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The Provider was quite different, a conventional tail setup, not twin boom.

Very much built for a purpose. Nev

For those who have forgotten their Latin, Agricola means "peasant". In the fifties, a lot more people would remember their Latin, so it might not be such an endearing name for an aircraft.

Yes agree, but the gopro footage will earn you kazzilions of dollars and likes on youtube... these are modern times, nobody cares about slip skid AoA, they just want to see brown pants action! So you cannot make the wool too long lest it be seen in the camera view and detach viewer fake news brain cell.

Having nothing much in front of you for a pitch reference makes this sort of thing more difficult to fly than a more normal design. A breezy has a similar problem. Nev

They all look "Ripley believe it or not". Stainless also fatigues. Nev

Hard to weld thin SS sheet without it buckling. Nev

Get the REAL thing. Many were totally rebuilt at Luskintyre near West Maitland. They have a steel tube fuselage and many have brakes and radio. Aerobatic as well. Nev

I think I'm in love.

An interesting aside on this aircraft. The American actor Michael Dorn, who played Leiutenant Worf on Startrek Next Generation and Startrek Deep Space Nine, was an airforce pilot and has owned a number of ex-miliary jets including the F86 Sabre and one of these aircraft. For more on Michael Dorns aviation connection, click here.

From late 60s to 70s the RAAF flew Mystere Fanjet Falcons (Dassault) as VIP transport. Nice little units they were. I had a short flight on one but it was not my normal mode of transport.

The Renault would be noisy with short exhaust stubs. Upright carbs are normal for inverted in line motors. Mixtures seem even. Nev

Bugger all similarity to a Mooney in any way.. Typical wooden Business plane of the 30's. Like a Percival Proctor.. Powered by a DH Gypsy 6. Nev

An O-235 is 115 HP. Why the T tail?. Suss structurally. Nev

Or pitchy in twitch.

Looks very short. Wonder if it was twitchy in pitch.

Fairchild C-123 Provider. Worst aircraft I've ever ridden in. Crude interior, and barebones as they come. Originally built as an assault glider during WW2 by the Chase Aircraft Co. The only good part about them (to me) was listening to those lovely Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasps cranking up and roaring away. Good Morning, Vietnam | Internet Movie Plane Database Wiki | Fandom IMPDB.FANDOM.COM Movie (1987) Starring: Robin Williams (Airman Second Class Adrian Cronauer) Forest Whitaker (Private First Class Edward Montesquieu "Eddie" Garlick) Tung Thanh Tran (Phan Duc To (Phan Đức Tô), aka...

As used in the movie, Flight of the Phoenix.

You're right OT. I fell for the old trick of relying on the web search. So many mislabeled images. A search of the rego revealed it to be a Rutan Vari Ezy. I've replaced the incorrect image.

The Wacket was grounded sometime in the 60s, because of failure of the casein glue used in the wing. The Warner Super Scarab Radial was used and was underpowered but was all that could be supplied at the time.. I think Newcastle had two but the suspect wing deterred me from flying one. The Wirraway become the cropduster/sprayer of choice at the time with a version called the "Ceres" Being developed. There were some Edgar Percival's EP9 with Avro Anson motors fitted about also. Nev

Peasant is also Man of the Country. PAYSant. Nev

I believe Mike said turbulence will do 372 knots so it is considerably quicker.

Just realised that Mike Patey's plane is a modified Lancair, not a Turbine Legend, but too late to delete the post. It can (could) do 438 mph, so it's up there with the Legend.

Mike Patey lost the engine in his. Rambles on a bit but interesting nevertheless.

The 21st century reincarnation of a P-51!

At the time the Wright motors were the best. They'd put a lot of effort into head finning design amongst other things. Nev

Odd in a lot of ways. No weights given. Wouldn't win a beauty contest. Nev

The redesign probably was with more 'normal' engines as this being military, most of the time the premise is 'fit the biggest motors you have .. while you look for bigger'

Be a bit like shaving or cutting/ trimming your hair in front of a mirror.. The wool gives you AoA and skid. Very useful. Nev

You could put a long selfie stick with a back facing gopro on it as an attitude indicator; and a piece of red wool 🤷🏽‍♂️

A short length of wool out the front would give you a lot of information for minimum cost. Nev

I believe the Ron Wheeler skycraft scout had a lower empty weight.

I don't think it's written very well. 240 is about the expected min safe speed clean.( No Flap) I would think. The cruise limit should also show a MACH limit for the higher levels VMo/MMo. A landing speed of 150 Knots is pretty quick requiring quite a lot of runway, also Nev

It's the view from inside that matters and how well it flys. Nev

What a bizzare looking aircraft., it proves engineers will try anything at least once.

Not a fan of the look.

Yes. Was going to put it into 3-axis until I saw that.

At least the heater might work in the cabin up front. A bonus as you plummet from the sky because the pilot froze to death mid flight after suffering hypoxia. A 19,300 ft service ceiling?