red750 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Absolutely correct Pete. For those not familiar with this Australian designed and built but little known aircraft, (well I hadn't heard of it till I stumbled upon it today) it has an impressive list of firsts. Here is a sample of the information on adf-serials.com, with a link to the page detailing the seven units which served with the RAAF, serial no's A14-1 to A14-7. One of the interesting 'firsts' was that A14-2 was destroyed in New Guinea by the first Japanese daylight raid on Port Moresby. I will do a profile for the aircraft section shortly. " The Tugan LJW7 Gannet, also known as the Wackett Gannet after its designer Sir Lawrence Wackett, was a small twin-engined airliner built initially by Tugan Aircraft in Australia in the mid-1930s until Tugan was absorbed into the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in 1937. The Gannett was the first Australian-designed aircraft to enter series production and it was the first Australian-designed and built aircraft to be taken on strength by the Royal Australian Air Force. Apart from being the first Australian designed aircraft in RAAF service it was also the first monoplane introduced into Australian military service. The Air Board purchased two Gannets (A14-1 and A14-2) from Tugan Aircraft in 1935 and 1936 for use by the RAAF in general transport duties and aerial photographic surveys. Both aircraft were traded in to the CAC as a down payment for additional [improved] Gannets in December 1937. A14-1 was upgraded and modified then placed in storage with CAC until it was impressed into RAAF service in June 1940. A14-2 was also upgraded but it was sold and operated in Papua New Guinea as VH-UXE until it was destroyed by the 1st Japanese air raid on Port Moresby - 24Feb42. " This is the link to the adf-serials item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) And this? Edited December 1, 2020 by pmccarthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 OK, 11 days have passed, it is a Hanriot H110 from France, 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 So how about this for an easy one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
440032 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Dunno the plane but it's opposite 3716 Knapp St Oshkosh WI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Weed hopper? With that 582 it would be epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Looks like a demoiselle! Was it Santos Dumont? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 His 1909 version certainly has inspired some aspects of this design . Something like this with a VW motor featured prominently in "Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines", but the tailfeathers and materials used are very different. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 I actually realised that after I posted, but it is very reminiscent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Santos Dumont is correct. It is the Skonkwerks 24 Bis, a tribute to Dumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 17 hours ago, 440032 said: Dunno the plane but it's opposite 3716 Knapp St Oshkosh WI. I’m happy to say that I took the photo myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I'll give you a clue. It never made it to prototype stage. After seeing this mockup, that's no entirely surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Takeoff out of that gully would be a challenge for a prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 OK Arron25, what do you know about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The Tarrant Tabor. It crashed, with fatalities, on its first flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
440032 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Engine 7 failed??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 From Wikipedia: The Tabor, with two pilots and five passengers was taxied around the landing field using only the four lower engines. Satisfied with the behaviour of the aircraft the crew decided to take-off. The tail was off the ground but it was still running on the main wheels, intermittently lifting off. When the top two engines were started the aircraft pitched forward, burying the nose into the ground and seriously injuring all on board. The second pilot died after reaching hospital and the pilot died of his injuries a few days later. Later analysis suggested that the upper engines were so far above the fuselage that they forced the nose down when driven up to full power. The situation may not have been helped by the addition of 1,000 lb of lead ballast in the nose against the wishes of Tarrant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 That thrust line problem would seem fairly obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Shades of the B737MAX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The mass up there would make "Braking" interesting as well, let alone the lead weight in the front. Doomed before it ever moved. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 The thrust line of the six engines combined would be well below the middle wing, normal stuff. Nothing like the successful Lake LA4-200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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