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General Category => What The. . . ? => Topic started by: Mark Braunlich on March 06, 2013, 09:54:49 PM

Title: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on March 06, 2013, 09:54:49 PM
You get to see the whole thing for a change.  No hints for two weeks.  I want make and model.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Balsabasher on March 12, 2013, 11:16:28 AM
Hmmm.... air cooled radiator mounted on top of wing,two cylinder 'V' engine,what a teaser...thinking ? its American yes ?
Barry.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on March 12, 2013, 11:32:01 PM
V-8 engine Barry.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on March 20, 2013, 07:37:42 PM
Okay, two weeks have gone by and not a single guess!  So maybe a hint is needed.

Hint #1:  The photo was taken at Chanute Field.   When you find which state Chanute is in, you know the state where the airplane was built.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Will on March 22, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
Mark,

Is it an early WACO, say a 10 with a Hispano-Suiza (or Wright copy)?

Will
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on March 22, 2013, 12:41:40 PM
Not a WACO, not a Hispano-Suiza engine.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Will on March 22, 2013, 08:57:17 PM
Is it a Curtiss OX-5 engine?
Will
Without a clue in rainy England
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on March 23, 2013, 12:32:46 AM
Yes, it has a Curtiss OX-5 engine.  That narrows it down to just about every civil American airplane made in the early 1920s.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Will on March 23, 2013, 08:54:53 AM
Yes I thought it wouldn't narrow the choice much!
I wanted someone to make an effort though.
Regards
Will
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Will on April 01, 2013, 12:01:33 PM
Mark, it's now April in the olde worlds so what was the answer to the ox-5 mystery plane?

Will
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on April 02, 2013, 12:03:07 AM
Aw c'mon Will, you givin' up already?
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Boomerang on April 03, 2013, 09:26:03 PM


  It's a good one Mark and haven't quite given up yet.

  Cheers

  Gordon
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Boomerang on June 09, 2013, 06:54:53 AM
 
  Mark
  Still have not got  the foggiest idea . Looked and looked but alas and alack it's got me tossed.
  I'll have a stab in the dark and go with a Travelair 2000.

   cheers

   Gordon
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on June 09, 2013, 01:50:39 PM
Boomer,
Sorry, not a Travelair.   It was built in Chicago, Illinois.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on June 09, 2013, 06:45:46 PM
Here's another small view of the same make and type.  I've blocked out the maker's logo on the vertical tail so as to not give the answer.  Colors are probably black and gold....that's a BIG hint.
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Jim on June 20, 2013, 08:01:18 PM
Got it!

Laird Commercial...
Title: Re: What is it? .....March, 2013
Post by: Mark Braunlich on June 20, 2013, 11:07:18 PM
Bravo Fingers!
:)