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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #60 on: October 09, 2006, 07:36:16 AM »
Met one of my neighbors this weekend. :)

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #61 on: October 09, 2006, 07:49:56 AM »
Quote from: velojym on October 09, 2006, 02:35:15 AM
Stinson L-1?


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Now, how about this one?


Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun?
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #62 on: October 09, 2006, 08:31:19 AM »
Quote from: velojym on October 09, 2006, 03:25:31 AM
Ooh, harder to tell without skin. Travelair, perhaps?


I think this one's been done on the board before, but it's so purty I'll toss it up again.
And yes, this has recently flown.  8)



De Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #63 on: October 09, 2006, 08:50:27 AM »
Quote from: cj5_pilot on October 09, 2006, 02:51:23 AM
Quote from: velojym on October 09, 2006, 02:35:15 AM
Stinson L-1?


Got it in 1!

Man, this is a tough group to stump!

Hmmm.....give me a minute here.....

Ok, this one is in parts and pieces so it'll be a little tougher, as well as being a somewhat obscure aircraft.



This is part of a museum collection, but unless you know they got it, you don't get to see it.  Plane has a lot of historical significance in Alaska.  They got the wings and tailfeathers covered, and the engine has had a full rebuild.  It just needs covered and all the hundreds of little details to make it perfect.  Museum is out of money, but has some surplus C-123 parts they'd love to sell!

Pretty sure I know this one...but will see if anyone else gets it.

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #64 on: October 09, 2006, 02:35:33 PM »
Quote from: tundra_flier on October 09, 2006, 07:36:16 AM
Met one of my neighbors this weekend. :)



Cessna Bobcat.. also known as the Bamboo Bomber

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #65 on: October 09, 2006, 03:47:06 PM »
Quote from: velojym on October 09, 2006, 03:25:31 AM
Ooh, harder to tell without skin. Travelair, perhaps?


I think this one's been done on the board before, but it's so purty I'll toss it up again.
And yes, this has recently flown.  8)



Nope not a Travelair.  Close to the right time frame though!

I KNOW this plane!  I just can't recall the name off the top of my head! 

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #66 on: October 09, 2006, 03:48:34 PM »
Bingo on both counts, tundra. Messerschmidt Bf108 Taifun, and the Dragon Rapide.

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I got to meet the Rapide a little ways west of St. Louis. Probably one of the coolest planes I've ever seen.


Ok, another guess on the nekkid bird: Curtiss Robin?

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #67 on: October 09, 2006, 08:38:35 PM »
The Rapide!  DOH!  Now I remember!  *after my memory gets jogged  ;)*

Not a Curtiss...hmm....I'll give a slight hint:  The Glacier Pilot
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #68 on: October 09, 2006, 09:27:23 PM »
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Bingo on both counts, tundra. Messerschmidt Bf108 Taifun, and the Dragon Rapide.


That "World Aircraft Encyclopedia" was one of the best $10 I ever spent. ;)

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #69 on: October 10, 2006, 03:43:01 AM »
If I remember right, he had a couple Fairchildren...  8)

I'll go out on a limb and say... 71?


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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #70 on: October 10, 2006, 04:35:01 AM »
A very early Aeronca, a C-3 maybe?

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #71 on: October 10, 2006, 04:40:15 AM »
Quote from: tundra_flier on October 10, 2006, 04:35:01 AM
A very early Aeronca, a C-3 maybe?

Phil

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #72 on: October 10, 2006, 05:22:40 AM »
Depending on who you talk to (including Bob Reeve's daughter) it's either a Fairchild 71 or a Fairchild F2WC....which are darn near the same thing as I can tell.  But yeah, it's one of 3 (or 4 depending on historian) Fairchilds flown by Bob Reeve.  From what I can tell he had a F-51, 2 F-71s and a F2WC.  Which one this is is unclear though I feel it's either the later F-71 or F2WC.  His daughter marrid Don Shelton and she is still around.  She's VERY attached to this airframe and PERSONALLY moved it from it's old home at the Alaska State Fair Grounds to it's current home at the Alaska Museum of Transporation and Industry in Wasilla......you'd be SURPRISED at what aircraft are there...some are VERY rare!
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #73 on: October 10, 2006, 05:34:49 AM »
Quote from: cj5_pilot on October 10, 2006, 05:22:40 AM
Depending on who you talk to (including Bob Reeve's daughter) it's either a Fairchild 72 or a Fairchild F2WC....which are darn near the same thing as I can tell.  But yeah, it's one of 3 (or 4 depending on historian) Fairchilds flown by Bob Reeve.  From what I can tell he had a F-51, 2 F-71s and a F2WC.  Which one this is is unclear though I feel it's either the later F-71 or F2WC.  His daughter marrid Don Shelton and she is still around.  She's VERY attached to this airframe and PERSONALLY moved it from it's old home at the Alaska State Fair Grounds to it's current home at the Alaska Museum of Transporation and Industry in Wasilla......you'd be SURPRISED at what aircraft are there...some are VERY rare!

I was going to say it was an F-2, the 71's have a much wider nose that doesn't taper much from the cabin and also a different landing gear configuration.  The gear on the 71 includes a strut up to the side of the fuselage similar to the Fairchild 24, but that might just be missing from this collection of parts. ;)

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