More aviation casualties of the sequester...

[fritzthefox]

It looks like Lockheed has scaled back its F-35 program:

[Pat Carry]

LOL!!!!!!!! Too funny

[The Inspector]

'and, for only a few hundred millions more, I promise maybe we can make that circuit breaker work....'

[StudeDave]

I would love to know the story behind that little bird!!!

Looks to me like it's in San Diego, no?

[CoastieJohn]

Ahhh....the commercial version.





Got to see one of these little speedsters back in the 80's at an air show in North Bend, OR. At the time, never seen anything like it except for the James Bond movie.

[RandolphB]

I just heard a scaled down vesion of The Blue Angels were actually doing shows this season!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0H4K3PS93dE

[fritzthefox]

[seagull61785]

This rare aircraft is american. It is a Consolidated Vultee Model 111 of 1946

Found this info.
Roadable Aircraft - Consolidated Vultee Model 111
The Consolidated Vultee Model 111 was a side-by-side two seat all-metal low-wing cantilever roadable monoplane. The Model 111 was powered by an air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine in the rear fuselage, driving a three-blade fixed-pitch Hartzell airscrew immediately aft of cruciform tail surfaces.

It is believed testing of the Model 111 was conducted in 1945. Consolidated Vultee's interest in the possibilities of roadable aircraft types continued, resulting in the Model 116, developed under the direction of Theodore P. Hall and flown in 1947. This differed in concept to the Model 111, being an automobile with detachable flight section.

Hope this solves the mystery guys.

Cheers

Barry

[old iron]

The text in the previous message was copied word for word from this webpage:

http://www.unrealaircraft.com/roadable/cv_111.php

A source of information needs to be cited. Otherwise you are claiming this text to be your own.

[Steve Nelson]

He clearly preceded the text with "Found this info." I don't think any plagiarism was implied or intended.

SN

[seagull61785]

Thank you Steve,

I can confirm that indeed no plagiarism was implied or intended.

Simply trying to assist another WIX-er in identifying this little machine.

I wish I too had the luxury of plenty of spare time to monitor the net in the best traditions of the 'word-police'.

(These words are all my own and not copied from anywhere else)

Barry

[Rajay]

Roadable Aircraft - the Consolidated Vultee Model 111 of 1946 was a side-by-side, two seat, all-metal, low-wing cantilever, roadable, monoplane powered by an air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine in the rear fuselage, driving a three-blade fixed-pitch Hartzell airscrew immediately aft of cruciform tail surfaces.

Kinda' Rubenesque ain't it? Just like the women back then...

Thank Heaven for the F-104 Starfighter (for just one example) and the bikini; they permanently changed our conception of streamlining....

[maxum96]

Looks to me like it's in San Diego, no?

It is.

[whistlingdeath77]

Pee wee Herman wants his plane back

[old iron]

The Hall roadable airplane, which was a developed version of at least the concept illustrated here, was destroyed in the San Diego Air Museum fire of 1978. The Taylor Aerocar was I believe a further development of these patents.