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evansb 31st Dec 2019 18:00

That is non-other than Donald Douglas by his white-walled tyred "Cloudster II", circa 1947.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ccdd011db2.jpg

Quemerford 31st Dec 2019 18:15

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!

sycamore 31st Dec 2019 18:42

Think it was transformed into the Jet Provost....!!

evansb 31st Dec 2019 19:59

Another pusher design:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b8e39f6a4c.jpg

treadigraph 31st Dec 2019 20:35

The Cloudster was a bit of kit!

Evansb, is that an F1 racer?

evansb 31st Dec 2019 20:53

Not an F1 Racer, but it is a one-off that may have been piloted by Wile E. Coyote.

India Four Two 1st Jan 2020 02:10

It looks familiar. Is there one at Zamperini Field?

CoodaShooda 1st Jan 2020 05:49

Acme Sierra

If so, Happy New Year and OH.

India Four Two 1st Jan 2020 07:38

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)

India Four Two 2nd Jan 2020 06:02

Here's a rather sad-looking ex-flying machine:


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....056eb94bc.jpeg

JENKINS 2nd Jan 2020 07:47

Percival Prentice?

treadigraph 2nd Jan 2020 07:54

Chipmunk I'd say, though the windscreen/hood doesn't look right.

chevvron 2nd Jan 2020 08:06

Canadian built ones had a different canopy to those of British manufacture.

Quemerford 2nd Jan 2020 08:24

Indian? Can we see the whole photo?

India Four Two 2nd Jan 2020 11:09

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.

India Four Two 2nd Jan 2020 12:22

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.

treadigraph 2nd Jan 2020 14:45

Slightly redolent of the McDonnell 119!

asw28-866 2nd Jan 2020 20:02

French by any chance?

Self loading bear 2nd Jan 2020 20:56

I hope the square windows where removed in the flying version?

India Four Two 2nd Jan 2020 22:20

They must be very powerful turbojets if it needed a fin that big!


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