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Old 11th Jan 2012, 17:22
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A Russian? (all those rivets?)
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Old 11th Jan 2012, 17:49
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Those look like Western rivets to me.
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Old 11th Jan 2012, 18:02
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Those look like Western rivets to me.
Off home shortly, but I have to ask, is their spacing Metric or Imperial??
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Old 11th Jan 2012, 18:26
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I would think the spacing is in inches.
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Old 11th Jan 2012, 19:34
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Is it a Wright/Pratt ,and on the wing or fuselage ?
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2X wing mounted P&Ws.
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Possibly a big Cat...a?
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Old 11th Jan 2012, 21:27
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If you mean a Catalina, Sycamore, then possibly it is a conversion of one. Here, maybe a little better view will help.

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Old 11th Jan 2012, 21:31
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Forget the exhaust ,just move right......top exhaust on a PBY,..OPEN HOUSE if correct
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Old 11th Jan 2012, 22:35
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Yes Sycamore, it is a Consolidated PBY . This particular one is converted into the "Landseaire" Air-Yacht.



Open House
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 17:58
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It's been OH too long!!

Just going home, will be back to monitor in about an hour:

Something to keep things going!!

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Old 13th Jan 2012, 20:38
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G'day Mr Cropper!

1939-45' period?
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G'day to you Graeme, 'tiz still Friday the thirteenth here !!

1939-45' period?
Nope; just a tad earlier mate, but not much
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 21:22
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still Friday the thirteenth here !!
Yeah, I should have made a 'stab' with Curtiss on SC last night.

British?
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 21:33
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Sorry, not British mate!

I should have made a 'stab' with Curtiss on SC last night
Yeah, you should have !! Never mind mate, only another 80 mins for a new AQ
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 21:45
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You must have spent some time looking for the A-18.......

Curtiss?
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 21:56
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You must have spent some time looking for the A-18.......
I managed to crack it im my lunch break, thanks to the lack of dihedral! I didn't actually find a photo, only a previous version, but I put two and two together from Aerofiles info and made eighteen

This one isn't a Curtiss, but I did find it looking for the Shrike!!
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 22:08
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I managed to crack it im my lunch break, thanks to the lack of dihedral! I diddn't actually find a photo, only a previous version, but two and two together from Aerofiles info and made eighteen
Stop bragging!

Incidentally, I found this last night...the A-14...



The intake...

American?
Monoplane?
All metal?
Radial?
Slightly cranked wing?

Fighter?
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 22:15
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The answer is YES to all except Fighter!

The initial production version had a fixed U/C, but the Challenge aircraft had retractable gear and an uprated P&W Twin Wasp Jr
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Old 13th Jan 2012, 22:42
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A Northrop A-17 on steroids. You're mean mate.

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