I thought this here would be an easy one for me, but I failed. It is not yet in my collection, although looking similar to some other types. Any effort of googling showed no matching result. But I still hope it is easier than the Grapevine- (or Cotton-)-Stranger.
Although being unable to retrieve the source, what I stored with the picture was the comment “Ford Reliability National Air Tour”. But I don’t think this being a contestant of these events. I think it is a (it might classify as midget-) racecraft. The registration on the vertical empennage is “R035”, maybe followed by another letter or digit. Searching aerofiles and Goldenyears for this was unsuccessfull as well.
Can you identify it? I hope so! Thank you for answers!
Regards, RT
By: DH82EH - 8th April 2015 at 00:04
I didn’t know that J Boyle, so, thanks for the lesson 🙂
Andy
By: J Boyle - 7th April 2015 at 23:21
Allow me to use this as a teaching moment for some of you…
Notice the registration just has “R” (for restricted…not meant to carry passengers for hire) instead of “NR”.
In the early days of federal registrations and licensing, users could get by with omitting the N prefix (the U.S. registration letter as agreed to in the Versailles agreement of 1919) because it was assumed that most aeroplanes would not leave the U.S. If an aircraft was in the U.S. the “N” was assumed.
By: Romantic Techno - 7th April 2015 at 18:49
To be found in aerofiles.com as “PSE Racer”. Thank you Mike!
Regards, RT
By: Mike J - 7th April 2015 at 15:57
Pacific School of Engineering PSE Special, a racer powered by a 95 hp supercharged Cirrus, built in Portland, Oregon in 1930.
By: Romantic Techno - 7th April 2015 at 15:15
Bumped up for a bit more attention. Difficult ?!?:confused:
Regards, RT
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