Identify This Aircraft

Pirate Pilot · Post by **Pirate Pilot** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:17 pm

It pays to friends in "high" places. Just love those staggerwings. D17S Pratt&Whitney 985 CF-BKQ Whitehorse, Yukon. Something about the difference in the engine cowling length and shape and the fairing into the fuselage?? Denotes the model letter??

Meatservo · Post by **Meatservo** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:47 pm

You guys will never guess what this is:

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:01 pm

Meatservo wrote:You guys will never guess what this is:

Travel Air converted to run on steam power known as the Besler steam plane?

Youtube link

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:40 am

They carried a fireman instead of a FE.

Meatservo · Post by **Meatservo** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:29 am

Bah!

Correct on both counts. Except they called him a "stoker".

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:17 am

Identify this one:

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:34 am

Looks like a 3/4 scale home built replica.....

(but he forgot to install the struts and bracing wires)

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:08 am

That big yellow BE17 look alike is 985 powered and all composite construction kit plane..but I can't think of the name...

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:14 am

Clearly inspired by the Staggerwing, it is indeed a kit-built aircraft. Designed to carry six people at 190-kt cruise, with a mid-50 kt stall speed. It is powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-985 450-hp radial. The kit is no longer in production. I'll let you determine the identity.

RenegadeAV8R · Post by **RenegadeAV8R** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:25 am

imarai wrote:Clearly inspired by the Staggerwing, it is indeed a kit-built aircraft. Designed to carry six people at 190-kt cruise, with a mid-50 kt stall speed. It is powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-985 450-hp radial. The kit is no longer in production. I'll let you determine the identity.

It is a Lionheart

The picture was taken from this website http://www.griffon-aerospace.com/lionheart.html

YYZSaabGuy · Post by **YYZSaabGuy** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:58 pm

Ercoupe?

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:42 pm

How about this one?

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:00 pm

Above
fighter" is a much modified T-6/Harvard built for the Commemorative Air Force's Tora, Tora, Tora display

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:13 pm

Old Dog Flying wrote:Above
fighter" is a much modified T-6/Harvard built for the Commemorative Air Force's Tora, Tora, Tora display

Yep! To be specific it's a (or was a) Canadian built Harvard Mk.IV.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:38 pm

Meatservo wrote:You guys will never guess what this is:

Anything, as long as it's steam-powered, hey?!

Meatservo · Post by **Meatservo** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:05 pm

Well old friend, as you're no doubt aware, steam power has the advantage of consistent power output regardless of density altitude. The downside is, that output is quite small.

Moose47 · Post by **Moose47** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:49 pm

"Yep! To be specific it's a (or was a) Canadian built Harvard Mk.IV. "

Actually it's Mk. 4 built by CC&F (Canadian Car & Foundry of Fort William, Ontario. It's manufacturer's designation is CCF-4. The R.C.A.F. had done away with Roman numerals being used to distinguish the Marks (Mk.) of new R.C.A.F. aircraft types prior to the introduction of the Harvard Mk. 4 to service with the R.C.A.F. on the 2nd of November 1951.

Cheers...Chris

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:06 pm

A familiar one?

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:52 am

Curtis C-46..although the cockpit/nose doesn't look right.

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:16 am

Only 17 C-46E models were built with a "Stepped Nose" and squared off wing tips.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:33 pm

Correct LiS, you're up.

And you didn't get the answer from the properties function of the pic either.

Tubthumper · Post by **Tubthumper** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:31 pm

What the heck is this?

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:02 pm

Fairchild husky

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_F-11_Husky

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:26 pm

What aircraft is this guy working on?

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:05 pm

Nose of a PBY5/5A Catalina/Canso

Barney

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