silvercity Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Can anyone tell me what type of aircraft this is? I've never seen it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I believe it is a Palatus specifically used for towing targets...................Maj.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Or a clever piece of Photoshopping with a Pilatus nose, greenhouse from a WW2 trainer and rear fuselage from a WW2 bomber. Must look ungainly on the ground with its nose in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 It's a mark 1 fugly,,,,aerodynamically challenged but luckily the earth found it repulsive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I like it....ugly like a Storch , but purposfull........................Maj............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 It's a EKW C 3605 Swiss aircraft ,build for the Swiss airforce last used for towing targets. Any way that's what Google tells me when typing in the rego. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercity Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Thanks for the info ... ugly but interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Fiedler Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Great airplane, was a passenger in one of them (at a German Airshow) ages ago, best flight so far, had to sit down for 15 min afterwards. That's the one I flew in http://www.bredow-web.de/DO-3605.JPG two years later and after slicing through a Robin 2160 camera plane while filming a commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Ouch, looks like the Robin may have come off second best there !......................Maj...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit12 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 That is one rugged little aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Looks like it was built of whatever was left over from other projects. How would you see over the nose? .Be curious how it would spin. Primitive flap. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercity Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 "Great airplane, was a passenger in one of them (at a German Airshow) ages ago, best flight so far, had to sit down for 15 min afterwards. That's the one I flew in http://www.bredow-web.de/DO-3605.JPG two years later and after slicing through a Robin 2160 camera plane while filming a commercial. " Thanks for that info Denny. Love to get to that airshow one day. Maybe this is it? http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55583 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 "Great airplane, was a passenger in one of them (at a German Airshow) ages ago, best flight so far, had to sit down for 15 min afterwards.That's the one I flew in http://www.bredow-web.de/DO-3605.JPG two years later and after slicing through a Robin 2160 camera plane while filming a commercial. " Thanks for that info Denny. Love to get to that airshow one day. Maybe this is it? http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55583 What a line up!! What's the aircraft with the fishbowl cockpit? By the way, am I the only one who thinks the vertical stab & rudder on the AN-2 is almost comically oversize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Mono spar ??.........................Maj..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercity Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 Here's info on the "fishbowl cockpit" aircraft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Ae-45 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viewfromright Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 [quote=silvercity, post: 399329, http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55583 Thanks for sharing the link - what a great set of pics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Fiedler Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thank you for the link Silvercity, I guess my next family visit will coincide with Hahnweide2014 airshow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Thank you for the link Silvercity, I guess my next family visit will coincide with Hahnweide2014 airshow. Unfortunately it looks like it's a biennial event - so having been held in 2013 it'll next occur in 2015. Bit of a bugger - I got all excited too as I'll be in Europe in September next year, until I read that bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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