The What is it? Game

[wuzak]

Is that a gun in the nose cone?

No.

It was a civilian aircraft

 

[Procrastintor]

Where's it from?

 

[wuzak]

US

 

[wuzak]

A bit more of the picture

 

[Procrastintor]

Is it a mail plane? I think I've seen it before somewhere.

 

[Procrastintor]

Correction, I KNOW I've seen it before, just can't put my finger on it.

 

[wuzak]

No, not a mail plane.

 

[Procrastintor]

Re-engined Austin Whippet perhaps?

 

[wuzak]

Nope

 

[Procrastintor]

Darn, thought I had it.

 

[Procrastintor]

FOUND IT ON THE INTERWEBZ!! Cal-Tech Merrill-type biplane!!!!!

 

[Procrastintor]

 

[wuzak]

nope.

 

[Airframes]

A very wild guess - a modified Currie Wot with a 2 cylinder JAP motor bike engine?

 

[wuzak]

Nope.

Clue, it isn't smoke in the picture.

 

[Procrastintor]

Holy crap, is it a crop duster?

 

[wuzak]

No, that stuff is from the motor.

 

[Procrastintor]

is that? no! Is that a steam engine?

 

[wuzak]

is that? no! Is that a steam engine?

That would be correct.

 

[Procrastintor]

In 1933 a biplane flew at the Oakland airpont using a 150 hp two cylinder steam engine. Who says airships are the only steampunk form of air transport? Can't find the name but there is the exact photo