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tom d. friedman
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good choice & i agree. the emily flying boat is beyond rare. as to having her fly though i can't agree for obvious reasons

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CAC did many things that were based on other aeroplanes: Boomerang, Wirraway and Ceres were all Harvard-based.

Certainly there is serious Mustang influence in the CA-15. I will concede that it is acceptable under those rules. There's a thought: build a CA-15 and take it racing in the US!


It would indeed be great if someone built a realistic replica.
All the main dimensions were very similiar to Mustang despite the illusion it was a much bigger aircraft. (Wingspan and length are almost identical)
With due respect to the parties that got off their bums and did it I would hope it would be truer to the original than the recent Martin Baker MB-5 replica.
(I wonder why no-one mentioned that or is that outside the rules as well. Very similiar in concept to the CA-15)
By the way the Kangaroo was only an unofficial name and a shocker!
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Hairyyyy...Your given me too much latitude! I gotta warn ya', I'm an 'ol shade-tree road racer!!!! I'll get devious with an unlimited R&D budget!

If/When, I bend the Bronco airframe..Don't be surprised if my spare
airframe looks suspiciously like a Westland Whirlwind PRT.IX !!!!

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Yes Martin..the MB-5 is outside the sphere of this thread..as was the CA-15
..except it slipped in under the wire as a Mustang derivative. The MB-5 was
totally original..no North American license etc.. Only example gone. Except
now we have "Brittany Durante" MB-5 replica as a sobering reminder.

Despite the Mustang dimensions..the R-2800 CA-15's wing , from top-view...appears seriously "cranked", like a Vultee Vengeance. Also, CA-15
was intended as a low-level fighter.

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Now that I think of it... how about NASM's Kyushu J7W Shinden.... that would an amazing aircraft to see fly!

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oh man you hit it on the head with the shinden!! holy grail of them all. not to look or sound like a schmuck>>>> but can somebody send me a pic of the cf-15 every body is talking about in this thread?? after a life long interest in aviation / aviation history i have no idea what this type of plane looks like!! i'm either senial at 43 or had a tsunami brain fart!!! best, tom embarassed?? damned right!! :oops:

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whoops!! double embarassed!!! double schmuck alert too!!! aaaaooga!!! i meant ca -15!! tom

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Tom..I posted a link on the previous page. You're not a schmuck..your
just in a hurry. Slow down...enjoy...

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With my new found unlimited fortune I would negotiate for the Navy's Brewster Buffalo. I would love to see one of them flying! I have a friend who would like to haul up the TBD Devastator wrecks and use them as patterns for a reproduction aircraft. I have another friend who wants to restore the B-17 Swamp Ghost.
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