Name that Flying Machine
Of course but that has the registration!
This had an extended development life and may have been modified to a tricycle u/c I believe. There were plans to build an awful lot of them but they all eventually fell through
This had an extended development life and may have been modified to a tricycle u/c I believe. There were plans to build an awful lot of them but they all eventually fell through
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Reminds me of an Argentine type, can't recall what though. Also slightly of the Avia FL3...
Indeed - but not either
A sort of identikit small tourer trainer that people churned out hoping to emulate Piper. This was touted heavily for a major training contract with the National Air Force but never came up to scratch apparently. The country still builds a lot of aircraft but not this manufacturer
A sort of identikit small tourer trainer that people churned out hoping to emulate Piper. This was touted heavily for a major training contract with the National Air Force but never came up to scratch apparently. The country still builds a lot of aircraft but not this manufacturer
The Return of the Master.........It is indeed the Revathi but quite how you tell the Mk I from the Mk II I'm not certain.
It was first flown in 1967 and lived a sort of ghostly existence until killed off in the mid-70's. The Indian Govt Auditor had some harsh words about the continued use of national resources when it was clear that the IAF didn't want it and had never been asked to offer any input to the original design... sounds familiar.......
It was first flown in 1967 and lived a sort of ghostly existence until killed off in the mid-70's. The Indian Govt Auditor had some harsh words about the continued use of national resources when it was clear that the IAF didn't want it and had never been asked to offer any input to the original design... sounds familiar.......
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dook,
Please note that at least 24 hours is to pass before a new contender be announced for this thread, along with the other two ‘Competition’ threads. This is an international forum and the quick turnaround of the (predominantly) UK members has become quite off putting to many others.
Plus it is up to the poster of the image to declare a winner!
all trimmed to protect the innocent from getting an easy clue - like the registration or a company logo
The Revathi was tough as there are only a few pics on the web - and many of them showed the reg. or an obvious sub-continent background
I think I got the original from an old copy of Jane's tho'.
The Revathi was tough as there are only a few pics on the web - and many of them showed the reg. or an obvious sub-continent background
I think I got the original from an old copy of Jane's tho'.
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One tends to think, with a collection of post-war Observers books, several well-thumbed "Simply Vast Boys Book of All The World's Aircraft Ever", and a copy of Rod Simpson's GA book, that there'd be a limit to how many types which had appeared prior to about 1980 or so that could have escaped one's attention - wrong, wrong, wrong! As this thread keep proving!
Absolutely but remember those where the days when the USA was producing thousands of GA aircraft every year - people really thought that it would go one forever and that it would spread worldwide.
Plus of course you didn't have the safety & licensing rules you have now - just about anyone could build something in their garage and declare it suitable to fly in...............
Plus of course you didn't have the safety & licensing rules you have now - just about anyone could build something in their garage and declare it suitable to fly in...............
AS per post #720 it is the Revathi and Dook has control and can post immediately
Is it a glider?
I searched quite extensively for flying wing gliders but could not locate.
Might it have been a non motorized scaled prototype?
I think we need another clue.
Might it have been a non motorized scaled prototype?
I think we need another clue.
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It's not an Armstrong Whitworth project is it?