Name that Flying Machine
Hi Bear.
Well, I didn't think so at the time. You would know more than me. In the smaller photo you posted above I was convinced I saw two military uniforms - and I presumed they were American.
So I started sifting through their "C" category (Cargo and Transport 1925-1962) section and this is what I found, which looked very similar to your machine in layout.
I don't know a great deal about the Dutch use of roman numerals in Fokker's nomenclature, but the Fokker C.XIV-W is certainly a floater.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_C.XIV
Possibly your larger photo is the civil Fokker F-14? No Tom Cruise though.
Well, I didn't think so at the time. You would know more than me. In the smaller photo you posted above I was convinced I saw two military uniforms - and I presumed they were American.
So I started sifting through their "C" category (Cargo and Transport 1925-1962) section and this is what I found, which looked very similar to your machine in layout.
I don't know a great deal about the Dutch use of roman numerals in Fokker's nomenclature, but the Fokker C.XIV-W is certainly a floater.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_C.XIV
Possibly your larger photo is the civil Fokker F-14? No Tom Cruise though.
Well the first photo certainly is an F-14.
And the other photo sprung up under F-14.
Never new It had a C-14 designation.
I believe Fokker in Europe used the Roman designation up to ww2. Fokker aircraft corporation always used numerical designations.
Lot’s of errors and misunderstandings are resulting!
It is all yours Noyade.
And the other photo sprung up under F-14.
Never new It had a C-14 designation.
I believe Fokker in Europe used the Roman designation up to ww2. Fokker aircraft corporation always used numerical designations.
Lot’s of errors and misunderstandings are resulting!
It is all yours Noyade.
Australian two-seater. The passenger is enclosed forward of the pilot with observation windows. The designer soon after moved to England and helped set up a company building light cabin aircraft some of which were impressed into the RAF. After the war he purchased a surplus Halifax to return to Australia with his family and a number of British immigrants.
Via the Halifax clue, I’ve discovered Geoffrey Wickner, but have reached a dead end.
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We're not looking at a Wicko/Warferry.
The challenge aircraft was the third built by the extraordianry Geoffrey Wickner (I have found no reference at all to the first)
It was a development of this little beauty (80Hp Anzani) with the wing position moved and a Cirrus engine fitted.
Wickner was a cousin of Edgar Percival, himself an Ozmate whose middle name was - guess what? Wickner! Wickner worked with Percival for some time in the war years I believe.
He died in 1990
The challenge aircraft was the third built by the extraordianry Capt. Wickner(I have found no detail whatsoever on the first)
(Uh-oh! It seems Wickner was far more prolific that that! Probably two designs, one of them spectacularly successful, preceeded the one below, plus a series of gliders!)
It was apparently a development of this little beauty (80Hp Anzani) with the wing position moved and a Cirrus engine fitted.
The challenge aircraft was the third built by the extraordianry Geoffrey Wickner (I have found no reference at all to the first)
It was a development of this little beauty (80Hp Anzani) with the wing position moved and a Cirrus engine fitted.
Wickner was a cousin of Edgar Percival, himself an Ozmate whose middle name was - guess what? Wickner! Wickner worked with Percival for some time in the war years I believe.
He died in 1990
The challenge aircraft was the third built by the extraordianry Capt. Wickner
(Uh-oh! It seems Wickner was far more prolific that that! Probably two designs, one of them spectacularly successful, preceeded the one below, plus a series of gliders!)
It was apparently a development of this little beauty (80Hp Anzani) with the wing position moved and a Cirrus engine fitted.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 30th Dec 2022 at 13:49.
Done. I look forward to your challenge next year, teusje! 
https://aeropedia.com.au/content/wicko-wizard/
https://aeropedia.com.au/content/wicko-wizard/
Looks European to me?
French aeroplane powered by a Continental C90-14F with a ground adjustable 2-bladed fixed-pitch Ratier prop.
Only one was ever made.
Only one was ever made.