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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
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hi srgalahad
Good luck with your lawn mowing. I guess an umbrella does not really help?
Thank you for the links. Very interesting reading and I had no idea that this aircraft already underwent the metalizing treatment in 1954.
May I suggest that Chris uses the OH status for his next challenge. He came very close.
Good luck with your lawn mowing. I guess an umbrella does not really help?
Thank you for the links. Very interesting reading and I had no idea that this aircraft already underwent the metalizing treatment in 1954.
May I suggest that Chris uses the OH status for his next challenge. He came very close.
cthornburg
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srgalahad
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After wandering through numerous fora and posts on the subject, most would agree with you, but...
- all sorts of critters on farms and in the bush have been known to nibble fabric a/c - annoying in the least
- if an a/c is going to be parked unprotected for long periods, the attrition rate of metal is less.
- in some (bush) operations, a metal fuselage is helpful in reducing damage from scruffy brush and the odd rock on unprepared strips.
- for some, it looks nicer...
Also in the 50's there were those that didn't see a Cruiser as a 'classic' as it is today so 'modern' was cool.
I tend to believe it was, in this case, #3 above as I believe the wings were left as fabric.
BTW, metal is heavier but only in a small degree. Sources I read indicate that, after testing bare metal vs doped fabric a PAIR of wings would only be 40# more in tin. Granted that reduces the useful load by a couple of cases of beer or a case of wine, but that might be an issue in this crowd
cthornburg
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Right on over to you.
Chris
Chris
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That seems to be the production version of the Vajic V-55, maybe the YU-CXG which got later a Lycoming?
Hi fabulousfour
Not entirely, but you are on the right track.
When the prototype V-55 was finished it had to be examined by the "authorities'' and they found some points which could not be accepted. The picture shows this prototype in original form with my 85hp Minor II engine. She never flew in that form and was redone (structural and 105hp Minor 4-III engine) and became YU-CMR.
The 3 production examples were YU-CXE, CXF and CXG. This last aircraft became the V-55L when it was re-engined with a Lycoming O-320.
During the 1990s a Mr. David Stein rebuilt one of the aircraft as a homebuilt project (sorry, donot know wich one) and called it the Avala-1 with registration YU-ZAA). His aircraft retained the Minof 4-III.
May I invite you to post the next challenge
Not entirely, but you are on the right track.
When the prototype V-55 was finished it had to be examined by the "authorities'' and they found some points which could not be accepted. The picture shows this prototype in original form with my 85hp Minor II engine. She never flew in that form and was redone (structural and 105hp Minor 4-III engine) and became YU-CMR.
The 3 production examples were YU-CXE, CXF and CXG. This last aircraft became the V-55L when it was re-engined with a Lycoming O-320.
During the 1990s a Mr. David Stein rebuilt one of the aircraft as a homebuilt project (sorry, donot know wich one) and called it the Avala-1 with registration YU-ZAA). His aircraft retained the Minof 4-III.
May I invite you to post the next challenge
fabulousfour
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Thanks, Walter!
Did you know that one of the V-55 (the YU-CXE) is getting restored?
http://www.aviotehnika.hr/projekti/restauracija-v-55/
High-wingers seem to be popular at the moment, so here is another one.
Did you know that one of the V-55 (the YU-CXE) is getting restored?
http://www.aviotehnika.hr/projekti/restauracija-v-55/
High-wingers seem to be popular at the moment, so here is another one.
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Hi all!
Shot probably taken at Lympne (or LeTouquet) therefore the object should be british...having said that I don'tknow her identity!
Cheers
Carlo
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To me it looks like a Potez 36 but, if so, I'm not sure which one it is of the many variants on this design.
Hesitating, it could be also a 43 or 58. I do have difficulty distinguishing between them!
Hesitating, it could be also a 43 or 58. I do have difficulty distinguishing between them!
fabulousfour
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You are on the right track, Mike!
Would it help in specifying the designation if I said that 4 planes with this engine were built - but about 200 of the basic type with different engines?
Would it help in specifying the designation if I said that 4 planes with this engine were built - but about 200 of the basic type with different engines?
pomme homme
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How I wish!
fabulousfour
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It is indeed the Potez 584, Mike. 
Until I saw that photo I hadn't thought that changing only the engine could alter the appearance of an aircraft so much.
Over to Scotland, please
And a sip to Carlo for identifying the location (Le Touquet)
BTW, it is Robert, not Walter
Until I saw that photo I hadn't thought that changing only the engine could alter the appearance of an aircraft so much.
Over to Scotland, please
And a sip to Carlo for identifying the location (Le Touquet)
BTW, it is Robert, not Walter
pomme homme
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Sorry, I'm no more available, getting up at dawn to try to work around the current heatwave and also to prepare for an event at the weekend where it looks like I'm going to cook (and by that I mean be cooked rather than do the cooking). So open house, I fear, is what it must be.
https://imgur.com/a/KmFM08k
May I take the baton and conduct the orchestra? Above is my mystery….
Cheers
Carlo
May I take the baton and conduct the orchestra? Above is my mystery….
Cheers
Carlo