Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge

[skytrain10]

A Farman Mel? MF.7bis possibly?

[MReyn24050]

Ken It is a Farman my source has it as a Maurice Farman MF.VIII. However the various sources are not clear regarding this aircraft.
You have control

[skytrain10]

Thanks Mel

Here is the next challenge:

[Noyade]

Good evening Ken.

Is this a project? Never flew? First thought was the Potez 840, but there are differences.

[skytrain10]

Morning Graeme, yes a project, but not from France.

Offline for a while but will check in later.

[Noyade]

A Canadian Dash-7 proposal?

[skytrain10]

It was intended for the same market as the DHC-7 but no connection and its not Canadian. You are in the right part of the world though.

Edit to say closing down now. Usual rules apply

[Noyade]

You are in the right part of the world though.

USA?........

[skytrain10]

Just as I was about to switch off....yes USA

[Noyade]

Now, who in the USA would want to make something like that?

Beechcraft?

(Pre-empting - Goodnight mate. )

[irishair2001]

Unless i am mistaken,i am sure we had this before,as far as i can remember it was called something like General Aircraft Corp, GAC 2000,does that ring a bell with anybody?

[Lightning Mate]

Morning.

With only three prop blades per engine I assume fairly low power, so a piston and not a turboprop.

[skytrain10]

Morning....well, Irishair almost has it, but I cannot see that we have had it before. It is from General Aircraft, but it's not the GAC-2000.

Despite the 3 prop blades it was to be a turboprop. PT6A engines.

[Noyade]

Howdy Ken.

GAC-100?

[skytrain10]

Howdy yourself Graeme.

Yes it is the GAC-100. Looks like it got to the mock-up stage , but no further. Several references in Flight, including:
1969 | 3111 | Flight Archive

Looks like GAC were also expecting some military interest judging by this model:



I see it was mentioned in another forum, so maybe that's where you had the thought from Irishair? It had been incorrectly referred to as Australian!

Talking of Australia....Noyade has control

[Lightning Mate]

He's busy mate - on Challenge.

[Noyade]

that's where you had the thought from Irishair?

Just followed on from what Irishair said, and you saying it was the correct manufacturer but a different designation. Took a punt at around 1980 but the book mentioned the GAC-100, last entry was 1973.

Irishair did most of the work. What's the forum?

[Noyade]

Moving on...

[skytrain10]

The forum was Aviation History and Nostalgia! But not SC...it was entitled 'Regional jets that never made it"!

[Lightning Mate]

Was the challenge Russian?