Name of this plane

**Hansz** · 12-17-2009, 02:56 PM

Anyone knows the name of this plane?

**Flying Officer Jevans** · 12-17-2009, 03:04 PM

No - but a guess it might be a Ford. Looks a bit like a small Ford Trimotor.

**lnuss** · 12-17-2009, 03:46 PM

It's not a Ford -- only one engine, among other things. Might be a Ryan or a Stinson (looks Stinson-ish to me), or even a Waco. But the gear looks a bit like a Fairchild. Still, the closest match I've found is a Ryanair aircraft without the speedring. Note especially the nose and gear configurations. However, the corrugated-looking fuselage doesn't match that, either.

**SPOFF** · 12-17-2009, 04:20 PM

I've seen this one before but can't find it in my library. I won't sleep tonight until I find it. It has a slight resemblence to a Stinson Detroiter..maybe with a Packard Diesel. Still no cigar though. Maybe a Fokker. The Germans were big into corrogated aluminum skin. They had a Tri Motor looked just like a Ford. SPOFF

**zacharace** · 12-17-2009, 04:37 PM

Hmm...not an expert on pre-WWII types, but looks like a Curtiss engine (or at least that's what I think is written on the cowling

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**Chairborne** · 12-17-2009, 04:46 PM

Curtiss Robin?

**tatest** · 12-17-2009, 06:57 PM

I know that I've seen pictures of another one like that, don't remember just where.

Where was the aircraft photographed? That might be a clue.

**tatest** · 12-17-2009, 07:14 PM

From the name on the ring, that is Jimmy Angel's plane, or a replica.

**tatest** · 12-17-2009, 07:21 PM

If it truly is what the Venezuelan government claims it to be, it is a Flamingo monoplane, built by Ryan Aeronautical.

**SPOFF** · 12-17-2009, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by tatest

If it truly is what the Venezuelan government claims it to be, it is a Flamingo monoplane, built by Ryan Aeronautical.

That's IT. Even the picture is the same. How did you figure it out..?? SPOFF

PS: Now I can sleep tonight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Flamingo