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It is the Filper Beta 200. An unusual tandem light helicopter which didn't sell. (For pretty obvious reasons I would think.)
Filper Beta
Filper Beta
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Well done
I thought this challenge would last longer, but with mavens this brilliant, not much that I post does. Over to you.
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Planegills challenge ?
Are we lookng at a version of Ercoupe, Aircoupe, Weick W1, Aeronca 12AC Chum, Mooney A2. Made by Erco, Alon, Forney, Fornaire etc.
An aircraft with far too many names and makers !!!!! Keith. ??
An aircraft with far too many names and makers !!!!! Keith. ??
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C2j has it. The Emigh Trojan. A squat little 2-seater from the late 1940s, whose distinguishing characteristic is that it had rib stiffeners on the outside of the wing surface.
An aircraft I had never heard of. Picture and more info here
www.redbackaviation.com.au/cobra_helicopters.html
I have to say I cannot imagine flying around in the US and anouncing to ATC that I'm flying a Trojan 
www.redbackaviation.com.au/cobra_helicopters.html
Harold Emigh's first contribution to private aircraft development was his Emigh Trojan, an advanced all - metal two - passenger light aircraft whose flying surfaces had the ribs on the outside of the wing. Furthermore, it was designed so that the right wing could be flipped over to become the left wing, etc., and the right horizontal fin and elevator could become the left horizontal fin and elevator, or stood on in and become the verticle fin and rudder.
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Hi, group,
I was unexpectedly called out and am now on the road away from my computer. (I'm using the one in the hotel lobby.) I'm embarrissed to have to call "OPEN HOUSE", but it seems most appropriate.
Sorry for the delay.
C2j
I was unexpectedly called out and am now on the road away from my computer. (I'm using the one in the hotel lobby.) I'm embarrissed to have to call "OPEN HOUSE", but it seems most appropriate.
Sorry for the delay.
C2j
What about a T28?
The T28 is macho enough that you could get away with it, but a "ribbed" Trojan? I think not.
Here's the next challenge:
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AB,
It's not a Steen Skybolt.
Concerning the Emigh Trojan - I'm a Berkshire Boy, so I knew it might be an obscure joke in Europe, but I also knew that someone like nacluv would explain it
It's not a Steen Skybolt.
Concerning the Emigh Trojan - I'm a Berkshire Boy, so I knew it might be an obscure joke in Europe, but I also knew that someone like nacluv would explain it
Keith,
Right vintage but not a Waco UPF.
A clue: a different kind of construction from conventional biplanes.
Right vintage but not a Waco UPF.
A clue: a different kind of construction from conventional biplanes.
No, not a Stearman either.
The construction difference is well illustrated in the cockpit picture.
Clue No. 2. This was the only biplane produced by this company.
The construction difference is well illustrated in the cockpit picture.
Clue No. 2. This was the only biplane produced by this company.
AB,
Yes, monocoque fuselage and possibly all metal wings, but I have seen a reference to wooden spars, but that might have been only the prototype.
Edited to add that I was referring to the wing structure. The wings are fabric covered.
Yes, monocoque fuselage and possibly all metal wings, but I have seen a reference to wooden spars, but that might have been only the prototype.
Edited to add that I was referring to the wing structure. The wings are fabric covered.
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