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Offline lowZX14

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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #720 on: November 25, 2008, 09:46:00 AM »
Still close, getting warmer.
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #721 on: November 25, 2008, 10:14:51 AM »
:furious

The Super Chief, then? ;)
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #722 on: November 25, 2008, 10:58:34 AM »
Nope
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #723 on: November 25, 2008, 11:31:03 AM »
? A Taylorcraft of some sort ?
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #724 on: November 25, 2008, 11:38:55 AM »
Quote from: lowZX14 on November 25, 2008, 10:58:34 AM
Nope

Oh, well! It's an Aeronca of some type!

EDIT: OH COME ON! Low, the L-3 is the military version of the Super Champ!...... oh... wait.. I said super chief, you're right! :)
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #725 on: November 25, 2008, 12:11:16 PM »
Woohoo you got it.

The L-3 series were adapted from Aeronca's pre-war Tandem Trainer and Chief models. The L-3 was initially designated the O-58 at the time it was first ordered by the Air Corps. It was also known as the "Grasshopper" which would have been the first hint.

The Champ was first flown in 1945
The Super Chief in 1945
The Chief in 1938
The L-3/O-58 in 1941

The Chief would have been closer because it was adapted from the Chief and Tandem Trainer models. 
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #726 on: November 25, 2008, 01:15:59 PM »
Lol, yeah, they look all so similar that I got confused in the end! :)

Ok, new one!







They are pictures of a model, not the real plane (they were all traceable via Tineye :D), so I added 3 to balance things, editing off the name on the fuselage.

Good hunting!
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #727 on: November 26, 2008, 06:25:27 AM »
Got a picture of that one in German markings?  ;)

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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #728 on: November 26, 2008, 07:31:34 AM »
Quote from: Charge on November 26, 2008, 06:25:27 AM
Got a picture of that one in German markings?  ;)

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Hmmmmm..... maybe! :noid

Lol, just give the solution, Charge! ;)
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #729 on: November 26, 2008, 10:42:16 AM »
That logo is throwing me off.
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #730 on: November 26, 2008, 11:44:14 AM »
I don't think the logo will help you. What Charge said will... pratically every picture of the actual plane, on the Internet, has the craft with camo and Nazi markings.

Let's add that it survived Nazi invasion....
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #731 on: November 26, 2008, 12:52:15 PM »
Yeah, I'm gonna have to give up on this one my brain hurts now.
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Offline Gianlupo

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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #732 on: November 26, 2008, 03:21:36 PM »
Well, it must not! :) It's just a game.

Take your time... or PM Charge and ask him! ;)
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #733 on: November 26, 2008, 04:07:32 PM »
Its seems to be a real pain to find pictures of that aircraft so here you have it:

Frenchman Roland Payen's Pa22/2 "Flechair"

There's a nice article of him and his designs in Air Enthusiast 1997 No.68.

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Ps. Note: 180hp engine and maximum speed 275kts (510km/h)
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Re: What aircraft is this?
« Reply #734 on: November 26, 2008, 06:00:23 PM »
You can find a short story of the plane in the modelers forum from which I took the pictures:

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2001/june/aviation/payen.htm

Nice job Charge, it looks like your aeronautical knowledge is really vast. Your turn to post!

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