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sabredog 22nd July 2012 07:11

None of the above aircraft,Gentlemen,but follow the seven cylinder engine trail!

Lightning Mate 22nd July 2012 09:47

Reminds me of the Comper Kite.

SincoTC 22nd July 2012 10:19

Morning SD :)

I think that I see the reflection of a landing gear strut and the top of an oleo that would fit well with a Westland-Cierva CL 20 ??

Have to Open House if correct as I'm off out now!

sabredog 22nd July 2012 14:15

Well done,SincoTC.
It is the Westland-Cierva CL 20 with the 90hp Pobjoy Niagara "S" seven-cylinder air-cooled radial engine.
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...to633/CL20.jpg
SincoTc has declared;
Open House.

SincoTC 22nd July 2012 22:02

Thanks Terrence, that was a good challenge :ok:

Still my OH so I'll reclaim it, here's the next one!

I understand that there may be additional wire-mesh screens to prevent birds nesting in this retired exhibit :)

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...allenge052.jpg

Noyade 22nd July 2012 22:21

G'day mate. :)


wire-mesh screens
So, old, rare and in a museum? (any room for me?) American?
Immediate thought was the O-47, but that's a large strut at bottom left?

Single or multi-engines?

SincoTC 22nd July 2012 22:29

G'day to you Graeme,

There's only two left out of less than a couple of dozen built, so I guess it is fairly rare and it is multi engine :)

Noyade 22nd July 2012 22:37


a large strut at bottom left?
The tail?

Big American multi-engined tail-dragger?

SincoTC 22nd July 2012 22:44


The tail?

Big American multi-engined tail-dragger?
Not the tail, otherwise all affirmative :ok:

Noyade 22nd July 2012 23:04


Not the tail
Right. So a strut to support a large landing-gear strut?

The Northrop Pioneer/Raider?

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/360/img104t.jpg

SincoTC 22nd July 2012 23:08

Bang on mate!!

It is the Northrop YC-125 Raider

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...rop_YC-125.jpg

Noyade has control

I'm off to bed now mate, gotta be up in five hours :( Have a Good Day :ok:

Noyade 22nd July 2012 23:13

Thanks for the clues Trevor!

Hope those 5 hrs are intense sleep - dunno how ya do it mate...but if by chance you don't, here's the next...

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3926/img105be.jpg

Plan is to make this aircraft a silhouette soon. Cheers. :ok:

SincoTC 23rd July 2012 05:41

A'rtnoon Graeme,

Looks like a Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror!!

I think this may be the Atlantic-Fokker XA-7 prototype of 1931 ??

Open House if correct, I'll try and look back later, but it's a hectic day ahead and may not be able to.

Noyade 23rd July 2012 08:06


Atlantic-Fokker XA-7
Well done mate. :ok:

Open House.

Noyade 23rd July 2012 10:41

Mock-up, the actual aircraft differed slightly...

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6593/img103zx.jpg


May help...

See here....

differed slightly
Hmm...maybe more than "slightly"...

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/981/differentj.jpg

SincoTC 24th July 2012 05:34

A'rtnoon Graeme :)

Nice clue mate!

So it's the Airmaster Avalon 680 and Happy 115th birthday to Amelia Earhart thanks to Google!!

Airmaster Avalon 680

Have to be Open House as I'm not going to be on-line for a lot of today, sorry

Noyade 24th July 2012 08:46

Well done Trevor. :ok: Hope your day goes well.

Open House.

(Are the London taxi drivers back at work now?)

Karlark 25th July 2012 02:51

Open house again?
Nothing fancy about this one except for the little feet. :)

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...DSC02096-1.jpg

sabredog 25th July 2012 06:50

Vultee BT-13/BT-15 Valiant?

Karlark 25th July 2012 11:44

Vultee BT-13 Valiant it is :ok:.

Your control Sabredog.


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