Guess This Aircraft ?

[FlyBoy1960]

Delmar DH20 was meant to be used for medical evacuations where you could put a patient lying down on the back along with a medic. Could fold down for transport one of the big features but the "aircraft"  never went into production. 

 

I remember this because it was recently used in an e-vtoll presentation showing how far we have come but also remained the same. I think this was in the mid-to late 60s

[Carbon Canary]

Geeez !  Were the medical evacuations before or after you flew in it ?

[onetrack]

It was powered by AiResearch turbines, so maybe the reliability was better than the average piston engine of the day?

 

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/dh-201.21725/

 

 

[facthunter]

I don't think Piston engine reliability has improved much since then either.    Isn't AiResearch Garret? Usually APU motors. nev

[onetrack]

Yes, John Clifford Garrett couldn't decide on a continuous name for his operations, he changed the name of his companies regularly.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_AiResearch

[red750]

[Student Pilot]

Has an English look to it.....

[onetrack]

It's American, I've seen it before, it was a one-off, thought up by some Air Force blokes. It wasn't very big, I seem to recall it used 4 of the smallest Continentals for power. Let me rack my fuzzy memory cells.

[facthunter]

Did the brakes fail?  Nev

[red750]

OK. We have a few details now, but not the name. It is the Monsted-Vincent MV-1 Starflight

 

Unfortunately, before they could get MV-1 certified, it was damaged in a landing accident and some of the financial backers got nervous. Rather than copy and paste all the info I have, here is a link to the Vintage Aircraft Association Mystery Airplane article.

 

mystery-mv-1

[derekliston]

I just happened to see this yesterday but as luck would have it, couldn’t recall the name!

[Student Pilot]

[BrendAn]

On 17/11/2022 at 9:12 PM, red750 said:

The monoplane/biplane is a Hillson FH40 Slipwing Hawker Hurricane. A Hurricane with a second wing which can be discarded after take-off. Designed to shorten the take-off for a quick scramble launch, then discard the top wing for speed for the pursuit and fight.

 

 

not much fun if it took the tail off on its release.

[BrendAn]

35 minutes ago, Student Pilot said:

that looks like a ww2 glider converted to power, i know its probably not but the fuse looks like a transport glider.   

 sorry, did not see the earlier posts. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by BrendAn

[red750]

[Flightrite]

Saw this photo just yesterday, can’t re all where though? Read only one was made and it landed gear up….that was that! F5F

Edited December 14, 2022 by Flightrite

[red750]

Right. Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket. Came up on Facebook.

 

[facthunter]

Give the MAN a cigar.   Nev

[Carbon Canary]

So much power from those big radials it pulled the wings forward ! 

[Flightrite]

ONe has to wonder what drugs some of these so called A/C designers are/were on at the time of pen to paper, flying hallucinations😂

[red750]

Here's another to keep you guessing.

 

[facthunter]

It's gotta be Italian. No?

[red750]

No.

 

 

[facthunter]

 German then? No?  Nev

[Marty_d]

Vive la France, Nev.