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Old 04-28-2007, 06:08 PM
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Wrong Guys. Sort of a late April Fools joke. This is an original design homebuilt called a Stewart 265. You are correct tho in that it is Culver-esque.

Don Stewart, the designer, had it at OSH one year and had a ball with guys coming up to him and saying "I took my training in that airplane back in '34..."
Oh, man! I was in too big a hurry. Noting the Culveresque lines and looking up the N number and seeing that it was registered as a (builder's name) V, of course I should have know it was a homebuilt, but it didn't register. But it was certainly a homebuilt that was an homage to Culver.
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Old 04-28-2007, 06:16 PM
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So I did a little research for an Apache prototype.

And found it. It's a Twin Stinson.

It was the basis for the Piper Apache.

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Old 04-28-2007, 06:24 PM
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Old 04-28-2007, 06:26 PM
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So I did a little research for an Apache prototype.

And found it. It's a Twin Stinson.

It was the basis for the Piper Apache.

Mark
Excellent, that is close enough for me. It is actually a one-of-a-kind variant called the Pierce-Arrow U2 as the real Twin Stinson had a double tail. One-of-a-kinds don't count in this contest, so you win. The airplane is what it looks like it should be.

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Old 05-02-2007, 11:00 PM
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Old 05-02-2007, 11:30 PM
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OK guys... here's my entry.... Excuse the grey-out of the N-numbers...



A few hints...
I saw it fly in S. Calif.
VERY famous designer & well known racer involved...

gil in Tucson
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Old 05-03-2007, 12:18 AM
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I saw in fly in S. Calif.
Pretty sure I passed this puppy in the air the other day over the glider port a few miles south of El Mirage. Forward swept wings, motorglider. Couldn't tell you what type it is...
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Old 05-03-2007, 12:44 AM
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Pretty sure I passed this puppy in the air the other day over the glider port a few miles south of El Mirage. Forward swept wings, motorglider. Couldn't tell you what type it is...
Dan.. I didn't put a time frame down... it was the late 70's....

Another hint - metal construction....

You probably saw a glass Grob G-109 motorglider... similar and lots in the US...

http://www.grob-aerospace.net/index.php?id=173



Good place to see gliders over Crystal or Krey Field though...
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Old 05-03-2007, 05:33 AM
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The motorglider is a Ryan, I disremember the number. As for the OTW I think
Steve McQueen had one at one time, did he have this Ryan too?

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Old 05-03-2007, 05:42 AM
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Is the Scarlet and Gray single seater a Corby Starlet?
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