By: mike currill - 20th May 2010 at 15:22
We chucked it around for a while but eventually came to a concensus of opinion.
By: Arabella-Cox - 16th May 2010 at 07:22
Ben, you are the man! 😀 
By: Nashio966 - 15th May 2010 at 23:59
definitely an air tractor, as has been mentioned.
UC legs are the same and the profile of the cockpit is the same
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th May 2010 at 23:52
Did you try to look on the fuselage or the other parts for any information?
By: tornado64 - 15th May 2010 at 11:26
is it a plane of some sort ???
well it was bound to happen ……. may as well be me !!!
By: wl745 - 15th May 2010 at 09:40
what type
if its any help this is north west Cairo and I am told there was an airfield near bye, now houses!Also it does not show on Google earth as also my worksite does not so it may be les than two years since it has been there,doesnt look it though!!
By: mike currill - 14th May 2010 at 22:45
Just had another look at the 3 possibles and am now convinced it is the remains of an air tractor as the other 2 have windows at the rear of the cockpit but the air tractor has a solid cockpit back.
By: mike currill - 14th May 2010 at 21:57
Just been having a look at some of the things we have mentioned and I was wrong about the undercarriage. That is more like Ag-Cat than Thrush. Looking at the u/c, that bow makes it either an Ag-Cat or Air Tractor as the Dromader has individual u/c legs mounted on the wing main spar. I have just noticed that the Cessna Ag-Wagon also had the same type of u/c. All 3 share similar shaped cockpits and fin/rudder so we are down to three possible types but no further towards a definite answer.
By: dan BHX - 14th May 2010 at 21:43
defo a dromader
By: Propstrike - 14th May 2010 at 21:32
Air Tractor AT-401
By: mike currill - 14th May 2010 at 19:24
How about a Grumman Ag-Cat?On second thoughts I’ll go along with Thrush as the undercarriage is not right for an Ag-Cat.
By: AdlerTag - 14th May 2010 at 15:03
Looks like a Thrush to me.
By: Nashio966 - 14th May 2010 at 14:26
I reckon its a PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader 🙂
Either that or an Ayres Thrush?
By: groundhugger - 14th May 2010 at 14:25
So its not a cement mixer then ! 😀
By: Nashio966 - 14th May 2010 at 14:23
Im thinking piper PA25 Pawnee, but i think the rudder doesnt look quite right
EDIT: forget that the UC is wrong bare with me
By: Nashio966 - 14th May 2010 at 14:22
my immediate thoughts were of an american cropduster aircraft, i forget the type, bare with me
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