Name that Flying Machine

[India Four Two]

A "tricycle mini-Pawnee"?

[Self loading bear]

This is the Stits Playmate?
I am still looking for the staples in the centerfold

[India Four Two]

That's the one, Slb. I had never seen a picture of one with the wings folded. The struts make sense now.

You have the con.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks India,
Not so much strutted low wings to choose from.

Now this:

[fauteuil volant]

I'll take a guess at the Planet Satellite.

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by fauteuil volant

I'll take a guess at the Planet Satellite.

That’s quick
The fuselage was also used for the Firth helicopter.
Fauteuil has the lead.

[fauteuil volant]

Originally Posted by Self loading bear

That’s quick

There weren't many aircraft in the forties that looked like that!

I apologise for the quality of the photograph below. There aren't many pictures of this aeroplane.

[fauteuil volant]

At the time it must have been something of a rarity - at least, in Europe - being home built twin and a pusher.

[treadigraph]

I've certainly seen pictures of it before - probably at Oshkosh in the '70s - but no idea what it is...

[fauteuil volant]

You may have seen pictures of it before, treadigraph, but certainly not at Oshkosh. I don't think that, during its very short life, it ever flew outside its country of origin (which is a long way from Wisconsin).

[treadigraph]

Hmmm. French?

[fauteuil volant]

Bien sűr, monsieur T!

[fauteuil volant]

This aeroplane survived less than a month between its first flight and the crash which saw its demise and that of its designer/builder.

[kcockayne]

I have no idea as to what it is, but there seems to be a look of Piaggio about the windscreen.

[fauteuil volant]

As it seems that few are willing to take a stab at this one and thus it isn't going to be identified in the short term, it's time to reveal and move on. It's the Barbaro RB.70 F-PTEL which first flew at Pau on 30 June 1972 and crashed, killing its designer/constructor René Barbaro and two others, at Montargis on 29 July 1972. Open house, please.

[cavuman1]

Easy one:



I'm out of breath....

- Ed

Hint: My uncle was the President and CEO of B.F. Goodrich. In his spacious office, behind his large carved desk, was a 4'x6' portrait of a nearly clear cerulean sky populated with puffy cumuli. The brass nameplate proclaimed it to be "The Goodrich Blimp"!

[Jhieminga]

The Goodyear Inflatoplane! OH if correct.

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by fauteuil volant

As it seems that few are willing to take a stab at this one and thus it isn't going to be identified in the short term, it's time to reveal and move on. It's the Barbaro RB.70 F-PTEL which first flew at Pau on 30 June 1972 and crashed, killing its designer/constructor René Barbaro and two others, at Montargis on 29 July 1972. Open house, please.

Given it's brief history and all before I started taking a bigger interest in things beyond Cessnas, Pipers and airliners, weird that I recall the type so well. Wonder where I saw the pic?

[Self loading bear]

Not much takers for the open house?
Lets try this:

[fauteuil volant]

No, don't tell me, all those seemingly fixed wings rotate!