The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[fabulousfour]

Maybe you are thinking too complicated

Think of this aircraft with the taildragger gear replaced by a tricycle gear and it should look familiar.

First flight of the basic type more than 60 years ago, built and sold by 3 different manufacturers, most of them had a Lycoming O-320 with 150 horses.

 

[srgalahad]

The conventional gear threw me off, but now that I have given my head a shake...
Shinn Morrisey / Varga / 2150 / Kachina

 

[fabulousfour]

It is the Varga Kachina, here a rare example as taildragger.

Over to you

 

[Moses03]

I had a Shinn in my steamer trunk but never made the connection.

 

[srgalahad]

It annoys me because I've long liked the Shinn, had a close look at one of the early demonstrators, and had it on my "If I win a lottery" list...
OK, I can't find this in the thread so it might be "new"

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Not sure that it ever progressed beyond the mock up stage - Grumman XTB-2F

 

[srgalahad]

Most sources tend to be 'cut and paste' from the other sources, but I'm tending to agree..

Still, you get the prize and the obligation for the next one

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Thanks - this one flew ( for a while )

 

[giruXX]

the Eastman E-2 Sea Rover, perhaps?

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

That's the one ! over to you !

 

[giruXX]

on with a low-winger

 

[pomme homme]

Hillson Helvellyn.

 

[giruXX]

yes, that's the bird

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Uli. Here's something with a catchy name that, surprisingly, hasn't appeared here before (or, at least, it produces a negative search result).

 

[lefty]

Nobody ? It's like something out of a Poirot episode - the Reid and Sigrist Snargasher. Fondly remember it's sister the Desford at Strathallan in my parachuting days...

 

[PeteHam]

the Eastman E-2 Sea Rover, perhaps?

I saw this in the British Columbia Aviation Museum (Victoria , Vancouver Island) when we visited there several times.

The Bush League (1920 – 1939) – British Columbia Aviation Museum (bcam.net)

Pete.

 

[Moses03]

Snargasher.

Best name ever for an aircraft.


Edit: Very cool Pete that you have seen a Sea Rover in person. Nice bit of history there.

 

[pomme homme]

I always thought that the snargasher might have been related to the snark - possibly a less fierce half brother to the bandersnatch. But Mike has it, Reid & Sigrist's first born, the Snargasher. A l'Ecosse!

 

[lefty]

Thank you Mike. Nothing on the stocks at the moment - here's a machine in quiet repose..

 

[cthornburg]

Gloster Goring I

Chris