What Cockpit? MK VI

[norwich]

It's getting late , here in the UK, so another little cluette, the particular aircraft in my post has an Australian registration VH-??? come on guy's how many more clues do you need ? Keith.

[Cubs2jets]

Aermacchi Lockheed AL60

C2j

[norwich]

Yes, Yes, Yes C2j it is indeed we await your next challenge. Keith.

[sycamore]

So sorry guys,as I haven`t got any pics,if I manage to get one right,as in golf`Please play though`,or is it `Fore`!!

[Cubs2jets]

Thank you norwich.

This "What Cockpit" is in a museum, it was one of the first of its kind and it and its pilot were well known in their day.

C2j

[LOMCEVAK]

Pitts Special? Is it the one in the Udvar-Hazy (possible spelling error!)museum in Washington?

[norwich]

Pitts Rice SC 1 N66Y @ Oshkosh ?????

[Cubs2jets]

LOMCEVAK is correct!

Betty Skelton's "Little Stinker" hanging in the entry hallway of the Udvar-Hazy Annex of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.

C2j

[evansb]

While waiting for LOMCEVAK's reply, here is the next mystery cockpit:

[norwich]

Well ! someone has to start it off ! So Northrop A-17 ??? don't laugh. Keith.

[evansb]

Keith! Sorry, it is not the Northrop A-17 Nomad. The mystery ship is newer, faster, yet still a tail-dragger.

[LOMCEVAK]

evansb, thanks - I did not have one to post.

Rgds

L

[sycamore]

Obviously a turbo-prop conversion,with retractable gear ?

[evansb]

Retractable gear. Not a turbo-prop.

Here is clue: Only one was built.

[sycamore]

On the strength that it looks vaguely T-6ish, I`ll go fo the Ranger variant...
assuming it is American..

Nah.! forget that;I`m sure the T-6 Ranger was de-modded; and this looks a funny mix of old and new,particularly the 2 %age rpm gauges,and what appears to be a JPT/EGT gauge,air driven a/hzn and DI....give up,gizza clue!!

[evansb]

It is an American design, but not a T-6 Ranger.

[norwich]

This looks and sounds unreal, but I'm going with Vought XF5U / V173, another obscure product ????? Keith.

[evansb]

Sorry not a Vought. It is very rare/obscure. This was an experimental test-bed aircraft built to examine the aerodynamic effects of a particular technology. The gauges sycamore mentions are a good clue to the overall configuration of the machine. I don't think the manufacturer built any other type other than the mystery aircraft.

[smuff2000]

Short SC1?

Should have read earlier posts properly, is it the TailSitter Turboprop cannot offhand remember the name though and no reference books to hand.

Just googled tail sitter and came up with XFV1 Salmon.

[evansb]

Sorry not a Short SC-1. Not the XFV-1 Salmon. Not a T-prop. This is one odd-ball airplane.