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That is non-other than Donald Douglas by his white-walled tyred "Cloudster II", circa 1947.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ccdd011db2.jpg |
Nice-looking machine: eventually donated to Santa Monica scouts and scrapped it seems.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....752c93d3e7.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bbee5446e4.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....fbdaf3e2f5.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....41c0402210.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....937ccdd763.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3700b87132.jpg evansb has control! |
Think it was transformed into the Jet Provost....!!
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Another pusher design:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b8e39f6a4c.jpg |
The Cloudster was a bit of kit!
Evansb, is that an F1 racer? |
Not an F1 Racer, but it is a one-off that may have been piloted by Wile E. Coyote.
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It looks familiar. Is there one at Zamperini Field?
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Acme Sierra If so, Happy New Year and OH. |
I knew I had seen it. The Western Museum of Flight is at Zamperini Field/Torrance CA.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6fc122997a.png S-1 Sierra (Sue) Acme Aircraft Co (Sierradyne Inc) |
Here's a rather sad-looking ex-flying machine:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....056eb94bc.jpeg |
Percival Prentice?
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Chipmunk I'd say, though the windscreen/hood doesn't look right.
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Canadian built ones had a different canopy to those of British manufacture.
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Indian? Can we see the whole photo?
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Not a Prentice or a Chipmunk.
I initially thought Chipmunk at first glance, due to the general arrangement, particularly the undercarriage legs, but no Chipmunk ever had individual sliding canopies over each cockpit. Also, the firewall is too close to the cockpit and those are not Gipsy Major engine bearers. |
Discorde has it - the AISA I-115. I found that picture somewhere I can't now remember! It had no caption and even with EC on the part that I clipped, I had trouble tracking it down.
It does have some "Chipmunk-like" features: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....890a66757e.png Discorde has control. |
Slightly redolent of the McDonnell 119!
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French by any chance? |
I hope the square windows where removed in the flying version? |
They must be very powerful turbojets if it needed a fin that big!
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How would the wing spar arrangement have worked? |
Dassault Méditerranée?
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https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c1ccebab53.png
Probably too easy for you all. My first effort. |
Nice effort! Definitely an interesting airplane! |
Used to see this being test-flown and can tell you what it is, but have nothing to post so I'll leave it to the others . . .
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Nice one kildress; in later config with different engines top and bottom I think.
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Short on looks.
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Originally Posted by Quemerford
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Nice one kildress; in later config with different engines top and bottom I think.
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Shorts Sperrin.
Open House. |
Well it was nice while it lasted. :ok:
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Darn. I've been out all day, and this was the first one I knew the answer to!!
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OK how about this one: characterised by an unusual engine...
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....899358cd75.jpg |
Jeez, that looks like it's been milled from a solid chunk of granite...
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Quemford's challenge looks like a scaled-up tin-plate clockwork toy. ;)
Judging by the size of that prop, I bet it was a noisy bugger! I also note that it appears to have dual-pitot heads. Looking at the cowling, does it have an inverted inline-six? |
Originally Posted by India Four Two
(Post 10654172)
Quemford's challenge looks like a scaled-up tin-plate clockwork toy. ;)
Judging by the size of that prop, I bet it was a noisy bugger! I also note that it appears to have dual-pitot heads. Looking at the cowling, does it have an inverted inline-six? |
Close...Would it be French with an inverted air-cooled V12?
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Originally Posted by Kit Sanbumps KG
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Hello SLB, I didn’t get St Merryn from your name, I know the place and recognised it immediately. Regarding J469, my point was that if challenges can be got so easily without effort, they’re not challenges at all. The Dassault flight deck is distinctive, but even so a moment’s work blacking out that placard would have been helpful.
I agree leaving a makers name, logo or registration number in the photo can make challenges quite easy, but then I personally do not react. |
I was the guilty party regarding the Dassault’s placard which I’d failed to notice or recognise its significance. Sorry! I did blackout the reg on the Conestoga though.:) |
To me, it has got a “Mooney look” to it. Then again, I might be wildly out ! |
Originally Posted by DownWest
(Post 10654218)
Close...Would it be French with an inverted air-cooled V12?
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