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meleagertoo 21st Jan 2021 22:15

I'll call that a Hamilton H47
Wossat??? That's what I thought too!

FlightlessParrot 22nd Jan 2021 06:42

The Wikipedia article on the Hamilton H-47 includes a marvellous example of marketing chutzpah:

During 1930, Isthmian Airways used Hamilton floatplanes for their service linking the Atlantic to the Pacific between respectively Cristóbal, Colón and Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. The airline impudently claimed the 30-minute flight as the "fastest transcontinental service in North America".


Mark 1 22nd Jan 2021 07:42

Well done Meleagertoo!
Yes the Hamilton H47 MetalPlane.
This last remaining airworthy example on one of its visits to Oshkosh.

Over to you.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a31a9d52e7.png

meleagertoo 22nd Jan 2021 10:43

Interesting looking machine, and intrigued too to see that the "Hamilton" logo is legible-ish on the photo above but I couldn't for the life of me make anything of it at all it against the corrugations in the original b & w pic.

Anyhoo, OH please.

Terry Dactil 26th Jan 2021 23:52

Came across this one recently. It has a design feature way ahead of its time!


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....244b96923d.jpg

Jhieminga 27th Jan 2021 07:04

Junkers 252 with 'trapoklappe'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_252

OH again I'm afraid.

Terry Dactil 27th Jan 2021 08:16

Sorry, but it is not a Junkers Ju 252
(there is no aerodynamic balance on the rudder)

Noyade 27th Jan 2021 08:20

Junkers Ju 352?

Noyade 27th Jan 2021 09:03


Originally Posted by India Four Two (Post 10959391)
Here's an easy one to keep things rolling. Look what I discovered while beach combing on my tropical island:

Another dead Emily. My father took this photo somewhere around late '45 or early '46 in Rabaul (as far as I know) when he was with the Forrester's involved in returning Japanese to their homeland....


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9ba977fec0.jpg

Jhieminga 27th Jan 2021 12:48

I stand corrected, I had forgotten how similar these two beasts were... :(

Terry Dactil 27th Jan 2021 21:30

Noyade has it with the Junkers Ju 352
A 3 engine aircraft with ventral stairs; so far ahead of Boeing who waited for jet engines and tricycle undercarriages before making the B727. :ok:

Noyade 28th Jan 2021 04:59

Thanks Terry.

Try this...


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e6632da102.jpg
Nose

Jhieminga 28th Jan 2021 06:53

Harrier GR.3?

treadigraph 28th Jan 2021 08:03

Noyade, is that at Chino by any chance?

Noyade 28th Jan 2021 20:56

Hi Jhieminga. Not the Harrier - but another very famous British aircraft.
Hi treadigraph. Not Chino. I took the photo in February last year in Wollongong.

Terry Dactil 29th Jan 2021 00:14

Plenty of military stuff at the HARS museum down there.
Perhaps it is looking into the wing-tip searchlight from a P2V Neptune?

UV 29th Jan 2021 04:57

Hunter nose with light?

Noyade 29th Jan 2021 05:31


Originally Posted by UV (Post 10978495)
Hunter nose with light?

G'day UV. Hunter will do me nicely. :D The photo-reconnaissance version....


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....79208b0b1a.png
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c1dfe1b5c1.jpg

UV 29th Jan 2021 06:55

Sorry, will have to be OH.

treadigraph 29th Jan 2021 09:36

I did ponder Hunter briefly then thought "nah!" I spotted the Tracker behind which is what made me think of Chino, but looking at Googlemaps I can't see any outside...


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