What Cockpit? MK VI
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It is not an aerial applicator, (spray plane),. Not from Piper. It is indeed in a museum. The aircraft is in near-original condition. The cables, ( I am guessing now), might be for the missing cockpit gauge.
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Bri
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Bri
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Yes, it is the American designed Standard E-1.
Designed as a pursuit aeroplane, nearly all were adapted for training. The Standard E-1 is occasionally mistaken for a Thomas-Morse Scout. You have control.
Designed as a pursuit aeroplane, nearly all were adapted for training. The Standard E-1 is occasionally mistaken for a Thomas-Morse Scout. You have control.
Another clue: The aircraft was designed by an engineer who perfected a fabrication technique for a certain part of an aeroplane.
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India Four Two's question
Simon,
The designer of the E-1, Charles Healy Day, is credited with developing the technique of using laminated wood to make propellers, thus increasing their strength. In 1910, he also built and flew America's first tractor biplane. He later developed the New Standard D-25 aerobatic biplane.
Back to the Standard E-1, after WW.I, three E-1s were converted to remote controlled torpedo carriers. One of the earliest RPVs.
Cheers.
Bri
The designer of the E-1, Charles Healy Day, is credited with developing the technique of using laminated wood to make propellers, thus increasing their strength. In 1910, he also built and flew America's first tractor biplane. He later developed the New Standard D-25 aerobatic biplane.
Back to the Standard E-1, after WW.I, three E-1s were converted to remote controlled torpedo carriers. One of the earliest RPVs.
Cheers.
Bri
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Thanks for stepping in, and here's another wild guess as a long-buried memory stirred...
K6?
I'm sort of fairly confident it's wrong...hence no shame about the pic shortage!
But I can't resist...
Edit: and I've got a pic, in case lightning strikes twice....
K6?
I'm sort of fairly confident it's wrong...hence no shame about the pic shortage!
But I can't resist...
Edit: and I've got a pic, in case lightning strikes twice....
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