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Undetermined type - fuselage?

Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:24 pm

So this probably isn't strictly a warbird, but I'm wondering if anyone will recognize and know what kind of plane has this kind of fuselage structure...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zozBKELv2J5f6MWB6

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Re: Undetermined type - fuselage?

Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:44 pm

My guess is the one with the landing gear is an early Citabria. The bare bones fuselage could be a Stinson L-5E. Used to see both types used by glider clubs with lots of bones in the back of the hangars.

Re: Undetermined type - fuselage?

Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:55 pm

A clue is the steel spring landing gear...like Cessnas use (designed by Steve Whitman).
I don't think L-5s used that type of gear...or could it have been retrofitted at some point?

The window arrangement in the bottom photo looks like a Citabria...

Re: Undetermined type - fuselage?

Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:05 pm

Well, I should have noted that there are TWO fuselages there. One I tend to think MIGHT be a Fairchild F-24... but I've never been close enough to one bare-bones to know for sure. Whatever they are, they've been there for a long time and there's likely no paperwork or such a with them. I might be able to get them along with a project airplane and not sure if they are worth anything to anyone.

Re: Undetermined type - fuselage?

Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:20 pm

The one with landing gear is absolutely a Citabria (or possibly Decathlon, I guess) and the other is probably a Fairchild 24. I’ve spent a bunch of time around a F-24 fuselage stripped of covering but never saw it quite that naked, however the way the fuselage truss tapers immediately behind the cabin as well as the landing gear outriggers on the side are both indicative of the type.
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