A bit of the Piper Tripacer about it. No further ideas though.

Bolkow Jr.?

C2j

Although 1950s design influences are evident, the aircraft is not of North American origin.


Note to C2j: the Bolkow Bo-208 Junior was done 11 days ago.

Thanks evansb,

I guess it was a case of too recently to remember. I looked on the list and didn't see it... LOL !!

C2j

Clue No.2: The military version was armed with an aft-facing gunner, and could carry two small bombs.

Clue No.3: The armed version was rare. The aircraft was also an ambulance, an aerial applicator/top dresser/crop sprayer, and many are presently glider tows.

PZL Wilga?

Auster J/1 Autocrat ?

or a WaG (whiled ass gess) PL-12 airtruck

Sorry, not the PL-12 Airtruck, nor the Auster Autocrat. It is not the PZL Wilga, but later versions of the mystery aircraft are powered by the same radial engine as the Wilga.

A Wilga engine? So since Poland was ruled out earlier, is the mystery aircraft Russian, Czech or Rumanian?

Czechoslovakian.

Yes Simon, it is the Aero L-60. :ok: Powered by the 6-cyl. Praga Doris engine. You have control.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/Aero_L60.jpg

Bri,

Thanks. I had previously found the L-60 in Wikipedia but discounted it on the grounds that no Storch replacement would have had anything but "man-sized" control columns. ;)

Aero L-60 Brigadýr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


It's Sunday evening here and my cockpit file is in the office, so Open House.

Japanese,perhaps ?

Not Japanese. During development, the aircraft was redesignated, hence it has two names.

That sweep of the fuselage line reminds me of a Curtiss design but the canopy framing dosen't.

It is not from Curtiss, but the company was in competition with Curtiss.

Several versions of the aircraft were produced for different customers. The photo shows an early version with side-opening canopy, and left-side door, but production versions had a one-piece sliding canopy. The aircraft sold better abroad than domestically.