Name that Flying Machine
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Oh no......we don't need any more threads !
There's nothing wrong with an incomplete view - it's been going on for ages on the most difficult aircraft thread site of them all.
It's called Avia Quiz - try it.
There's nothing wrong with an incomplete view - it's been going on for ages on the most difficult aircraft thread site of them all.
It's called Avia Quiz - try it.
My alarm has gone off, the Witching Hour cometh and EvansB goes to the ball in General Aircraft G.A.L.38 Fleet Shadower
Not a familiar aircraft and an interesting idea - trouble was there was no enemy fleets to shadow really - and the ones that did exist (Japan) had aircraft carriers. I suppose it was a role exemplified by the FW 200 Condor .
Not a familiar aircraft and an interesting idea - trouble was there was no enemy fleets to shadow really - and the ones that did exist (Japan) had aircraft carriers. I suppose it was a role exemplified by the FW 200 Condor .
Is it Russian?
he'll answer "YES" ........ 
I presume it was a limited production run?
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Here is the final modified version of the same aircraft, now with tandem seating and a forward canopy. The aircraft model designation changed with the modification. I will accept either aircraft designation:
I have a cardboard model of this aircraft.
I have a cardboard model of this aircraft.
"I have a cardboard model of this aircraft."
Good God! Really?? So it was important enough for someone to make a kit or did you make it all yourself?
Looks like a '30's aircraft to me
Good God! Really?? So it was important enough for someone to make a kit or did you make it all yourself?
Looks like a '30's aircraft to me
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Was it a dive bomber? Flaps/airbrakes combination reminds me of one of the later USN types - I think...
Looks like a Vultee type - but it's not....... pretty small propeller for what looks like a big engine
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The aircraft was designed as a trainer. Armament was not in the specifications. It was an aerodynamically advanced aeroplane. The U.S. Army Air Corps should have considered a half-dozen examples for evaluation, but they didn't. The U.S. Navy clearly should have examined the aircraft's slow and stable approach speed as a carrier-borne trainer. Neither of the aforementioned government bureaus expressed serious interest.
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The Cunningham Hall GA 36 I believe - if correct - immediate OH as 24 hours have passed
https://niagaraaerospacemuseum.org/c...am-hall-ga-36/
"It is the first plane to feature double motion wing flaps devised to lower landing speeds and not flying speeds. The GA-36 featured two cockpits and fixed landing gear. Cunningham-Hall tried to sell this design to the Army and Navy. Both declined, saying the aircraft was too expensive to produce."
https://niagaraaerospacemuseum.org/c...am-hall-ga-36/
"It is the first plane to feature double motion wing flaps devised to lower landing speeds and not flying speeds. The GA-36 featured two cockpits and fixed landing gear. Cunningham-Hall tried to sell this design to the Army and Navy. Both declined, saying the aircraft was too expensive to produce."
