barit1. You are on the right lines any idea which one i.e. Fleet?

The Fleet was built under several different company names, starting in the late 20's. My cousin owned a Fleet 2 (Kinner 100 hp.) - built in Buffalo about 1929 I think. In the 30's a Canadian company bought the rights and wound up building hundreds of Fleet 16B trainers (160 hp Kinner) with cockpit canopies for the RCAF IIRC.

I wouldn't know how to pin this photo down any closer than that.

Fleet Fawn Mk II (7c)?

Barit deserves the award if this is right. The Fawn is the only aircraft to show the curved windscreen in your photo - all the other Fleet's seem to have three piece glass.

barit 1 & jabberwok
This aircraft was the Fleet 7. NC226H
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...N226H20rfq.jpg
OK Barit 1 identified the designer, he has control.
Reuben H.Fleet launched in 1923 in Buffalo, N.Y. the Consolidated Aircraft Co. Consolidated built huge numbers of flying boats for the U.S. Navy. The creation of the civil Model 14 "Husky"trainer led to the creation of the Fleet Aircraft Division in 1929. The Fleet 7 flew first in 1930, a total of 374 were built, including the Fleet 10 designed for the European market. Manufacturing rights of the Fleet trainers were sold in 1939 to Brewster Aeronautical Corp. The Early Birds'

I'm extending downwind so someone else can take my slot. ;)

Many thanks Barit. I just so have one..
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/WebPix/Cockpit.gif

How about a Hawker of some kind, Hind/Hart/Audax? Not a Fury as it seems to have 2 seats.

Hawker Tomtit

Spot on 682al - your turn now.

May I skip my turn, please, while I search desperately for something with a bit of a challenge in it?

Anyone having a photo to hand, please go ahead...

OK for as brief interlude try this one:

http://i1.tinypic.com/o512lc.jpg

Short Empire flying boat?

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Nope - keep trying........

If it's the Brabazon can we have another please ? 'cos we've already had that.

Martin Mars?

.......groan.......told you it would be brief. Apologies, didn't think it had come up. Over to you........

Aha, so it is! And here's where you got the photo.


If I may jump in, happened to spot one of these whilst I had a camera in my hand a little while ago. Sorry my focussing finger wasn't working well that day, but I'd hate to make life too easy.

(Who am I kidding, it'll probably be gone by lunchtime as usual).

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...ckpit19Feb.jpg

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Ghengis, is that TFC's Beaufighter? Looks familiar...

If so, someone else have a go, I aint got none!

In line with modern CRM, the policy of the thread is not to operate a blame culture (though this shall not provide a defence in the case of deliberate or wilful negligence).

Please facilitate communication with other sources of information, weigh and decide on possible solutions, review your options - finally attempt to disaffirm the choice and if unable to do so - post a new challenge.

Go on have another go.

I too would say it was the Beaufighter which also has been up before. Henry Crun on 22 Oct 05.