What Cockpit? MK VI
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The Next Challenge...
Challenges have been turning over quite quickly just now, but this may slow things down a bit.
Then again, with all the sharp minds around here, this may not last ten minutes.
Glenn
Then again, with all the sharp minds around here, this may not last ten minutes.
Glenn
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Slingsby T21 motorglider?
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Okay, Keith. Clue-time, it is...
This challenge was a single-engine prototype from a well known aircraft manufacturer. This was a proof-of-concept version, hence the somewhat rough appearance. It racked up fewer than 100 hours of flight testing. The proposed standard version received a fair amount of publicity but never went into production. Two examples of a larger, more powerful, twin-engine version were tested by the military, but were not purchased.
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This challenge was a single-engine prototype from a well known aircraft manufacturer. This was a proof-of-concept version, hence the somewhat rough appearance. It racked up fewer than 100 hours of flight testing. The proposed standard version received a fair amount of publicity but never went into production. Two examples of a larger, more powerful, twin-engine version were tested by the military, but were not purchased.
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The current challenge...
Time for another clue, methinks.
The prototype in the photo first flew in the late 1950s. The military evaluated and rejected the larger version in the 1960s. The rejection was totally justified. This was no high-flier and its failure greatly damaged the reputation of the once respected manufacturer.
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The prototype in the photo first flew in the late 1950s. The military evaluated and rejected the larger version in the 1960s. The rejection was totally justified. This was no high-flier and its failure greatly damaged the reputation of the once respected manufacturer.
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The current challenge...
Okay, 36 hours and counting, but no one has come close yet. Time for further clues.
The manufacturer was an American company whose name you would quickly recognise. It may be overstating the case somewhat to say that this hopelessly flawed aircraft drove the company out of business, but it certainly seems to have been a last gasp that failed. Oddly enough, the design concept involved was, in fact, a gem of an idea. But bold ideas sometimes succeed and sometimes fail.
The prototype pictured had a single engine of less than 100 horsepower. The larger version tested and rejected by the US Army had two engines, each with more than 100 horsepower.
I'm headed for bed now but I'll be back on deck in seven hours or so.
Think laterally and make me proud of you.
Glenn
The manufacturer was an American company whose name you would quickly recognise. It may be overstating the case somewhat to say that this hopelessly flawed aircraft drove the company out of business, but it certainly seems to have been a last gasp that failed. Oddly enough, the design concept involved was, in fact, a gem of an idea. But bold ideas sometimes succeed and sometimes fail.
The prototype pictured had a single engine of less than 100 horsepower. The larger version tested and rejected by the US Army had two engines, each with more than 100 horsepower.
I'm headed for bed now but I'll be back on deck in seven hours or so.
Think laterally and make me proud of you.
Glenn
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Well done, Brian! 
Evansb has control!
And the source for my vague hints and wordplay....
The prototype...
Advertising for the never-built civilian model...
and the military test version...
Perhaps they assumed the enemy would die laughing.
Glenn
Evansb has control!And the source for my vague hints and wordplay....
The prototype...
Advertising for the never-built civilian model...
and the military test version...
Perhaps they assumed the enemy would die laughing.
Glenn
