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Title: Mystery Plane 9
Post by: midnight Target on April 11, 2002, 03:22:46 PM

May not be what you think......

Title: Mystery Plane 9
Post by: funkedup on April 11, 2002, 03:56:03 PM

Columbia XJL-1

Title: Mystery Plane 9
Post by: BenDover on April 11, 2002, 04:09:06 PM

looks like an a6m modified for landing on the water

Title: Mystery Plane 9
Post by: superpug1 on April 11, 2002, 04:41:32 PM

i do not know. im just posting to get to senior member.

Title: WTG Funked
Post by: midnight Target on April 11, 2002, 05:04:36 PM

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During the early war years Grumman commenced a project to marry the best features of the Duck with more modern monoplane configuration and all-metal structure along with such features as fully retractable tricycle landing gear. Under pressure of growing demand for production of Hellcats and Avengers, Grumman had to farm out this and other projects. One of these transactions resulted in the Columbia Aircraft Company taking over the XJL project and building three prototypes. One was tested structurally to destruction. the first to fly took to the air on October 25, 1946.

Thereafter one XJL made a strange migration through several owners that ended in, of all places, the Arizona desert some time before 1975.  

Title: Mystery Plane 9
Post by: spitfiremkv on April 13, 2002, 11:05:39 AM

i was about to say that it was a duck but it would've been way too easy. besides,it looks slimmer than the duck.duck duck quack quack!

Title: Mystery Plane 9
Post by: Kevin14 on April 30, 2002, 03:17:35 PM

I was thinking duck also