Silhouette challenge
Well Done Lightning Mate!
You and I were writing at the same time!
The Allen A-4 was designed by Edmund 'Eddie' T Allen and was intended to compete in the 1924 Dayton races, but the list of contestants did not show it as an entry.
Engine: Harley-Davidson motorcyle engine
Wingspan: 27'0"
Length: 18'9"
Allen went on to be the Boeing test pilot. He was so highly regarded that the Army Air Force specifically requested him to test fly the Lockheed Constellation. He was later killed in a crash when nursing back the XB-29 prototype after an engine fire.
You and I were writing at the same time!The Allen A-4 was designed by Edmund 'Eddie' T Allen and was intended to compete in the 1924 Dayton races, but the list of contestants did not show it as an entry.
Engine: Harley-Davidson motorcyle engine
Wingspan: 27'0"
Length: 18'9"
Allen went on to be the Boeing test pilot. He was so highly regarded that the Army Air Force specifically requested him to test fly the Lockheed Constellation. He was later killed in a crash when nursing back the XB-29 prototype after an engine fire.
Thanks Mechta.
You had me worried then!
I spent hours looking at horizontally-opposed air-cooled engines, but Harley Davidson did come up in my searches.
That might have been almost impossible without the clues.
Standby please....
You had me worried then!
I spent hours looking at horizontally-opposed air-cooled engines, but Harley Davidson did come up in my searches.
That might have been almost impossible without the clues.
Standby please....
A bit of further research shows that Harley Davidson did a 584cc flat twin in their 'Model W' bike of 1920, so if that is what Allen planned to use, then the drawing is correct.
In case the second clue was a bit cryptic, 'Hog' is a term used by Harley owners to describe their bikes, and is even H-D's Wall Steet monicker.
In case the second clue was a bit cryptic, 'Hog' is a term used by Harley owners to describe their bikes, and is even H-D's Wall Steet monicker.
Morning, or afternoon now, Lightning Mate!
I've just been caught by SWMBO, I'm supposed to be tidying up in the garage, and she spotted from her computer upstairs that I'm online. I can't get anything past her, she's way too smart!
I couldn't find the Peterborough Guardian anywhere, but it has helped me with a piece of a jigsaw I have been puzzling with for years. In looking it up (after being identified by One11), I discovered they also did the Peterborough Ely, which was a widened Aeronca 100. Well, Mechta Senior bought the fuselage of an Ely, with a view to repairing his Aeronca 100, which got squashed when the Bessonneau hangar it was in collapsed on it at Farnborough in the 50s. I had always been looking for it as an Ely 100/300/700 (all designations appear to have been used). Now I've just discovered there was an article about the Peterborough Ely in Aeroplane monthly in 1985.
I've just been caught by SWMBO, I'm supposed to be tidying up in the garage, and she spotted from her computer upstairs that I'm online. I can't get anything past her, she's way too smart!
I couldn't find the Peterborough Guardian anywhere, but it has helped me with a piece of a jigsaw I have been puzzling with for years. In looking it up (after being identified by One11
), I discovered they also did the Peterborough Ely, which was a widened Aeronca 100. Well, Mechta Senior bought the fuselage of an Ely, with a view to repairing his Aeronca 100, which got squashed when the Bessonneau hangar it was in collapsed on it at Farnborough in the 50s. I had always been looking for it as an Ely 100/300/700 (all designations appear to have been used). Now I've just discovered there was an article about the Peterborough Ely in Aeroplane monthly in 1985.
Last edited by Mechta; 30th Dec 2009 at 16:37.