the Wright Model F Tin Cow :D

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TinCow.jpg

Lightning Mate has control :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks TC.

Are you at work ?

Shall we stay old ? (the aeroplanes I mean.....)

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/sat-3.jpg

[SincoTC]

Just leaving, had an early start, back on-line in about and hour :)

[Lightning Mate]

I have to go for an hour as well.

[Lightning Mate]

back on-line in about and hour http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/smile.gif

Methinks you have lost computerybob lekrickery..........

[Noyade]

You're slipping mate. :)

Right at the bottom...

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/459476-heikkis-silhouette-challenge-396.html

The Avro 558 from earlier. Best make it open house. Cheers. :ok:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8256/avro5581.jpg (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/avro5581.jpg/)

(PS : Thanks for the bottle of Red earlier. :ok:)

[Lightning Mate]

Evening Mate. :)

Bugger - I did look.............:\

Throw sumfin' up mate - anything!

Glad you liked the red.

[Noyade]

Do you eat those Cornish pasty things? In all the papers here, they're gonna get expensive?
(Just meat and veg in pastry folded over and baked?)

Sounds like the barbecued chicken saga when they bought in the GST here.

Sorry, heading to bed now. :zzz:

[Lightning Mate]

Do you eat Cornish pasty things?

Yep - I'm half Cornish and was brought up on them.

Wanna know the history?

[Noyade]

Sure. I got a few minutes. :)

[Lightning Mate]

My mother was good at them, and her mother before that.

Originally conceived for Cornish tin miners who spent the day underground.

The real thing is in two halves sepaarted by pastry. One half is savoury and the other half if for second course ie a pudding/sweet.

The savoury should be beef, potato, and chopped onion.

The sweet was something like an apple pie or such.

[Noyade]

Thanks for the history. :ok:
We have pasties here, which are mince and mixed vegies. But they're nowhere near as popular as meat pies.

Actually, I have this....

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7008/img602a.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/img602a.jpg/)

[Lightning Mate]

Bugger - for a second I though it was a 125.

[Noyade]

Bugger - for a second I though it was a 125. Well, I'm as bad as you. Just looked at the Mel's Massive List (MML) and looks like we has this in August 2011...

Not British.

[Lightning Mate]

:p:p:p:p......

[Noyade]

Stop laughing. :suspect:

Photo...

(Or would you prefer to return to Open House?)

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2726/img608w.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/img608w.jpg/)

[Lightning Mate]

Your call mate.

Is this an early bizjet or personal jet?

I assume a Yank.

[evansb]

FoxJet ST600-S ?

[Lightning Mate]

Morning Canada.........:p

[Noyade]

Early Bizjet, circa 1977. Above is a mock-up.

Fuel costs were touted as being as low as 9 cents a mile in 1977, compared to 50 cents a mile or higher for contemporary aircraft.

[Noyade]

FoxJet ST600

That's him! Gold to Canada. :ok:
Your control Brian.

Night!

[evansb]

Thanks mate! Sorry, I don't have a silhouette ready, but as this is not a complete photo and is an oblique view, I'll post it anyway:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Grocery_buggy_wheels.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Is that the O'Neill Magnum ?

[evansb]

Spot on Sir David.:ok: The Magnum Bushplane, powered by a Ford 351 cu. in. V-8 automobile engine. I don't know how practical (or strong) that undercarriage would be in the "bush" however... Your control.

[Lightning Mate]

I'm not sure either mate. The main gears transmit weight stresses through a 90 degree bend, which ain't the best way of doing things.

In addition the initial landing loads would have been taken by the rear system only.

Anyway, onwards and upwards and good to see you. :)

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/sat2.jpg

[evansb]

Speaking of vertical loads and possible spinal compression, is this a basic trainer known as the General Aircraft GAL.45 Owlet ?
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/606/317275848789cba38950b.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Smartass!!

Over to you again. :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Speaking of vertical loads and possible spinal compression

Used this in 1981 - no injuries at all....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/theseat.jpg

[evansb]

Thank you LM. I guess its better than being a dumbass. Here is something gentler in nature:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/YES_IT_IS_A_REAL_AIRCRAFT.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

That has to be the QinetiQ Zephyr surely.

[evansb]

LM, you are on course to be an ace today! Spot on:ok: The U.K. developed Zephyr has set a few records. Your turn.

[Lightning Mate]

I applied for a job with QinetiQ a few years ago and was rejected on the grounds that I was over-qualified!!!!!!!!!!!

Standby mate.......

Here you go................

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/sat3.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

WTFO TCs' whereabouts..................??

[Lightning Mate]

:eek::eek:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/playground.jpg

[skytrain10]

Afternoon David...looks like a Breda Ba.39 in one of its guises?

[Lightning Mate]

That is so so close Mate.

Care to go down a couple of numbers?

[evansb]

Breda Ba.33S ?

[Lightning Mate]

I'll give that to either of you.

It is in fact the S version.

Fight it out - first to post is accepted , but evansb is exact. :ok:

[skytrain10]

You should have it Bri....I found this photo entitled Ba.39, but opening up the article showed that it was incorrectly identified, and was in fact the Ba.33S.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4300/hoha.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

I watch with interest............

[Lightning Mate]

It looks like skytrain has awarded you the win Bri.

evansb has control.

[evansb]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WSH120429.jpg

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WSH120429.jpg)

[Lightning Mate]

French.........?

[evansb]

Not French.

[Lightning Mate]

Italian.........?

[evansb]

Not Italian. Asian.

[skytrain10]

Built as a seaplane Brian, or a modification of a landplane? Japanese?

[evansb]

Not Japanese. Purpose was a seaplane.

[skytrain10]

Keep looking at the Feiling-1 from China. Doesn't look right but is it Chinese?

[evansb]

Not Chinese. Think off-shore. A 1958 project to be powered by a Continental O-470.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WSH120429a.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Air ambulance?

[skytrain10]

Morning, I'm thinking this may be an I.S.T project from the Philippines? Cannot find any reference to a floatplane, but if their numbering is sequential then is it the I.S.T L-18 (or XL-18)?

[Lightning Mate]

:eek:..........

[evansb]

It is the I.S.T L-21S Flying Vinta. OPEN HOUSE

[Lightning Mate]

I think we should offer that to skytrain personally.

He was on a fairly accurate track.

[evansb]

Okay. skytrain has control.

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks Bri. :ok:

Mind you, he's disappeared now. :uhoh:

[skytrain10]

I'm here:)

Nice challenge Brian:ok:. Last known IST aircraft I could find was the L-17, so searched for L-18, 19 and 20 without any joy. Didn't go as far as 21:(

Here's the next one:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/e11da5d0.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

UAV .......?

[skytrain10]

UAV Not a UAV mate. And thanks for your support on Brian's challenge:ok:

[Lightning Mate]

I only thought it right.

Stealth job then?

[Ridge Runner]

The big Boeing, mate???? incorrectly called the 797?

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/flying-wing-structure.gif

[Ridge Runner]

er maybe not! :(

[skytrain10]

Stealth job then? Not designed as a stealthy machine.

The big Boeing, mate???? incorrectly called the 797? Not that.

[Lightning Mate]

Do the wings move?

[Lightning Mate]

Methinks it's a blended wing lifting body.

[skytrain10]

Methinks it's a blended wing lifting body. Blended wing, yes, but not described as a lifting body.

Do the wings move? No

[Lightning Mate]

A passenger aircraft?

[skytrain10]

A passenger aircraft? Well it is certainly designed to carry people, but it's a light aircraft, not an airliner.

[evansb]

Is it the proposed X-48 BWB ?

[Ridge Runner]

Is it a microlight, Ken, designed to look like a blended wing in planform?

[skytrain10]

Is it the proposed X-48 BWB ? Not the X-48.

Is it a microlight, Ken Not a microlight, but you are on the right track - a homebuild.

[Lightning Mate]

Quick shot before home.

Is it called the Atlantica?

[skytrain10]

Is it called the Atlantica? A good quick shot mate - yes it is the Atlantica, from Composite Aircraft. Well done:D

Some photo's of the prototype
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/9edc7a40.jpg

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/41ac876f.jpg

They are also proposing a mini-jet option!

LM has control

[Ridge Runner]

Ah ha .... nice one Ken and David!!!!

[skytrain10]

Glad you liked it....found it whilst looking for some more unusual types.

I tried to reply to David as quickly as I could but he went offline as I posted so guess we'll wait for him to look in when he gets home.

[Lightning Mate]

Good grief! :eek:

I think we were all looking at mil stuff, and I don't think me or anyone else would have got there without the clues.

We haven't had one of these for a while:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/glidinnit.jpg

[skytrain10]

I think we were all looking at mil stuff, and I don't think me or anyone else would have got there without the clues. Well I figured it was worth keeping things moving along. It actually went as I expected.....since the picture I used for the silhouette was taken well forward of the aircraft it created almost perfectly the planform for the X-48 or "797", whereas in reality the sweep angle on the Atlantica is much greater:)

Now yours....German or Polish....?

[Lightning Mate]

taken well forward of the aircraft it created almost perfectly the planform for
the X-48 or "797

bar steward.....

Challenge - neither mate.

[skytrain10]

Struggling with this....the wings look odd, starboard appears to taper, but the port not? Also there seems to be no strut on the port wing - or is what looks like a strut something else?

American David...possibly the Franklin PS-2?

Edit to say, on closer inspection, no.

[Lightning Mate]

The wing struts attach to the bottom of the fuselage, so the apparent lack of them on the left wing is down to perspective.

The illustration is of a model, but you are in the right country.

1929, and as of last year two were still on the registry.

[Karlark]

All the clues point to...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii20/mudflaps_2008/2012/Cadet-II-Box.jpg

edit; open house if correct :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Good shooting mate. :D

Karlark has declared Open House.

[skytrain10]

Nice call Karl....so much for my internet glider source.....3,000 odd gliders but doesn't list that one:( Good challenge David.

[Ridge Runner]

OK, not a silhouette as such but ....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/77d90989.jpg

[skytrain10]

No obvious signs of propulsion, so another glider - or maybe an ornithopter?

[Ridge Runner]

Sorry Ken, I meant to say that the image shows the machine without its 7.5hp motor!!!!! RR

[MReyn24050]

Updated List of challenges can be found in the above sticky.

[Ridge Runner]

Excellent! Thanks Mel!

[Lightning Mate]

Evening Martin. :)

Perhaps a clue is in order here.

[Ridge Runner]

Ah.... life!!

Yep....

It was built in 1912 and had a bicycle seat for the pilot. As I said before, it had a 7.5hp engine. Needless to say it couldn't take off!!!!

RR

[Ridge Runner]

I'll speed it up a bit more as it is past five o'clock!!! The image on the net is from Shavrov! :)

[skytrain10]

Afternoon Martin, the Dyakov monoplane?

[Ridge Runner]

Ah ha.... that's the one, Ken!!! You have Shavrov?

Skytrain10 has CONTROL

[skytrain10]

You have Shavrov? I found it on a website I've had bookmarked for a long time which has a link to Shavrov. I had assumed it was probably Russian by the somewhat touched up image. Just not had the time to look properly today.

Love to get hold of his books - even if they are in Russian!

Not had a chance to prepare anything so will have to be Open House.

[Lightning Mate]

Where can I find the image please?

[Karlark]

Evening LM, try Googling the "Russian Aviation Museum".

Meanwhile, here's something quick for the open house:

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii20/mudflaps_2008/2012/36-1.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Evening LM, try Googling the "Russian Aviation Museum".

Thanks mate. :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Is it a PTO-4?

Either that or a Miles Magister.

[Karlark]

Yes it is the Estonian PTO-4 (Voldemar Post, Richard Tooma and Otto Org)! :ok: Your control.

If the Russian aircraft museum didn't get you there, try googling this:

Monoplane by G.A.Diakov

[Lightning Mate]

Ah so Glasshopper - that got me there. :ok:

Sorry - missed the fact that I have control.

[Lightning Mate]

Found this in my travels.....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/bikewheel.jpg

[skytrain10]

Looks like the DOWA 81. But haven't we had it before?

Edit, closing down now, so assuming correct, Open House

[Lightning Mate]

Looks like the DOWA 81. But haven't we had it before?

Well, it certainly is, but I didn't NB it.

Open House.

[Ridge Runner]

I can't take the silence any longer .....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/4af3bf70.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

'Artnoon Martin.

It appears to be unmanned.

Does it really have four wheels or is it some kind of launch dolly?

[Ridge Runner]

Hi David. It flies with the u/c attached! :)

Edit: yes, un-manned

[Lightning Mate]

Looking at the upswept tail booms and it's attitude, I imagine it's designed as a rough terrain STOL.

[Lightning Mate]

Unless, of course, it's the Freewing Unmanned Systems LLC Scorpion.

[Ridge Runner]

That's the one, David

You have CONTROL

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks Martin.

I'm going home in fifteen minutes and will check in again from there.

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/quick.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

A ruskie I think but I can't remember .... C.R.A.F.T.!

[Lightning Mate]

Ruskie? Niet.

[Ridge Runner]

Strangely I thought not! A contender for a fast biz jet? a yank???

[Lightning Mate]

Not an American bizjet either mate.

[Ridge Runner]

b*gger, bu**er and bug**r.. I know it but ..... :(

[Lightning Mate]

Go and get a stiff drink and calm down - it's only a commercial. :}

[skytrain10]

Avro Canada SST design?

Edit to say going offline now for a few hours, so will have to be Open House if correct.

[Ridge Runner]

That's the jobby! Well done Ken!!!!! ... i must go and sob... :(

[skytrain10]

It rang a bell with me too....but I remembered where I'd seen it:)

[Lightning Mate]

Avro Canada SST design?

Edit to say going offline now for a few hours,
so will have to be Open House if correct.

It's the Avro Canada STAT - Supersonic Trans Atlantic Transport feasibility study.

I really should refuse the OH since "a few hours" might be two or three.

However, OH has been declared and thus it is, but I think we should give skytrain a chance when he can get back.

In the meantime it's free for anyone.

[skytrain10]

Thanks David...my few hours lasted a little longer than planned:(

Well no takers, so here's one for the night shift:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/731551ee.jpg

Closing down soon, so usual rules apply:ok:

[evansb]

Windecker Eagle ?

[skytrain10]

Not the Eagle.

[evansb]

Bellanca Skyrocket II ?

I'm off to sleep, so if it is correct, I'll declare an open house.

[skytrain10]

Morning. Depending on where you look its either the Bellanca Skyrocket II or the AviaBellanca Skyrocket III. Saw it at Oshkosh where it was promoted as the latter, but the US register shows it as the former!

Anyway, good call Brian:ok:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/a328840f.jpg

evansb has declared Open House

[Ridge Runner]

Her you go... easy ....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/59708a73.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Morning Martin. :)

I've seen that - it's a yank innit.

[skytrain10]

Stampe & Vertognen SV.10?

[Ridge Runner]

Good morning David .. sorry, no!

Yes, Ken, the Stampe! You have control!

[skytrain10]

Thanks Martin.

Next one:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/4743e0b2.jpg

[Noyade]

G'day gents. :)

Internet speed is dying (64kbs?) and it's taking about 40 seconds to refresh a page. :(

Now that looks American Ken?

[skytrain10]

Evening Graeme

Internet speed is dying (64kbs?) and it's taking about 40 seconds to refresh a page Sounds like living in Wales - I get used to that!

Tis' indeed Amercan:ok:

[Noyade]

(Psst...Ken. I'm running outta time. AQ = Miles M.69 Marathon II....?)

[Noyade]

Curtiss?......

[skytrain10]

(Psst...Ken. I'm running outta time. AQ = Miles M.69 Marathon II....?):ok:

The challenge is not a Curtiss

[Lightning Mate]

Morning Ken.

A Burgess?

[skytrain10]

Morning David...not a Burgess mate.

[skytrain10]

To help you along....pre WWI.

[Lightning Mate]

Anything to do with the Manhattan Aeroplane Company ?

Or maybe Paterson-Francis.....

[Ridge Runner]

Miles M.69 Marathon II....?)

yes, Graeme!

Edit: er, no ..... Handley page HPR1 Marathon, I think, with the mambas!

[skytrain10]

David, not Manhatten, but it is a Patterson-Francis design:ok:

The aircraft is in fact the Patterson-Francis Flying Boat from 1913.

Your control

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks mate.

Wossa all this Handley Page stuff abaht??

[skytrain10]

Edit: er, no ..... Handley page HPR1 MarathonI see AQ have recorded it as the Handley Page M.69 Marathon!! Still they appear to have accepted Miles as an alternative answer :)
Wossa all this Handley Page stuff abaht?? Aviaquiz!

[Ridge Runner]

I see they went for the M.69 but HPR1 was equally valid!!!! :( The next is easy peasy!!! RR

[Lightning Mate]

Anyone interested in a new SC challenge?

[Noyade]

Anyone interested in a new SC challenge? Yes mate. :ok:

The next is easy peasy!!! RR Charger?

[Lightning Mate]

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/notAQ.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

a scandihooligan, David?

[Lightning Mate]

Nope.......

[Noyade]

I'm going with French...?

[Lightning Mate]

:ok:.........

[Noyade]

The Aubert PA-204 Cigale-Major Cabin Monoplane....?

[Lightning Mate]

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/juice-1.jpg

It's worked again!!

All yours mate. :ok:

[Noyade]

Thanks David.

I can't get Mel's Massive List to load. Oh well, here goes...

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/240/img623s.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/img623s.jpg/)

[Lightning Mate]

B17 or 29.......?

[Noyade]

Not from Boeing mate.

British.

No.7 Squadron. :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

They flew Stirlings.

[Noyade]

Stirling it is. :ok:

Back to you.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3623/img624k.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/i/img624k.jpg/)

[Lightning Mate]

Get yer corkscrew......

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/bighangar.jpg

[Noyade]

British?....

[Lightning Mate]

Not this time. :)

edit: European....

[VX275]

That's a Junkers shaped fin and rudder

[Lightning Mate]

No it ain't mate.

[Noyade]

German?
Those sheds look very modern. Is this a museum piece with sepia applied to 'age' it?

[Lightning Mate]

Not German.

It's an original photograph and the hangars are not modern.

I have sepia tinted it to make it more attractive.

[skytrain10]

Had to break off for a while there....moving quickly today:ok:

An Aeronca C3 look-a-like, with a different tail. There were a few companies manufacturing similar looking machines in the US, but other than the UK build version I can't think of any European examples. Any connection with Aeronca?

[Lightning Mate]

No connection with Aeronca mate.

Nail the country and it will be easy. :)

[Lightning Mate]

Wanna car photo as a clue?

[Noyade]

Sure........

[Lightning Mate]

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/car.jpg

[Noyade]

Polish?......

[Lightning Mate]

:ok:.........

[Noyade]

The RWD-2...?

[Lightning Mate]

The corkscrew worked!!

Back to you mate. :ok:

[Noyade]

Thanks mate, but I'm heading to bed. You enjoy the rest of your afternoon/evening. :ok:

Cheers.

[Lightning Mate]

Sleep well.

[Ridge Runner]

So was that an OH?

[Lightning Mate]

It is I assume, just as I assume you will be less than a minute............

[Ridge Runner]

Not me, I have nothing :(

[Lightning Mate]

Oh dear!

skytrain has gone too, leaving just you and I.

Wanna one to be going on with?

[Ridge Runner]

YEP! .... :)

[Lightning Mate]

Here you go then.......

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/purple.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

oo er .. a plastic plane! :(

[Lightning Mate]

...composite monocoque....

...a plane is what a carpenter uses....

[Lightning Mate]

Going home - light off.

Back soon.

[Lightning Mate]

Good morning Brian. :)

[Lightning Mate]

It's now 2052 Prune time and there is nobody around.

I therfore wish you all goodnight /afternoon / morning.

LM

[skytrain10]

Evening David. Looks like the Funk FK-14 Polaris?

[Noyade]

European?......

Edit. Funking hell Ken, where did you spring from? :)

Does look like a Funk...

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/103/75831499.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/75831499.jpg/)

[skytrain10]

Morning mate. Looked in earlier this evening but work then took over so never got the opportunity to pay this one much attention. I knew it reminded me of something but just couldn't place it....then it came to me. Unfortunately away at present so no access to certain magazines, which I'm sure it's in:)

Edit to say, no spats on the main wheels, which is odd - all those I've seen photos of have spats on all 3. I see its marketed in the US as the Cirrus Sport.

As David has closed down I'm going to call it a night myself now, so I'll say good night. David, assuming correct please make it Open House as I have a pretty full day tomorrow.

[Noyade]

The Funk above has tapered leading edges on the outer wing, while David's doesn't. Is that significant?

Night mate. :ok:

[skytrain10]

The Funk above has tapered wing-tips, while David's doesn't. Is that significant? Do a search for OO-G74....straight wings and no main gear spats:ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Good morning/evening.

After all the previous discussion I am happy to announce that it is indeed the B&F Fk14 Polaris, so nicely done skytrain. :D

However, an Open House has been called, so let's hope that Noyade will be home from work soon and post something.

[Lightning Mate]

straight wings and no main gear spats

Here's the original photograph which I used:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/FK-14.jpg

[skytrain10]

Thanks David:ok:

Been too quiet too long. An easy one if anyone is out there:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/ff23daad.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

Morning!

a mod of another more well known type??

[Lightning Mate]

Navajo or Chieftain?

edit: Navajo Panther ?

[skytrain10]

Morning Martin...yes a mod of a very well known aircraft.

Navajo Panther ? That'll be the one mate:ok:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/2d3babe1.jpg

LM has control

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks mate - that's got the day off to a good start.

Let's continue:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/friday-5.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

French????

[skytrain10]

Hi David. The Treadwell Alley Cat?

[Lightning Mate]

Not French.

Hi David. The Treadwell Alley Cat?

Morning Ken. :D

Your turn again.

[Ridge Runner]

Nice one! It got me fooled!

[Lightning Mate]

I thought it might last a bit longer though. :{

[skytrain10]

Cheers David....remembered it from another search...looked like a baby crop sprayer.

Next one:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/e698a6f9.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

It's homebuilt and I have found it.

Is it the Sea Eagle ?

[Ridge Runner]

Blimey Ken, you are slipping! :)

[skytrain10]

Moving fast today! Yes, it's the Starke Sea Eagle from Australia.

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/72a36b73.jpg

Back to you David:ok:

(like David with his previous challenge, I thought this one would have lasted a little longer!)

[Lightning Mate]

Blimey Ken, you are slipping!

So are you mate - that's three already this morning. :E

New balls please.......

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/friagain-1.jpg

edit: standby please - there's a small error on that silhouette, not that it will make any difference.

edit 2 : error removed

[skytrain10]

Is it the Saul Triad 1000?

[Lightning Mate]

19 minutes this time!!!!:mad::mad:

Back to you again.

Sharpen up RR. :E

[Ridge Runner]

I've been out topping up the car! 139.9 here....

[Lightning Mate]

Mine only takes 30 litres - lasts over three weeks.

Looks like Ken is wearing a short sleeved shirt........

[Ridge Runner]

Yeh, yeh, yeh ..... :)

[skytrain10]

Apologies for the delay - got interupted by work!

Next:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/52db21a0.jpg

Edit...just corrected minor error on port u/c leg.

[skytrain10]

I've been out topping up the car! 139.9 here.... I'll stick to Welsh petrol....even the M4 services I use don't charge that much!

[Lightning Mate]

Twin Comanche ?

[skytrain10]

Twin Comanche ? Not a Twin Com David

Close though:)

[Ridge Runner]

Piper based, though? It reminders me of a Seneca but the fin/rudder are not right. RR

I'll stick to Welsh petrol....even the M4 services I use don't charge that much!

And that's cheap around these parts!! Normally its up at 145.9plus!!

[Lightning Mate]

Looking at the fin, Chieftain ?

er no.

[skytrain10]

And that's cheap around these parts!! Normally its up at 145.9plus!! Blimey...the most I have paid is 138.9....M4 services near Port Talbot is 137.9:)

Not a Chieftain, nor a Seneca....but it is a Piper:ok:

Edit: have just corrected error on port u/c leg on silhouette.