Mystery Plane
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GAHorn
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Mystery Plane
Who knows what, and which one this is?
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'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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cowboy
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Re: Mystery Plane
Shorts Sunderland/Seaford/Solent III located at the Oakland International Airport's Aviation Museum. It was used in the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" doubling for a Martin M-130.
Jeff
I'm not flying, I'm falling with style!
I'm not flying, I'm falling with style!
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blueldr
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Re: Mystery Plane
It looks like it has four engines, the flight engineer rides side saddle and possibly carried a navigator and a radio man.
Cabin appointments look fairly modern to me.
Looks like it has a lot of boiler gages and must have been a recip.
Cabin appointments look fairly modern to me.
Looks like it has a lot of boiler gages and must have been a recip.
BL
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pdb
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Re: Mystery Plane
The galley looks like a de Havilland Comet.
Pete Brown
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
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Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
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W.J.Langholz
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Re: Mystery Plane
President Truman's C-118 Liftmaster
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1942 Stearman 450
1946 Super Champ 7AC
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15A
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Re: Mystery Plane
I'm only guessing, but maybe a Connie?
Joe Craig
'56 C172 Taildragger N6915A
'46 Aeronca Champ N65HM
'56 C172 Taildragger N6915A
'46 Aeronca Champ N65HM
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GAHorn
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Re: Mystery Plane
We have a HALF-winner! NOW...WHICH "Connie" IS it? (HInt: It's on public display someplace...and here's two more pics that give more identifying clues...)15A wrote:I'm only guessing, but maybe a Connie?
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'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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GAHorn
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Re: Mystery Plane
I was looking for a bit more specificity than that.... any guess as to which personality is associated with this particular airframe?
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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cessna170bdriver
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Re: Mystery Plane
I thought I recognized the FE panel as a Connie from an old ops manual a friend of mine has. I didn't see anyone come up with the name of the airplane yet. My guess is Columbine II or III, the Air Force One's used by Eisenhower?
Miles
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Fearless Tower
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Re: Mystery Plane
It's the Douglas MacArthur Connie at Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon Valle.
Andrew Hochhaus
N3996V - 1948 170
N3996V - 1948 170
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GAHorn
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Re: Mystery Plane
Fearless Tower wrote:It's the Douglas MacArthur Connie at Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon Valle.
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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15A
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Re: Mystery Plane
I love those Connies. They look so elegant!
When I lived in Pompano Fla. in the mid 70's, one was parked at Boca Raton. I got to walk thru it. AMAZING
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Then, a Connie was on final approach for Fort Lauderdale Executive and ran out of gas! That guy planted it in a 3 acre field, surrounded by houses, gear up, with very little damage. Didn't hit anything! What a pilot! What a plane!
This was the same time era when Elvis would keep 'Lisa Marie' (707) at Exec.
When I lived in Pompano Fla. in the mid 70's, one was parked at Boca Raton. I got to walk thru it. AMAZING
!Then, a Connie was on final approach for Fort Lauderdale Executive and ran out of gas! That guy planted it in a 3 acre field, surrounded by houses, gear up, with very little damage. Didn't hit anything! What a pilot! What a plane!
This was the same time era when Elvis would keep 'Lisa Marie' (707) at Exec.
Joe Craig
'56 C172 Taildragger N6915A
'46 Aeronca Champ N65HM
'56 C172 Taildragger N6915A
'46 Aeronca Champ N65HM
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SteveF
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Re: Mystery Plane
Connie lands in Greenwood Lakes NJ and is still there. (4N1)
Per the website:
Lockheed Constellation Arrives at Greenwood Lake Airport This video comes from the original super 8 film taken in 1977. The original belongs to Phil Preston, not sure if his father or he filmed it. At the time, I believe the runway was 2700 feet and the plane was stripped of contents before leaving Stewart Airport.
Just first two minutes of old file shows landing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkC-a4jjxU
Per the website:
Lockheed Constellation Arrives at Greenwood Lake Airport This video comes from the original super 8 film taken in 1977. The original belongs to Phil Preston, not sure if his father or he filmed it. At the time, I believe the runway was 2700 feet and the plane was stripped of contents before leaving Stewart Airport.
Just first two minutes of old file shows landing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkC-a4jjxU
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