PPRuNe Forums - Name that Flying Machine

No military service.
Many different versions with different engines. The company was in the motion picture business with the owner wanting to get into aviation manufacturing with the hope his traveling salesman using them as transport. Al Mooney of Mooney fame was one of the designers who perfected the design.
Around 900 built.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....cc9ce09ec2.jpg

Asturias56

2nd Oct 2023 07:43

The Alexander Eaglerock - if following the Mooney clue is correct.

A plane I've never heard of but they built almost 1000!!

OH if correct

thnarg

2nd Oct 2023 08:33

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Originally Posted by Asturias56 (Post 11512865)

A plane I've never heard of but they built almost 1000!!

Me neither, and it’s a pretty little machine that Lindbergh considered for his transatlantic crossing. The Ryan was a better choice.
Quick question: what’s that long tube mounted over the nose?

ea200

2nd Oct 2023 08:51

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Originally Posted by thnarg (Post 11512891)

Me neither, and it’s a pretty little machine that Lindbergh considered for his transatlantic crossing. The Ryan was a better choice.
Quick question: what’s that long tube mounted over the nose?

That's an optical illusion, it puzzled me initially. It's actually a wire brace and is nowhere near the nose. There will also be one on the other side.

thnarg

2nd Oct 2023 09:53

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Originally Posted by ea200 (Post 11512902)

That's an optical illusion, it puzzled me initially. It's actually a wire brace and is nowhere near the nose. There will also be one on the other side.

Ah so it is. Just found some other pictures which show the bracing. Thanks ea200

Noyade

2nd Oct 2023 11:14

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Originally Posted by Asturias56 (Post 11512865)

The Alexander Eaglerock

That's the one.
A56 has declared Open House.

meleagertoo

11th Oct 2023 17:06

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7dc6651b92.png

chevvron

11th Oct 2023 18:32

Monnet Moni but not mine!

meleagertoo

12th Oct 2023 00:00

Even more underpowered than the Moni by all accounts and well over half a century earlier.
One built and 'served' for seven years. It's now in a museum.

chevvron

12th Oct 2023 06:11

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Originally Posted by meleagertoo (Post 11519148)

Even more underpowered than the Moni

At just 30hp?
Once I was airborne, it would cruise at 90mph indicated, it took just over half the 819m runway at Fairoaks to get airborne after rotating at 70mph ind.

meleagertoo

12th Oct 2023 10:13

Ok, poor choice of words. Even less powerful, in this case less than half the power of your Moni.

meleagertoo

13th Oct 2023 13:07

Dear me, this is going slow...

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3c895cdebd.png
The strap is suspending it from the museum roof.

chevvron

13th Oct 2023 13:32

3 cyl radial engine.

Asturias56

15th Oct 2023 04:04

To put this thread on track - it's in Helsinki - the Ardaridi AD3 - Finland's first indigenous design IIRC

Out at the airport -visited it when I was working on & off in Helsinki years ago

meleagertoo

15th Oct 2023 10:21

Asturias is, as ever, correct.

Asturias56

15th Oct 2023 10:32

"Asturias is, as ever, correct."

REALLY!!!! I 've been wrong so many time I can't remember.................... often forgetting an idea in my head and wandering off in all directions.. In this case tho' I had actually seen the challenge!

Here's one I haven't seen..................

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....61536930d8.jpg

chevvron

15th Oct 2023 10:36

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Originally Posted by Asturias56 (Post 11521439)

Well don't get your feet wet.

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