name this plane (for fun)

flynlion · #1 11-10-2009, 07:19 AM

It almost has to be a Grumman with that landing gear. Looks like a Wildcat front end mated to an Douglas SBD tail and Dehaviland Beaver wing. I want one.

Ancient Seraph · #2 11-10-2009, 09:03 AM

That thing is like a Dauntles with wings on top.... it's awesome!

winny · #3 11-10-2009, 09:27 AM

Right.. I think this is a Curtiss O-52 Owl.

Pre WWII observation plane.

Obscure!

flynlion · #4 11-10-2009, 06:55 PM

I think you're right, it does look like an Owl. I saw a photo of one recently that had a different landing gear, but that could have been a later modification. The Wildcat gear looks very similar to your Owl and had an extremely slow and awkward retract mechanism, the pilot had to turn a hand crank about 500 zillion times to bring it up.

Reddisback · #5 11-10-2009, 10:15 PM

Here's a Blast from the Past. seen it on an episode of History Channel.
If you can't tell how bloody big this thing is, i suggest you make an apointment with a Docter.

this time with a Marder 1 PAK 40.

what is it?