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Offline cj5_pilot

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Name that plane!
« on: September 21, 2006, 01:41:52 AM »
Ok, maybe somebody started one of these and I overlooked it.  Still, step up to the plate and NAME THAT PLANE!  The more detail the better!  Your prize  is nothing less then BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!!!!!

Ok, this picture was taken at Merrill field, Anchorage Alaska, on November 21st, 2003 by yours truly.  This one should be fairly straight forward to ID.  I'm sure with the knowledge base on this board, somebody will figure it out in short order!

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Offline BrianGMFS

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2006, 02:44:34 AM »
That ones too dang easy ;D ;D It started life as a Beech 18. now it's a Volpar Tri-gear with the further mod to a C-90 style single tail.

Here's one that's parked at KBTV (where I work) with the "regular" twin tail



and here's the one I made for Microsoft Flight Sim



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Edit... Running the tail number through the FAA databade reveals it to be a Beech C-45G (Beech 18)  but it's the Volpar tri-gear single tail STC, Basically what you have is a radial powered Queen air... Hang some PT-6's on it and you get the equivalent of a King Air c-90 without pressurization.
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2006, 04:20:37 AM »
Very good!  Though the info I have says it's a PAC (Pacific Aircraft Company) Conversion, one of 31.  The tri-gear was originally a Volpar conversion and the single tail was PAC from what I heard.  But don't hold me to it, that's info I got from the web  ;)  I was VERY curious when I first saw it :)

BTW, awesome flightsim job dude!

OK, I'll have to toss out another.  I took this pic with a 35mm and scanned it in a LONG time ago.  It's at the Alaska Air Museum, PDC (Pre Digital Camera).  I'd guess 98-2001.  Sorry for the poor resolution and bad lighting.  Again, this should be an easy one for THIS crowd :)  I'll have to make the next one tougher!

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2006, 06:53:37 AM »
It's a Bellanca Air cruiser isn't ?
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2006, 02:24:24 PM »
And another winner!  Indeed, this one from Tillamook Air Museum, January of 1999. 

Ok, this next pic is one I DIDN'T take, but is from a "for sale" website.  I HAVE seen the aircraft in question though as there is one in Birchwood.  It's probably THE most rare plane I've seen.  I took pics of it and a beautifully restored Beech 18 in Navy colors the same day, though I can't find em on the computer. 

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2006, 04:31:48 PM »
Quote from: BrianGMFS on September 21, 2006, 02:44:34 AM
That ones too dang easy ;D ;D It started life as a Beech 18. now it's a Volpar Tri-gear with the further mod to a C-90 style single tail.
and here's the one I made for Microsoft Flight Sim

Is-it available somewhere on the web ?
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2006, 05:42:07 PM »
Quote from: Mic on September 21, 2006, 04:31:48 PM
Quote from: BrianGMFS on September 21, 2006, 02:44:34 AM
That ones too dang easy ;D ;D It started life as a Beech 18. now it's a Volpar Tri-gear with the further mod to a C-90 style single tail.
and here's the one I made for Microsoft Flight Sim

Is-it available somewhere on the web ?

go to http://www.avsim.com and do a file library search for brian gladden and volpar ;D

Brian
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2006, 09:19:18 PM »
Guess it :P I can give you a hint - we use it for jumping... and i have said this before somewhere sometime
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2006, 10:56:20 PM »
Anatov AN-2 "Colt"  ;D

No takers on that small twin yet?
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2006, 01:57:33 AM »
Anyone want to take a stab at this one (N number and name have been deleted so as not to give it away). Hints: It's a one of a kind and holds two speed records!

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2006, 01:27:43 PM »
Quote from: Turbomallard on September 22, 2006, 01:57:33 AM
Anyone want to take a stab at this one (N number and name have been deleted so as not to give it away). Hints: It's a one of a kind and holds two speed records!

TM
Looks kind of like a Sonex......but sleeker.......HMMMMM ???   And that light twin by cj5 looks like something designed for flying missionaries ???
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2006, 02:28:28 PM »
Quote from: fireflyr on September 22, 2006, 01:27:43 PM
Quote from: Turbomallard on September 22, 2006, 01:57:33 AM
Anyone want to take a stab at this one (N number and name have been deleted so as not to give it away). Hints: It's a one of a kind and holds two speed records!

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Looks kind of like a Sonex......but sleeker.......HMMMMM ???   And that light twin by cj5 looks like something designed for flying missionaries ???

You're getting warmer! The speed records the airplane set date from 1982 and are unbroken as yet...

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2006, 09:57:32 PM »
Is it John Monnett's Monex Racer?  ???

It resembles a Sonex, and John Monnett, the sonex designer holds numerous speed records in the Monex Racer, but I couldn't find any pictures of it.   >:(

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2006, 10:30:21 PM »
Quote from: tundra_flier on September 22, 2006, 09:57:32 PM
Is it John Monnett's Monex Racer?  ???

It resembles a Sonex, and John Monnett, the sonex designer holds numerous speed records in the Monex Racer, but I couldn't find any pictures of it.   >:(

Phil

Congratulations! You win the prize... or, at least, you would if we had one. It is indeed the Monex. The picture posted is circa 1980-81 outside the original building of Monnett Experimental Aircraft, Elgin, Illinois. The airplane went through numerous wing changes in efforts to make it more stable. Finally Roy LoPresti, brought over to the airplane at Oshkosh, fixed it (as much as could be without making drastic changes) by taping yarn to the bottom of the ailerons. Roy recognized that the ailerons were so tapered at their trailing edge that they operated inside the boundary layer, and only became effective when significantly deflected, at which point they overcontrolled the airplane. The Monex is a lot smaller than it looks, and you can raise the tail by pressing on the prop spinner with one finger... no kidding!

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2006, 06:14:54 AM »
Hey Bob, Remeber this little beauty...

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