Name that Flying Machine
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Washoutt: I only said that because I've had some other successes recently but having said that, the follow - up picture is not the aircraft I was referring to.
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(NB Nearly stol has noted his/her contribution is on the wrong thread - it should have been on WhatCockpit)
24 hours has passed and I confirm Noyade has it correct Yugoslav KB-6 Mataju - quite a lot built - also known as the LIBIS
The aircraft design office of LIBIS brought together teachers and students of the Ljubljana technical high school in modern Slovenia . The design office designed the KB-6 Matajur which was a two-seat light trainer and tourer that first flew on 4 June 1952. The KB-6 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating and dual controls. The aircraft was produced for use in aero-clubs until the mid-1960s.
24 hours has passed and I confirm Noyade has it correct Yugoslav KB-6 Mataju - quite a lot built - also known as the LIBIS
The aircraft design office of LIBIS brought together teachers and students of the Ljubljana technical high school in modern Slovenia . The design office designed the KB-6 Matajur which was a two-seat light trainer and tourer that first flew on 4 June 1952. The KB-6 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating and dual controls. The aircraft was produced for use in aero-clubs until the mid-1960s.
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From: New South Wales
No military service.
Many different versions with different engines. The company was in the motion picture business with the owner wanting to get into aviation manufacturing with the hope his traveling salesman using them as transport. Al Mooney of Mooney fame was one of the designers who perfected the design.
Around 900 built.
Many different versions with different engines. The company was in the motion picture business with the owner wanting to get into aviation manufacturing with the hope his traveling salesman using them as transport. Al Mooney of Mooney fame was one of the designers who perfected the design.
Around 900 built.
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From: Near EGSS
That's an optical illusion, it puzzled me initially. It's actually a wire brace and is nowhere near the nose. There will also be one on the other side.
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