Beagle terrier VX123/ G - ARLP ;)

PS sorry - open house if correct :)

What was the clue and what was the nickname btw ?

rgds LR

You are correct with Beagle Terrier and it is G-ARLP. The clue related to the point about which type of Auster it was. It was an AOP6 prior to conversion and you can see the observers' seat in the back. The nickname (due to the ground handling characteristics) was the 'Terroriser'. The only tailwheel aircraft I have come close to groundlooping.

longer ron has declared open house.

ea200, we have something in common. I nearly ground looped one as well!

Try this:

"Oh no, not the comfy chairs!"


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....856340df3.jpeg

Well with that step over the main spar I would be tempted to say that it is a Vickers Viking but the window should be square so unless it is some sort of one off VIP conversion I know not.......

Nice try OO, but this aircraft is a bit newer than the Viking and its windows are definitely not square:


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8bd5976d7.jpeg

Thanks ea200 - in my youth I had a couple of trips in a Beagle 'Terroriser' (Sibson ?) and an Auster 'Autocart' (Crowland),later in life a trip in an Auster Mk5 at Old Sarum.Last sept we had a guided tour round Eggesford - very interesting :)

Ah so it's a turbo twin - no step over spar but that area is an emergency over wing exit... I think I'll sleep on it !

Eureka didn't get as far as the bathroom .....A last throw of the dice nagging in the grey matter four engines Potez 840 ?

I see you've corrected your dyslexical brainstorm! ;)

The curtain is slowly raised:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....68732119c9.png

More after the mandatory 24 hours has elapsed.

Yes it was a Drainstorm.

While we are waiting for the clock, I wonder what those cylindrical "bombs" are under the cowlings of the Aztazous. Presumably oil coolers, but I wonder why they weren't incorporated into the nacelles. Anyone know?

I don't see them on this installation:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....07c4dc5934.png

C'est le Potez 840, je crois?

BEagle, you're Number 2 downwind, mon ami.

OUAQUKGF Ops is on final.

Time's up. OUAQUKGF Ops was correct with his pre-bedtime brainstorm - the 1961 Potez 840:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2e99afc5d2.jpg

Only eight built - one fuselage on a farm in Shetland!

Triangular windows - did the Caravelle designer have a hand in this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_840

Reminiscent of a four-engined Jetstream:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....92bedf14b6.jpg

I wonder if it would have been successful if suitable engines for a twin had been available? Four engines for an 18-seater must have made for expensive operating costs.

OUAQUKGF Ops has control.

Thanks India I can't help you on matters technical - I can barely check the oil level in my motor without recourse to the manual which seems to be full of hazard warnings in 15 languages.... However here is an image and let's hope someone can confirm that they are oil coolers adanglin' there..... or are they something air-driven?

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3fc4a44fd3.jpg

Now what have we here?


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b56878dee7.png

Halton H.A.C.I Mayfly?

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ff5e7dfa08.png

There will now be a long intermission................................................ ............................................................ ................

While we are waiting, I would like to say that is a very odd design of the interplane struts.

I don't believe this 'Mystery Aeroplane' has appeared on the quiz before - I did check it out before posting. Mr Latimer-Needham has noted your remarks India he is not best pleased but nevertheless:


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....fe4f5f4455.png

I42,,if you consider that the wing lengths and chords are different,then it was probably the only solution to torsional stiffness of both wings...