Post-WWII Sports Plane – Please Help to Identify

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By: Newforest - 19th April 2014 at 18:52

I didn’t really see any impugning of her integrity in any capacity?

http://www.lennontribute.com/breeze.html

Her son John was also into aviation and music.

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By: Romantic Techno - 19th April 2014 at 15:15

http://www.eaa.org/chapters/resources/articles/120904_briefing.asp

Joan Trefethen Alford was quite a lady, the first woman to fly at the Reno Air Races. Her plane (not in the races) was N75T.

I am sure nobody intended to seriously question Joan Trefethen’s reputation. It’s only the hair-raising and unexpected coincidence of certain ingredients which causes this kind of delight. After all, we are only human. I ask for understanding.:angel:

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By: Newforest - 19th April 2014 at 09:00

http://www.eaa.org/chapters/resources/articles/120904_briefing.asp

Joan Trefethen Alford was quite a lady, the first woman to fly at the Reno Air Races. Her plane (not in the races) was N75T.

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By: Mothminor - 18th April 2014 at 19:28

Happy to have helped RT 🙂

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By: Romantic Techno - 18th April 2014 at 14:08

I experience a lot of things when doing requests for aircraft identification, but this one is unique! (LOL, sometime unable to stop:highly_amused:).

Thank you for your answers, especially to Mothminor for the PDF!

I think it is apposite to store the picture as S**** Playgirl!:eagerness:

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By: J Boyle - 18th April 2014 at 05:00

The aileron looks consistent with a Ryan…but the wing is much shorter.

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By: mark_pilkington - 18th April 2014 at 00:35

I take great delight in linking you to this RT –

http://www.oshkosh365.org/saarchive/eaa_issues/magazine_195805.pdf

Must be a slightly later modification.

Smiles, claimed as possibly the first aircraft built in America by a woman, it clearly is a S**** Playboy in more ways than one, smiles.

The article mentions the intentional change in the fuselage decking to accommodate a teardrop canopy.

Interestingly the article also indicates the builder used modified wings from a Ryan ST3 rather than new built wings to plans, although I cant find reference to confirm if Ray S**** original design was also based on the Ryan wing design?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S****_Playboy

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By: Mothminor - 17th April 2014 at 21:09

I take great delight in linking you to this RT –

http://www.oshkosh365.org/saarchive/eaa_issues/magazine_195805.pdf

Must be a slightly later modification.