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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
- Thread starter Ferry_vO
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The V-tails are two examples of the Ballentine TJ (c/n 022 and 023) which are in fact (modernized) replicas of the Allied A-2 of 1948.
The original A-2 (NX3153K) first flew 9 April 1948 with a 145hp Continental C145 engine. A factory fire caused the loss of 2 further prototypes and the project was then abandoned.
In tghe early-1970s, NX3153K was acquired by Thomas J. Ballentine and since the FAA did not allow operation in original form, the aircraft received new wings, new tail, 210hp Continental IO-360 etc. and became N312TJ in the experimental (51% homebuilt) category. After a long rebuilding period, the aircraft flew again in 1987 and was later donated to the Kansas Aviation Museum a couple of years ago and got its original NX3153K registration back.
Mr. Ballentine built 2 further examples, N312TJ (second use) c/n 023 and N504WM c/n 022, both described as Allied TJ in the FAA register and both having the Continental
IO-0360 engine.
The original A-2 (NX3153K) first flew 9 April 1948 with a 145hp Continental C145 engine. A factory fire caused the loss of 2 further prototypes and the project was then abandoned.
In tghe early-1970s, NX3153K was acquired by Thomas J. Ballentine and since the FAA did not allow operation in original form, the aircraft received new wings, new tail, 210hp Continental IO-360 etc. and became N312TJ in the experimental (51% homebuilt) category. After a long rebuilding period, the aircraft flew again in 1987 and was later donated to the Kansas Aviation Museum a couple of years ago and got its original NX3153K registration back.
Mr. Ballentine built 2 further examples, N312TJ (second use) c/n 023 and N504WM c/n 022, both described as Allied TJ in the FAA register and both having the Continental
IO-0360 engine.
(woops, sorry, it was Gordon Macrae....)
. It's the H-135. (Check it out on Aviafrance -7 exemplaires construits pour la Pologne)
Over to Texas !
cthornburg
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I have Poland having H-13b and H-135B3 the pix looks more like H-13b the H-135B3 has a raised front turret compared to the H-13b at least in the sources I found.
Chris
Chris
lefty
SOH-CM-2023
Before checking Moses' grainy monster - let me just reassure Chris -the H-135 pic came from the LeO 'bible' by Hartmann - (photo from the Arnaud Delmas collection.)
Both that book and the equally authoritative Les Aeronefs de l'Aviation Maritime state that only one H13bis was produced, and here she is - I rest my case !
Both that book and the equally authoritative Les Aeronefs de l'Aviation Maritime state that only one H13bis was produced, and here she is - I rest my case !
