Name that Flying Machine
meleagertoo,
Yes, you could easily have an F-16 on your wing if you weren’t careful!
I’ve seen this one-of-a-kind aircraft. It’s equally bizarre from behind!
Yes, you could easily have an F-16 on your wing if you weren’t careful!
I’ve seen this one-of-a-kind aircraft. It’s equally bizarre from behind!
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The Sawyer Skyjacker indeed...
I guess Noyade named it though allusions and illustrations preceded the accusation!
I enjoyed your road trip threads I42! I can't remember anything particularly unusual visible at Mojave the day I went - it was a Sunday - my particular interest was the C-133s on the far side. We were en-route Reno - Los Angeles having driven down the Owens Valley and also popped into Inyokern (B-29 "Doc" was a surprise having been recently hauled out of China Lake), Fox Field and Palmdale to see what was about...
I guess Noyade named it though allusions and illustrations preceded the accusation!
I enjoyed your road trip threads I42! I can't remember anything particularly unusual visible at Mojave the day I went - it was a Sunday - my particular interest was the C-133s on the far side. We were en-route Reno - Los Angeles having driven down the Owens Valley and also popped into Inyokern (B-29 "Doc" was a surprise having been recently hauled out of China Lake), Fox Field and Palmdale to see what was about...
Noyade,
Thanks but I wasn't expecting that. I can't find my stashed photo so OH.
Thanks but I wasn't expecting that. I can't find my stashed photo so OH.
Another oldie..............
yes - no point in making it TOO easy! Been around for quite a while in reasonable numbers
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Taxi to the gardan centre?
Name it properly and it's all yours.............................
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Gardan (or CAB) GY-20 Minicab....
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Another oddity of which I had never heard...
Only one company could ever afflict a nice looking aeroplane with an empennage as ghastly as that, so it is immediately obvious as a Mooney.
Bizarre and bizarrer! It didn't take long to find that although there are several photos of this listed as a Twin Navion it initially appears more likely to be a Mooney M22. But no! The several pics of this labelled M22 are incorrect!
Then it turns out that the M22 is a single engined pressurised version of the M20 and it isn't that at all. The internet fibs like a cheap chinese watch!
And then I find it's actually (I think) called a Twin Mooney Mk22. At least, that's the most convincing of the various conflicting answers I've dug up!
I'll go withTwin Mooney Mk22. A one off. Reg N5299B
Bizarre and bizarrer! It didn't take long to find that although there are several photos of this listed as a Twin Navion it initially appears more likely to be a Mooney M22. But no! The several pics of this labelled M22 are incorrect!
Then it turns out that the M22 is a single engined pressurised version of the M20 and it isn't that at all. The internet fibs like a cheap chinese watch!
And then I find it's actually (I think) called a Twin Mooney Mk22. At least, that's the most convincing of the various conflicting answers I've dug up!
I'll go withTwin Mooney Mk22. A one off. Reg N5299B
Last edited by meleagertoo; 10th Jul 2022 at 21:55.
Just to confirm that Treadigraph got it one with the CAB GY20 Minivan - a lot still around - mainly in their UK reincarnation I believe
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Cheers Asturias, yes a nice little aeroplane, always used to be a few at PFA rallies I attended.
Re the newest pic, me lips is sealed for another 12 hours...
Re the newest pic, me lips is sealed for another 12 hours...
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Meleagertoo has it with the "original" Mooney M22 - a one off attempt at a twin in the late 1950s.
The single Mooney M22 Mustang came a few years later and was pressurised - I recall seeing a Swiss example at Biggin once, only 39 were built. Think the M20s generally look pretty nice, the M22 was a bit agricultural though.
The single Mooney M22 Mustang came a few years later and was pressurised - I recall seeing a Swiss example at Biggin once, only 39 were built. Think the M20s generally look pretty nice, the M22 was a bit agricultural though.
