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Don't go looking at me; I could never land a taildragger!
Hmm; looks racy; suffered from wings which flexed: rotary wings? |
Is it French?
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Hurel Dubois HD 31 or 32.?
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Not rotary, et pas Français. They built 60+
It was a failure because of many design flaws, only one of which was wings that tended to twist when they shouldn't. The racy comment was not just my appreciation of the glazing style, it was the fastest of its contemporaries for a while. I'm amazed it has lasted this long as the family resemblence is, to me, quite obvious. |
Looks as bit like a Monospar to me., Which model is a puzzle but I'll guess at the ST-4 although they certainly didn't build 60 of those.
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DH-86 Express?
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Treadi gets it - one of DeHavilland's few lemons. A misguided attempt to expand on the Rapide theme to make a 4 engined airliner.
Oh! Chevvron, you were so close with your Rapide. The canopy is almost but not quite identical and to me just screams DeHavilland. |
Sad that the last survivor was damaged and abandoned in Spain in the '50s/'60s...
I'm a bit stuck for a new challenge - Open House... |
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Two more shots.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....92d989acbd.jpg The 'fictional' aircraft had to be able to survive a 9G dive before the USAAF would procure it. Twas scary... https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....466947c670.jpg But mission accomplished. The designer was vindicated, the engineer got the girl, the USAAF got the plane and everybody was happy - The End. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b6aa1ff82d.jpg |
Originally Posted by meleagertoo
(Post 11401509)
Treadi gets it - one of DeHavilland's few lemons. A misguided attempt to expand on the Rapide theme to make a 4 engined airliner.
Oh! Chevvron, you were so close with your Rapide. The canopy is almost but not quite identical and to me just screams DeHavilland. Silly me. |
The `Express` was originally designed as a single -pilot aircraft,but `QANTAS` insisted on 2-pilot operations ,so DH had to widen the cockpit and nose to accomodate them....
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Originally Posted by meleagertoo
(Post 11385607)
Wow! You have to carefully plough through pages of incomprehensible code to find that!
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Originally Posted by EXDAC
(Post 11402561)
Incomprehensible code? Simply right click, select save as, and read the default file name!
But thanks, a useful tip (for elsewhere!) |
another useful tip when a colleague sends you a word document is to "show changes"
A wise man or woman accepts all the changes when they are finished and save the final document under a slightly different file name. It's amazing what people write about you and your opinions and then delete.................. |
The pilot screaming above is actor Richard Arlen.
Quite the filmography... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arlen He appears in the mystery machine above and another rare aircraft - both seen in the same film. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....80e6032055.jpg |
From your very generous clue: Player CT-6A of which I cannot find a picture but it's not the other one in the film for which a picture is available.
I take no credit for this so Open House if correct. |
Originally Posted by ea200
(Post 11402815)
Player CT-6A
From the movie Power Dive. Rare Americans can usually be found and illustrated @ aerofiles.com. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....371d4db13c.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2589e6d74b.png The other rare machine seen in the movie is the Phillips 1-B Aeroneer NX16075. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....64ef870dc8.jpg ea200 has declared Open House. |
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A Piece of Pander?
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bb5dc0925a.jpg Open House should it be the Pander S.4 Postjager. |
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