What Cockpit? MK VI
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evansb - well done - close enough for anyone but a pedant. 
However.....
Pitcairn didn't make things easy as.....
PA-7 Super Mailwing 1929 (ATC 196) = 3pOB; 225hp Wright J-6; span: 33'0" length: 23'9" load: 1129# v: 135/155/57 range: 520. POP: 2 [NR213M, NC684E].
Pitcairn PA-7M [NC876M] (Frank Tallman coll)
PA-7M Super Mailwing 1929 (ATC 196) = 1p PA-7 as mail plane. POP: 10 [NC94W, NC351V, NC378V, NC545K, NC825N/826N, NC876M/877M, NC7967].
Pitcairn PA-7S [N95W] (K O Eckland)
Pitcairn PA-7S [NC13158] (Frank Rezich coll)
PA-7S Super Sport Mailwing 1929 (ATC 196) = 3p sport version of PA-7. $8,500; POP: 16
PA-7S [NS53W, NC54W, NC68M/71M, NC95W/97W, NR213M prototype, NC824N, NC10375/10377, NC10379, NC13158]
The Civil Aircraft USA registry has it listed as...
NC 13158 Pitcairn PA-7S
You have control, evansb.
However.....
Pitcairn didn't make things easy as.....
PA-7 Super Mailwing 1929 (ATC 196) = 3pOB; 225hp Wright J-6; span: 33'0" length: 23'9" load: 1129# v: 135/155/57 range: 520. POP: 2 [NR213M, NC684E].
Pitcairn PA-7M [NC876M] (Frank Tallman coll)
PA-7M Super Mailwing 1929 (ATC 196) = 1p PA-7 as mail plane. POP: 10 [NC94W, NC351V, NC378V, NC545K, NC825N/826N, NC876M/877M, NC7967].
Pitcairn PA-7S [N95W] (K O Eckland)
Pitcairn PA-7S [NC13158] (Frank Rezich coll)
PA-7S Super Sport Mailwing 1929 (ATC 196) = 3p sport version of PA-7. $8,500; POP: 16
PA-7S [NS53W, NC54W, NC68M/71M, NC95W/97W, NR213M prototype, NC824N, NC10375/10377, NC10379, NC13158]
The Civil Aircraft USA registry has it listed as...
NC 13158 Pitcairn PA-7S
You have control, evansb.
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Ah...the elusive Pitcairn PA-7S. Does the "S" in PA-7S mean "Sport", or "Super Sport"? Chevrolet's designation of "SS" would have made it easier. My 35 years experience in dealing with aircraft designations has led me to conclude that it is indeed a Pitcairn of a certain "S" designation. 
Regardless of the specific model, that is one beautiful aircraft
! I want to fly it! Good challenge BTW. Here is the next "What Cockpit?":
Regardless of the specific model, that is one beautiful aircraft! I want to fly it! Good challenge BTW. Here is the next "What Cockpit?":
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Clue time. Powered by a Lycoming O-360. The designer contracted a large corporation to build the aircraft, but the production rate was too slow, so the design was sold to a third party, which built the model pictured.
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As there was no response to the above clue in 24 hours, here is the mystery aircraft. The Air & Space 18A Flymobil. Open house.
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No takers so far; so here's a clue:
Take a letter off a notorious private military company, and the same letter off a military rumour factory, and you have the designer and his other series of aircraft.
Take a letter off a notorious private military company, and the same letter off a military rumour factory, and you have the designer and his other series of aircraft.
Super Cecil, Mechta's SWMBO says she is in total agreement with you; however enforcement of your policy will alienate most gliding instructors and a large part of the British scientific community... 
Well Done EvansB, I wasn't sure anyone would get this.
I think its actually the Bug 2 biplane glider, but I only deduced that from the properties on the original photo, so Goat is close enough.
Mike Sandlin has produced the Bug & Goat series of gliders, and published the drawings on the internet. Type in "Sandlin Goat Glider" on Google and you should find his website. He says he has done over 60 miles on one of them.
Here's the Bug
and here's the Goat
So EvansB over to you!
Cheers, Mechta
I think its actually the Bug 2 biplane glider, but I only deduced that from the properties on the original photo, so Goat is close enough.
Mike Sandlin has produced the Bug & Goat series of gliders, and published the drawings on the internet. Type in "Sandlin Goat Glider" on Google and you should find his website. He says he has done over 60 miles on one of them.
Here's the Bug
and here's the Goat
So EvansB over to you!
Cheers, Mechta