Name that Flying Machine

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

It is a 12, but not a vee....

Though close (alphabetically speaking ).

[Allan Lupton]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

Though close (alphabetically speaking ).

A W-12 like a Napier Lion?

[India Four Two]

Though close (alphabetically speaking ).

I see what U did there!

PS The cockpit and windshield seems like a scaled-down DC-4.

[Quemerford]

Originally Posted by Allan Lupton

A W-12 like a Napier Lion?

Nope. Not a boxer/horizontally opposed either.

[Herod]

So; a straight (in-line) twelve? That has to be one long and heavy engine.

[Quemerford]

Originally Posted by Herod

So; a straight (in-line) twelve? That has to be one long and heavy engine.

Not that either. Two coupled sixes, side-by-side.

[JENKINS]

How about Vega Starliner 22?

[Quemerford]

Originally Posted by JENKINS

How about Vega Starliner 22?

That'll do! Very interesting machine, flown in single and twin-tail guises. I do really like the look of it and wish someone would make a nice kit of it in 1/32 scale.






Engine was a Menasco Unitwin:



Over to you Jenkins...

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

That'll do! Very interesting machine, flown in single and twin-tail guises.

[Asturias56]

Wonder what the vibration levels were with that beast slung up front..............

[dook]

A very very belated Happy New Year to everyone.

[Asturias56]

Welcome back Dook - you've been missed

[JENKINS]

Thanks, lovely search. I had posted an OH for I was away from 1210Z; just passing through home again and still away, so OH. I found a British Pathe for the machine, and some interesting development info., mostly concerning the crashes!

So, OH I fear.

[Herod]

Seems like a good idea. Two engines without the asymmetric problems. I wonder why it never succeeded?

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Herod

Seems like a good idea. Two engines without the asymmetric problems. I wonder why it never succeeded?

Underpowered, lack of any real market, and more pressing uses for Lockheed/Vega's production facilities in 1940.

[Herod]

You're probably right, Dave, but perhaps a shame nobody took it up post-war

[India Four Two]

but perhaps a shame nobody took it up post-war

Perhaps that was the inspiration for the Double Mamba!

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by India Four Two

Perhaps that was the inspiration for the Double Mamba!

And the PT6 Twin-Pac

[Asturias56]

Here's another one - certainly NOT a twin.....................

[Quemerford]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

Here's another one - certainly NOT a twin.....................

Is there more to the photo?