What Cockpit?

[ea200]

Well done D26, it is indeed a Rollason D62 Condor. Over to you.

[D26]

Thanks very much. In this case:

Open house please!

[dixi188]

Another 4 Engined aircraft.

Sorry about the quality, it was scanned from an old book.

[Asturias56]

Airliner?

[D26]

Would that be a Handley Page Hermes?

[Asturias56]

Looks like it

[D26]

Let's sleep over it

[thnarg]

And here it is in Handley Page green, which many of us are grateful was not used in the Herald…


Good night everyone.

[dixi188]

I didn't think it would take long.
D26 has it.

[D26]

Thank you!
Open house, gentlemen!

[Noyade]

[thnarg]

Yes that’s technically a view of a cockpit! Biplane floatplane?

[Noyade]

Yes, biplane floatplane.
There is a Canadian connection.

[meleagertoo]

My goodness, Canadian Vickers built some absolute mingers! This has a considerable family resemblance to the hideous Vanessa and Velos but it isn't either of those.

[thnarg]

“… a Canadian connection”. So is it Canadian, or maybe American and flew up to the GWN? Or built somewhere else by an expat Canadian? Did it run on maple syrup?

And what are those little roof rails for?

[thnarg]

Ah, I found it and it’s American but built for the Canadians. Still can’t work out what those rails are for though…

[meleagertoo]

Mmm. It seems the minging Canadian style spread to the USA too. I wonder if Orville hung his head in shame, being associated - even so remotely - with that excrescence? Rails...Extended pitot heads to get beyond the spray of take off? That said, I have little belief they though tin terms of of twin altimeters then so probably not. Rigging for mosquito nets for the Canadian summer then? Or just to get accurate pressure readings ahead of the not inconsiderable bow-wave of that grotesque aerial whale?

[Noyade]

Rumbled by two very clever PPRuNers.
But I would like a Manufacturer and Designation please - to complete the paperwork.

In the meantime - internal shot....

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by thnarg

Ah, I found it and it’s American but built for the Canadians. Still can’t work out what those rails are for though…

Munson talks about the 'mystery' machine carrying canoes - plural.
I wonder if one was carried inverted on that crude looking roof rack? With the x-wire bracing preventing it sitting further back?
If so, it probably improved aerodynamics.

[thnarg]

Dayton-Wright FP.2 should complete the paperwork for you, seen here in its pusher config…


… and that canoe rack theory does make sense Noyade. It could also support a tarp or insect net after a hard day’s work counting trees.

And I don’t think it’s minging at all, mel!