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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Hi Mr. Green!
Thanks for the pic with N-number:encouragement:.
New challenge did first fly some 20+ years ago.
 

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My first reaction, Walter, was that, looking at the calendar, you had posted this a couple of days early ! :mixed-smiley-010:

However I suspect it was one of those homebuilds that everyone in the US seemed to have in their backyard in the '80's. Wouldn't be another Miller, the GEM-260, by any chance ??
 
Hi Mike! :jump:
If unsolved by then, my answer will follow at the date you were referring to .
But, honoustly I did not have that date in mind when I posted this picture. The aircraft was started 1973, first flew 1992 and was damaged in a forced landing (engine trouble) in February 2000 and the N-number was cancelled later that year.
 
It seems the aircraft did not take-off like the B-52 (nose down) and therefore early in the test programme the u/c wheels were made larger and also (as noted by Keith :encouragement:) the small auxiliary wheels in the inverted V-tail were sized up.
N9VY is the Burak XF-4 by Stanley Burak. 150hp Lycoming O-320 engine.
Google "NTSB N9VY" to see details on the forced landing in 2000.

OH please, or do we skip to-day?
 
Of course honours go to the Scotsman! The NIAI-1 Fanera-2 (Interesting: Fanera, according to Google Translate, is Lithuanian for 'Plywood'..) from Russia it is!
 
Thanks Ferry - don't know about plywood - think this one was made from all sorts of odd scrap - however some of the regulars here are unduly partial to twin-boomers, so have at it !
 

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Ah, it's the Tawney Owl, G-APWU, built at Stapleford Tawney by Thurston Engineering. It overturned on its maiden flight in 1960 and was then put into storage. However the major components of it are reputed still to exist, albeit in different places.
 
Is the tail being supported by stacked upturned flowerpots, or what ???

Looks like one of those hot Caudrons - C660 ?
 
Limited data & photos on the web, but if it is a Caudron it could be a Caudron-Renault 714 with fixed undercart & no armament - thats judging by the stbd pitot head & elevator mass balances - the 690 appears to have an underwing one.
Keith
 
pomme homme said:
Here's an elegant, but powerful, beast, of which a precise identification is sought!

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Talking about Caudron I would opt for a C-690 in view of the pronounced wing dihedral and tail counterbalances...
Cheers
BG


PS and if DevOne is right I'll be screwed again by one minute! "oh destino crudele!" (oh cruel destiny!)
 
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