What Cockpit? MK V
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Sorry Kitbag, not the Westland-Hill Pteradactyl. The mystery aircraft first flew in 1949. One is on display at a museum.
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Leduc 0.10 Experimental Ramjet perhaps? However, I am sure the pilot in this machine was prone!
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Sorry, Mel, not the Leduc 0.10. The mystery aircraft was not French, nor British. The pilot sat conventionally. The forward visibility was not quite as restricted as it seems from the photo.
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Sorry, not the Ae.50. The mystery aircraft was single-place, of mostly wooden construction. It was civilian, of amateur design, and it was listed in Jane's All The World's Aircraft. Only one was believed to have been built.
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Following from your comments re visibility and looking at the rope handles, was the (Italian?) pilot seated in a very laid back position for normal flight, raising to a more conventional position for landing?
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The seat was in a fixed position. It is not Italian, go much farther north for the country of origin. The aircraft held a unique position for its category. Here is a view looking down on the pilot's seat. Note the small armrests. The top of the photo is towards the nose of the aircraft.
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It is listed in the 1948 Jane's AWA, but the name of the aircraft was mispelled, and subsequently corrected in the 1950 JAWA. The aircraft was originally equipped with a French built 25-hp Poinsard engine, but due to crankcase failure, it was replaced by a U.S. built 40-hp Continental.
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Mel is correct.
The Finnish designed Eklund TE-1 first took to the air on February 24, 1949, with wheels attached, so it was an amphibian. Some time during her life, the wheels and retracting mechanism were removed. It is still classified as the world's smallest flying boat.
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The Finnish designed Eklund TE-1 first took to the air on February 24, 1949, with wheels attached, so it was an amphibian. Some time during her life, the wheels and retracting mechanism were removed. It is still classified as the world's smallest flying boat.You have control.
