What plane is this?-Classic Edition

[guitar man]

One


Two


Three



Four



No cheating now. Winner gets a bunch of these :applause:

[SacredCow]

1. All I can say....

is that I think #3 is a Cessna and #4 is a Beechcraft.

My dad had one of these when I was a kid:


Unfortunately, it was destroyed in a hurricane when someone neglected to have it hangared.

[guitar man]

4. What a shame it was destroyed :(

I remember riding in a Chief when I was a kid. Dad liked the Champ better, probably because it had sticks instead of control wheels. Lots of fun.

[SacredCow]

8. He had a Champ before I was born....

Alas I never got to ride with him- Mom was a bit on the over-protective side... And after the Chief was destroyed he never bought another as his heart condition would have probably caused him to fail the medicals anyway (though he's now 74 and still going strong....)

I've considered taking the ground classes just for giggles, but I know I'd be completely absorbed and want to get full-on into aviation- I guess it's in my blood....

[guitar man]

12. I grew up

in light aircraft, my Dad always had one. When he got old his heart got bad and he lost his medical too. His friends would always take him out and let him fly theirs with them from time to time. He never lost his touch, right up until a few months of when he passed.

[triguy46]

18. Our family's first plane was a Chief.

[BrotherBuzz]

2. I think number two is a PT-17 Stearman

So do I win a one hand clap?

[guitar man]

5. nope

not a Stearman. Good guess though, it looks a hell of a lot like a Stearman though...

[BrotherBuzz]

7. PT-17 made by someone else?

I'm getting close to doing a Google cheat!

[guitar man]

10. That's a very close answer

The aircraft in the pic is another biplane made to fill the military, specfically, the US Navy's primary trainer requirements. It looks very much like a Stearman, but it is a completely different airplane made by a different company.

[BrotherBuzz]

13. I'm disqualified for cheating, but I found out

You really are presenting a tough quiz.

[guitar man]

14. yeah, I think

I might have gotten a bit too esoteric,with that one especially.

Numbers 3 and 4 are light aircraft that were all over general aviation airfields when I was a kid in the 70s. Especially, no. 3, Dad had one of those.

[BrotherBuzz]

31. It was still fun

I worked around a PT-17, literally around one as it was in pieces. My boss, a physical engineer, had one in pieces and was in the process of rebuilding it to include the bigger radial engine. The Wings and tail were re-skinned(?) and certified by his father, who learned the skill during WWII, but went on to become a test pilot by the end of the war. He said it was to be the last set his father would ever do, which I thought was kinda neat; closure. The wings hung on the wall along with the tail sections. The fuselage was on her wheels and I had to keep moving her around the bay as I set out my work. Oh, and the boxes of bits and pieces, there were tons of them; some new, some reworked and certified, and some junker old parts. I had fun pouring over the stuff and guessing where each piece would go on the plane. My guesses got pretty good after awhile.

[guitar man]

41. outstanding

I did the same thing more or less with my Dad when he bought the Stearman sprayer he had. It had been flipped over in a ground accident and damaged the upper wings, prop and tail. we rebuilt and recovered the upper wings, which involved a lot of wood work on the ribs and hundreds of stitches to rib stitch the cloth to the wings. Then re assembly. It was a lot of fun working with Dad on that old plane.

[guitar man]

45. now this is cool

I did a search for the "N" number of Dad's old Stearman. Found these pics, it appears the current owner has restored it from a shaggy looking old crop duster back to pristine original condition. This is the very airplane Dad and I worked all those hours on. Too cool :)



more pics here:

http://www.100megspopup.com/photo4phood/webaircraft/pt17-2.html

[BrotherBuzz]

46. Cool! Can you tell from the pictures if the smaller original engine was installed?

[guitar man]

47. yes

yes, it's an original type engine, 220hp Continental 7 cyl radial with a fixed pitch wood prop.The quickest way to tell is how far out the engine sits in front. When they converted them to 450hp Pratt & Whitneys. they had to use a shorter engine mount to move the engine back for weight and balance.

From what I can see, someone did a fine restoration on the old bird :thumbsup:

[Parche]

3. Number one

Is a 'Bearcat' :shrug: :shrug: :hi: F8F

[guitar man]

6. nope

Not a bad guess though, it does bear a lot of resemblance to a Bearcat though, good guess :)

[cloudbase]

9. Okay

no. 1 is a Hawker something or other
no. 2 is a Waco?
no. 3 is a C 140 (a couple of guys in my soaring club have these)
no. 4 is a Beech Staggerwing

[guitar man]

11. warm

:hi:

[commander bunnypants]

15. #2

looks olike a WACO trainer of some type.

I have been in one before over Nags Head


CB

[guitar man]

16. oops

maybe I got a little to out there my choices :shrug:

[triguy46]

17. My guesses, not cheating

#3 is a Cessna 140, (my family owned one of those). The last is a Staggerwing, maybe?

[guitar man]

19. Ok Number 3 is obviously out of the bag

Since we have 2 positive IDs in the thread, Yes, number 3 is a Cessna 140. The other perfectly acceptable answer would have been Cessna 120. If you have a 120 with the optional rear windows behind the cokpit door, the two are virtually indistinguishable just by looking at a picture.

[triguy46]

21. I didn't know any 120 had a rear window. Learn something everyday.

[guitar man]

25. If I'm not mistaken

The rear windows were an option you could order. I think more 120's probably got their rear windows from field mods than anything. The other differences were the 120 didn't come stock with an electrical system or flaps if I recall correctly.

[triguy46]

29. No flaps, correct. And wasn't it a hand start?

[guitar man]

39. correct

no electrics, gotta prop it to start :thumbsup:

[triguy46]

20. Here are examples of the obscure planes I grew up flying in:

Globe swift, Ercoupe ("Take a drive in the sky!"), 140, Luscombe 8a (had a stick, not a wheel).

[triguy46]

22. And of these, which did John Travolta first solo?

??

[Oeditpus Rex]

42. And which did Teddy Eccles take for a joy ride

in "San Francisco International"?

:hi:

[guitar man]

23. My Dad's best friend

Had a Luscombe 8a, cool plane.

Dad went through one ever so often, he'd trade for another one. Here's a few he had:

Piper Pacer:



'57 Cessna 172



A 450hp Stearman modified for crop dusting



And a Bellanca Super Viking.....gets you there real fast

[triguy46]

26. Knew the Tri-pacer, didn't know they made a two wheeler. How about this one?

Always thought the Navion was cool. My dad would work Saturdays at the local Mooney dealer in exchange for hanger space. So we had some considerable Mooney time, too, just didn't own one.

[guitar man]

35. Yep

I remember the old Navion Dad's friend had one.

[guitar man]

28. I'll guess the luscombe

??

[triguy46]

34. Nope, the Ercoupe. Ours was an early one with no pedals...

hence the "Take a Drive in the Sky" marketing line.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. The first is a P-51. Second, P-51 Richthofen. Third, P-51 Lutefisk. Last, P-51 Tannhauser.

Every plane in WWII was a P-51, except the B52s.

[triguy46]

27. The Lutefisk was easy, the smell gave it away.

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. That's why it had to be kept chained down when not in use.

The locals kept tossing them into the lake.

:P

[Pierre.Suave]

30. I think #1 is a...

Seafury? I may be way off here, but that jumped into my head when I saw it.

2, I am going with WACO

3: That one is out, a Cessna 140

4, a Beech Staggerwing, obviously.

[Squatch]

32. My answers

1 It's British, so it's a Hawker. Sea Fury?
2 N3N?
3 Cessna 140 ass-dragger
4 Beech Staggerwing

[guitar man]

36. yep

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[Squatch]

37. I'd like to thank the Academy, my Mom, Jeebus, and all my loyal fans

[triguy46]

38. What?? No thanks to Google Images?? Shuffle the deck, lets play again!!!!

[Pierre.Suave]

40. HA

I was right about the first one...

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. At first I thought no. 1 was an F-8F

But that particular 'cat had more of a barrel-like fuselage and the vertical stabilizer was more squared. Mainly, though, it didn't have a five-blade prop.

Only other type I can think of is a Hawker — one of the Fury series. :shrug:

No. 4 is a Beech Staggerwing.

[guitar man]

44. yep

Hawker Sea Fury. That's going to be my ride if I ever win the mega millions lottery :evilgrin: