..anyway flying that thing without goggles is a lil dary, isnt it? I cried my arse out in a Tiger once because I wanted to take some airborne pics and left the goggles in the hangar..

Alex

wait… u mean her surname is Curtiss-Taylor, she flies great, owns a rare piece of flying machinery and above all is 22 years old? I think we have a winner for the “who’s gonna marry Alex?” contest chaps! 😀

Alex

I dont know Distiller..
What’s wrong with the exhaust pipes? the engine might have an unconventional layout, but u dont have too many details to define it “wrong”.
The 4 bladed propeller where used successfully on several late war planes, like the He177 (if memory serves..), so there’s nothing strange there too. The tail solution is pretty unconventional for a single engined plane, but the front view shows it’s well in the propwash. As per the CG.. what about the P-39?
The gearbox might be in the engine itself, with the shaft passing between the pilot’s legs. What’s actually really strange to me is that it’s too well made to be a fake. If so it’s the best fake pic I’ve ever seen.
It could well be a wartime fake, used for propaganda reasons, but it’s way too well built.. A curious thing on both pics is that the access ladder is facing the wrong direction…

Alex

I went to check the Harvard with Ben, and she could still make it as a static display bird. She needs lotsa paint stripper and love of course, but still could be a nice gate guardian.

Alex

Bruce Porter’s Hellcat, called “Black Death”, had a bottle of Schenley’s on the NACA

http://www.stenbergaa.com/stenberg/bateman—topz.gif

Alex