What Cockpit? MK VI
Graeme,
You should have completely cut-off the words! The clothes and the spelling indicated North America and a bit of extrapolation of the words led me to:
A good find. I had never heard of it before.
And further research shows it is Fred Weick standing on the wing.
You should have completely cut-off the words! The clothes and the spelling indicated North America and a bit of extrapolation of the words led me to:
Soon after World War II the National Flying Farmers Association in the United States set up a research programme on agricultural aviation. This was supported by the CAA and undertaken by the Personal Aircraft Research Centre at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The Ag-1, designed by Fred Weick, was the first outcome of this programme and led some eight years later to the Piper PA-25 Pawnee, another Weick design.
A good find. I had never heard of it before.
And further research shows it is Fred Weick standing on the wing.
Last edited by India Four Two; 21st Sep 2013 at 05:53.
You should have completely cut-off the words!
So well done, it is the Weick Ag-1. Your control mate.
And here's some more on Fred...
Graeme,
What an amazing life he led. I knew about the Ercoupe and his Piper legacy, but I didn't know that he designed the NACA cowl.
A little side-note. The graduates of Texas A & M (as it is universally known) proudly call themselves "Texas Aggies", so it is fitting that the Ag-1 was designed there. The university is in College Station, which has a population of 100,000 of which 60% are students and staff, so the city has an empty feel to it during vacations, as I discovered one Christmas.
I'm going out to celebrate my birthday with some friends and to lift a famous quote, "and maybe some time."
So Open House.
What an amazing life he led. I knew about the Ercoupe and his Piper legacy, but I didn't know that he designed the NACA cowl.
A little side-note. The graduates of Texas A & M (as it is universally known) proudly call themselves "Texas Aggies", so it is fitting that the Ag-1 was designed there. The university is in College Station, which has a population of 100,000 of which 60% are students and staff, so the city has an empty feel to it during vacations, as I discovered one Christmas.
I'm going out to celebrate my birthday with some friends and to lift a famous quote, "and maybe some time."
So Open House.
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It looks a lot like the early Lockheed Jetstar, but it's not.
So a wild guess, the McDonnell 220?
Nope, on second check, windshield is wrong for that.
So a wild guess, the McDonnell 220?
Nope, on second check, windshield is wrong for that.
Don't think so John. The names given are Tatyania Zuyeva and Nadezhda Yeremina and I think they set female payload and height records with this machine....
