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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

I was going through my entire American Ornithologists' Field Guide. Went through Chickadees and Grackles, threw in the towel at Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker.........:dizzy:
 
@lefty: Mike, your birdcage must be much bigger than mine, as is your subtle humor J

You may try this floater. It’s a bit rare but has a simple answer.
 

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Same to me. Couldn't think that there is a Cessna that isn't even mentioned at aerofiles, so I looked elsewhere.

Chris, could you tell the source of the picture?

Next one must have about the same age as the last one.
 

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How many aircraft companies from the 20's still with the same name?
Don't know where I found the picture at this time. My library still boxed up in HNL. I've been doing PDF files for aircraft companies. Did Cessna which is where I got it from but don't remember where I got it. So sometimes when you guys come up with an interesting aircraft I try to do a company PDF on it. So you won't stump me next time. Although some of the military aircraft you've put on have stumped me with a different view of the aircraft. Aerofiles is great wish someone would take it over and continue it. It doesn't have everything as I find out with my project on the worlds air forces. I'm always still finding aircraft used that I didn't know about. Best thing here is finding aircraft the experts aren't familiar with.
Right now looking picture for the 1st Swearingen SA26 Merlin with piston engines have the SA26-T Merlin II which might be the same airframe with turbines added don't know.

Chris
 
Hi Chris:encouragement:
You are correct on the first SA-26 (Merlin I). Construction started when plans called for installation of 400hp Lycoming TIGO-541 piston engines. When development of that engine was halted, Ed Swearingen decided to use 578hp PT6A-6 turbines. This also allowed more fuel and thus higher weights. The prototype SA-26-T Merlin II was born. FF 13 April 1965.
Source: Letter from Ed Swearingen.
 
Here comes another wee bird which I can’t hold back any longer.

(not a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker ;-) )
 

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I have it as Wren 460)*. http://www.wren460.com/aboutprice.html
I think Peterson came later. Both crafts are perhaps impossible to distinguish from a single photo. Therefore, I think the :icon29: should go to Ferry_vO.


)* does this mean that there were 459 wrens before? :dizzy:

Without registration it would be hard to distinguish both versions, as according to the link I posted:"Todd Peterson has acquired the rights to the original Wren modifications and currently markets them under his name."

And:"Apparently there is some confusion buzzing around about the difference between the Peterson and Wren. For clarification, Todd Peterson acquired the Supplemental Type Certificate for the Wren and produced a number of them in the early 1980s under the designation 460P. He evolved the Wren design into the Peterson 260SE."

Anyway, here's a nice picture of a floatplane:
 

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