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mustpost 20th Mar 2008 10:50

As it now appears to be Brian Abrahams challenge, could I start the ball rolling by suggesting a Ryan FR-1 Fireball?

Brian Abraham 20th Mar 2008 11:17

Southern hemisphere mustpost.

mustpost 20th Mar 2008 11:45

Aha - thank you. Checked the list, and it hasn't been done so - CAC Wirraway?

larssnowpharter 20th Mar 2008 12:26

Hmmm. I was thinking along similar lines but unable to confirm. Wackett?

evansb 20th Mar 2008 16:33

I show the CAC Wirraway being posted in WC Mk.I #47.

evansb 20th Mar 2008 17:13

The CAC CA-15 'Kangaroo' ?

norwich 20th Mar 2008 18:31

I will "fill in" with CAC-12, 13, 14, 19 Boomerang, to complete the set. Keith.

evansb 20th Mar 2008 19:31

I may be wrong, but the cockpit combing shape fairly screams 'North American'. I initially thought a CAC built Mustang, and then perhaps the CAC Wirraway, but the cockpit instruments seem too complex for the Wirraway, and as stated earlier, it has been posted previously. The rather massive crank on the starboard side of the cockpit bespeaks of a substantial machine. The word PROTOTYPE appears to be etched on a placard as well, which leads me to believe it is the one-off CAC-15. I do know one thing for sure,..it is not a Wackett.:)

Brian Abraham 21st Mar 2008 00:03

Sorry for the late response but the Command insists on other tasks be done from time to time. CA-15 it is. Is there nothing you people don't know? Looks like you win evansb.

evansb 21st Mar 2008 01:14

Thanks Brian! A great challenge for a great aircraft! I have read that the CA-15 Kangaroo was a superb performer. Here is a rare photo of another rare aircraft. This is the only cockpit photo of the mystery aircraft that I know of.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/WC080321.jpg

evansb 21st Mar 2008 15:43

The mystery aircraft did enter serial production, but no examples are extant.

MReyn24050 22nd Mar 2008 16:31

evansb's challenge
 
Bri
No takers yet, looking at the compass and instruments am I correct in saying this aircraft was a British aircraft possibly late WW1?
Mel

evansb 22nd Mar 2008 18:46

Hello Mel! Yes on both accounts. After the war a few entered civilian hands.

norwich 22nd Mar 2008 19:09

Please allow me to be the first to get it so wrong (as usual) haha. Keith.
SOPWITH CUCKOO ????

wz662 22nd Mar 2008 20:00

DH 9 ? Seeing as some became early airliners.

MReyn24050 22nd Mar 2008 20:04

evansb's challenge
 
Possibly the Bristol M.1.C, some of these aircraft did fly as civilian aircraft. However, there is a replica in the Shuttleworth Collection which doesn't tie in with your earlier statement regarding no extant versions.

evansb 22nd Mar 2008 20:14

Not a Sopwith Cuckoo, (love the name), a De Havilland DH 9, nor a Bristol. The type had an interesting, albeit short, history. The last one was scrapped in the late 1920s.

stevef 22nd Mar 2008 20:17

Not the Gugnunc, I suppose?

evansb 22nd Mar 2008 20:27

Sorry stevef, not the Handley Page HP.39 Gugnunc. The mystery aircraft did service in World War One.

norwich 22nd Mar 2008 20:42

Ok same family, different model, SOPWITH SALAMANDER ????? Keith ???


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