Oh, yes, thanks lauriebe, especially when we were detached from Bahrain to Sharjah and had to pack everything into an Argosy, on arrival we found a suitable sand dune to put the radar on, living in a tent next to it for the 2 weeks of an air defence exercise – we drank so much pop (non-alcoholic of course) that the money back on the empty bottles paid for a really good alcoholic night out afterwards!

Avia B.122

All right, all right, I’ve been out!

Fighter trainer according to this site:

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other2/b122.html

. . . and a grossly enlarged (by me) copy of the photo on that site.

It looks like you’ve nailed it! Except for the 4-wheeled undercarriage.

Percy Spencer aircraft

From my favourite source, Aerofiles web site:

Percy H Spencer, Farmingdale NY. 1943: Chicago IL. 19??: Sun Valley CA.

S-10 Monoplane 1922 = 1pOlwM; 25hp Lawrance La-3; wings from a Curtiss Oriole. Described by its inventor in Jan 1984, then 87, as “… a little puddle-jumper I made just for fun at Brainerd Field, Hartford CT, in 1922… The fuselage was laid out on the floor with spruce longerons and corner gussets and was fabric covered. The cockpit opening was formed by the wood rim of a bicycle wheel… (The) engine quit and parts began falling (but made a) normal landing. There was a teenager in the assembled crowd and I gave the plane to him. I don’t know if he re-engined it or what became of the plane.” Appeared in 1926 as Spenser [sic] with 35hp Lawrance — possibly the re-rated La-3; span: 32’0″ length: 20’0″ load: 220# v: 55/50/28.

S-12 Air Car 1941 = 2pChwMAm; 110hp Franklin; span: 33’7″ length: 23’3″ load: 527# v: 95/86/50. Wood-veneer construction on a metal frame. POP: 1 [NX29098]. Design was bought by Republic Aviation in 1943 and revised into Seabee. Modified and continued after WW2 as a home-builder project.

Spencer S-12-D [N17WH] (Roger D Cain)

S-12-D Air Car 197? = 4pChwAm; 260hp Lycoming O-540-E4B5; span: 37’4″ length: 26’0″ load: 1050# v: 147/135/53 range: 600.
S-12-E Air Car 19?? = 4pChwAm; 285hp Teledyne Continental Tiara 6-285-B; v: 155/135/53 range: 800. [N111DA].

I believe there may still be Seabees or their derivatives flying in Sweden (and probably Canada too)

Hatton, I’ve been itching to write the same as you for days now, this thread is a waste of space and in my opinion should be not kust locked but ERASED! Any attempt to start a new thread on the same lines should be stamped on immediately.
Papa Lima (a member of the silent majority, where this rubbish is concerned, until now.)

Correct, K5085-K5098, plus the prototype Hendon, K1695 which first flew at Harmondsworth piloted by Norman Macmillan on 25 November, 1930, his last Fairey prototype. It eventually crashed but was rebuilt with numerous changes.

Same as I do, Skymonster, except that I was taught to do the histogram at step 2.

Fleetwings BT-12

Same web site:

BT-12 (Model 23) 1939 = Army trainer. 2pClwM; 450hp P&W R-985; span: 40’0″ length: 29’2″ load: 1240# v: 195/175/58 range: 560. First all-stainless steel military airplane. POP: 1 XBT-12 prototype [39-719], 24 BT-12 [42-3684/3707]. [42-3708/3883] assigned, but production cancelled.