Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Hi again from Spain. Not so sunny as it used to be since we have a very humid spring this year.
The strange flying machine is a Vanguard Omniplane!!!
The strange flying machine is a Vanguard Omniplane!!!
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wingnuts
Airman 1st Class
Right again, Emilio.
How about this strange..... um... device
Hmmm..did this machine get off the ground WN? It it classified as a Helicopter? And finally, could it be French?
This must be the famous "Nightmare", dreamed up by a Dexter Dopefish, a former civil servant during years and years of strenuous office sleep. Built by his brother in law and his rednecked pals after too much of self-inflicted brain cauterizing through home-brewed paint-thinner/beverage. 
Krabat
Krabat
kool kitty89
Senior Master Sergeant
Here:
Did that help?
Did that help?
wingnuts
Airman 1st Class
Looks like the contraption I posted even has Graeme stumped!
I was going to post a few clues but what the hell....
It is the Curtiss-Bleeker attempt at building a helicopter... at the Curtiss airport, Vally Stream, Long Island NY that eventually became famous as Grumman's facility.
...not a bad attempt given that no one was sure what a successful helicopter was supposed to look like....but a bit of a dead end only ever managed a few hops
Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter - development history, photos, technical data
Helicopters are weird anyway.... I prefer airplanes where the wings and fuselage all travel at the same speed
I was going to post a few clues but what the hell....
It is the Curtiss-Bleeker attempt at building a helicopter... at the Curtiss airport, Vally Stream, Long Island NY that eventually became famous as Grumman's facility.
...not a bad attempt given that no one was sure what a successful helicopter was supposed to look like....but a bit of a dead end only ever managed a few hops
Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter - development history, photos, technical data
Helicopters are weird anyway.... I prefer airplanes where the wings and fuselage all travel at the same speed
I was going to post a few clues but what the hell....
You gave in too quick mate! I was getting there....slowly...
Here:
Did that help?
I'm afraid it didn't, must be my pc. I see its too late now anyway, not that I have ever heard of it
Hi Wayne!
Without a doubt the very 'potential' Hawker P.1121 Hurricane.
The best unwanted fighters of all time, page 1
What might of been, eh Wayne?
Here's another project that was advanced at the time but extinguished quickly due to funding.
It didn't reach an advanced mock-up stage as your Hurricane...
... so this is what it would have looked like...
runningdog
Airman
English Electric? Only a guess........
Good guess 'runningdog', but not English Electric, not even British.
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Here's another project that was advanced at the time but extinguished quickly due to funding.
What about nationality? Canadian, Australian, perhaps??
What about nationality? Canadian, Australian, perhaps??
Australian, Emilio. The land of "Football, Meat pies, Kangaroos and Holden cars"...
...and failed aircraft projects.
Patoruzu
Airman
Its Australian froms Fishersman Bend CAC I have seen this in an Aircraft Enthusiast - very pretty machine, can´t hide her british style
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
I´m not sure, but could it be a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-23 ??
Hello Emilio,
I had the same idea: Google - Commonwealth Aircraft = CA-23Regards
Kruska
