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Old 3rd Sep 2008, 18:18
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Bit reminiscent of one of the early Vickers Viking Amphibian family c.1920.
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Old 3rd Sep 2008, 19:54
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Sorry RETDPI. Right period, wrong family.
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Old 3rd Sep 2008, 20:20
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Looks a bit Walrus to me, but tail is wrong. One of her predecessors?
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Old 3rd Sep 2008, 20:59
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Sorry Synthetic, but no.
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Old 3rd Sep 2008, 21:54
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Is it a Supermarine Channel perchance?
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Not a Supermarine product.
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Richard. The Wackett Widgeon perchance?
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Old 4th Sep 2008, 13:42
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Mel, spot on, it is indeed the Wackett Widgeon.



More information here:
Wackett Widgeon I G-AEKB

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Thanks Richard, a very interesting challenge. Here is the next one:-

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Old 4th Sep 2008, 17:32
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Perhaps I'd better be let off of that too mate!
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Old 4th Sep 2008, 17:46
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No RETDPI, I will not let you off.Please check PMs
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Mel, I don't have a name for this one, but it would appear to be Shenyang/Nanchang's #1 prototype CJ-6, with a Czech built horizontally-opposed 'Doris-B' engine. Am I close?
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Old 4th Sep 2008, 20:29
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Sorry Bri not the
Shenyang/Nanchang's #1 prototype CJ-6, with a Czech built horizontally-opposed 'Doris-B' engine
In one respect you are very close but in another you are continents away.
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Old 4th Sep 2008, 21:39
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Looks like a cross-breed of two Beechcraft models, the T-34 and the CT-156/T-6.

I'll try the CT-156 / T-6.
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Old 4th Sep 2008, 22:31
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Sorry Richard this one was not from the USA.
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Old 5th Sep 2008, 15:36
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How many were built?
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Old 5th Sep 2008, 17:21
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Sorry Bri but the only information I have got is that one was built with possibly a number of others, I am unable to come up with a definite number produced. The source from which the silhouette was taken states that following the prototype the aircraft was in quantity production for the country of manufacture's Air Force.
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Old 5th Sep 2008, 19:49
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Let's try the AISA I-115 from Spain.
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Sorry Richard this one is not from Spain, it is however from the continent of europe. Check my response at Post #578 for a further clue.
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Old 5th Sep 2008, 20:38
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How about a variant of the P.19 Scricciolo?

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