Is that the lovely Lear 35..?

Good enough :ok:...its actually a USAF C-21A, but I doubt there is a significant difference.

You have control.

Thank you!

Still without my images, so OPEN HOUSE!

Bagalini Bagalianti ?

Never heard of it, bri, but it's not the challenge aircraft.

Of course, I had never heard of the challenge aircraft either, until yesterday ;)

Time for some clues?

Single engine, high-wing, 1950s, limited production.

Simon, you've posted a tuffie. A limited production high-wing monoplane with no forward bracing visible, and most of the gauges do not look like original equipment. I doubt the wood panel is original either, but I really need another clue. Is it VW powered?

bri,

The view from the cockpit is nothing like you would expect when you see the exterior of this aircraft.

This particular example has been restored for a museum, to commemorate a feature of the prototype.

The answer is no, but there is a connection.

Wow, sheer luck that the VW mention got me looking for a German type. I propose the Putzer Elster. If correct, open house as am busy aviating for next few days. Very interesting challenge.

'866

'866, that's the one.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...hejpg86241.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ugjpg86246.jpg

A bit like a stretched Tri-Pacer. This one was re-furbished by the Porsche Museum. The production aircraft had Continentals or Lycomings, but the prototype had a Porsche engine.

Pützer Elster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The lack of visible bracing in the cockpit is surprising.

Pützer eventually became Sportavia.

As '866 said, Open House.

Sportavia Putzer! Of course, manufacturer of the wonderful RF4-D and RF5, my family were the UK agents for in the 60's and early 70's. All powered by VW's to boot.

Another mystery cockpit:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WCP101211.jpg

bri,

1930s-1940s, American, SE fixed-pitch prop?

A very unusual altimeter that I have never seen before.

Simon, yes, SE, fixed-pitch, and designed by a famed American aeronautical engineer, but not from the 1930s or 40s.

Clue time: Designed in 1960. First flight in 1962.

I don't know what it is, but I don't like those over-long bolts in the windscreen frames. Imagine how much fun it would be to have one or two of those go into your skull in turbulence or during a nose-over.

Glenn

In need of a coffee time challenge, no idea of your current SC as yet, but this cockpit looks like a Bowers Fly Baby to me!

If correct then Open House please.

SincoTC is correct:ok: The Bowers Fly Baby.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ir640/yfb1.jpg

ozbeowulf,

I had similar thoughts when I saw those bolts. I also thought "there goes another half pound from the useful load".

bri,

While unsuccessfully searching for the Fly Baby, I came across this panel with the same unusual altimeter:



http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...it20101214.png

There are some other similarities with the Fly Baby, besides the altimeter, but then there are some major differences too.