Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:09 am
In a very odd way, reminds me of the Australian-built agricultural aircraft (name and nomenclature, who knows?) that looks like a giant egg with wings; if you recall, it appears in one of the Road Warrior movies.
Saludos,
Tulio
Saludos,
Tulio
Weird Birdz
Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:31 pm
Tulio is speaking of the Transavia Airtruck...one of my favorites weird
wanna-haves. Basically a flying pick-up/camper..an irresistable attraction
for this Texan...it could only be more attractive if it was an amphibian.
Ugly in the classic definition of design, beautiful in it's rugged utility.
In looking for a photo of the Airtruck, I didn't realize the proto-Airtruck
had a Warbird ancestry. The Pellarini PL-11 used a Harvard engine and
forward fuselage...
www.airliners.net/open.file/277578/L/
A civilian utility aircraft that started life as a military design, the
very successful Fletcher FU-24 rests in front of the PL-11.
Transavia Airtruck
www.airliners.net/open.file/310426/M/
As for Scott's PZL, I seen video of that bird and it's almost amazing how
maneuverable that big machine is! I say almost amazing..until one realizes
that it does what bi-planes do best! The PZL would also, I think, make a
good subject for amphibious...the turbine induction is as far from water
ingestion as it could be. Sorry..can't get the Navy outta me
wanna-haves. Basically a flying pick-up/camper..an irresistable attraction
for this Texan...it could only be more attractive if it was an amphibian.
Ugly in the classic definition of design, beautiful in it's rugged utility.
In looking for a photo of the Airtruck, I didn't realize the proto-Airtruck
had a Warbird ancestry. The Pellarini PL-11 used a Harvard engine and
forward fuselage...
www.airliners.net/open.file/277578/L/
A civilian utility aircraft that started life as a military design, the
very successful Fletcher FU-24 rests in front of the PL-11.
Transavia Airtruck
www.airliners.net/open.file/310426/M/
As for Scott's PZL, I seen video of that bird and it's almost amazing how
maneuverable that big machine is! I say almost amazing..until one realizes
that it does what bi-planes do best! The PZL would also, I think, make a
good subject for amphibious...the turbine induction is as far from water
ingestion as it could be. Sorry..can't get the Navy outta me
Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:06 pm
it ain't just ugly...... it's fugly. the designer must have been dyslexic!!!! 
Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:31 pm
Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:35 pm
that's a beauty compared to the 1st mutant abortion!!!
Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:50 pm
tom d. friedman wrote::vom:
Tom, it ain't supposed to be pretty...it's a cropduster...a toolbox
suspended beneath wings and pilot...it's a friggin' TRUCK!
Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:20 pm
Scott WRG Editor wrote:Another favorite of mine...
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contribut ... k/3070.htm
Quite an odd little aircraft. I was lucky enough to see the local one once.
Optica
Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:37 pm
The Optica is another neat one. Flypast has had a good thread or 2 on
that aircraft. I vaguely remember a magazine article when it was newish
and seem to recall that it was designed by a Civil Engineer, he wanted a
helicopter-view without the training. Maybe it was someone in a Flypast
thread, that mentioned the Optica presented some difficulties in landing
because of the lack of horizon caused by the wide-open view. I'll have to
see if i can find it...
Scott,
How 'bout another weird one..although a bit more attractive, until you
look at how the tailbooms are made. A walk-in cockpit for 2, the Anderson
-Greenwood AG-14
www.eaa231.org/miscellaneous/what/AG14.jpg
I've been tracking these down lately...one is due to fly soon in Arkansas
after a thorough restoration.
that aircraft. I vaguely remember a magazine article when it was newish
and seem to recall that it was designed by a Civil Engineer, he wanted a
helicopter-view without the training. Maybe it was someone in a Flypast
thread, that mentioned the Optica presented some difficulties in landing
because of the lack of horizon caused by the wide-open view. I'll have to
see if i can find it...
Scott,
How 'bout another weird one..although a bit more attractive, until you
look at how the tailbooms are made. A walk-in cockpit for 2, the Anderson
-Greenwood AG-14
www.eaa231.org/miscellaneous/what/AG14.jpg
I've been tracking these down lately...one is due to fly soon in Arkansas
after a thorough restoration.
Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:04 pm
call me superficial!!! phyliss diller ain't no beauty either, & neither was the "moner" lisa 
Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:15 pm
tom d. friedman wrote:phyliss diller ain't no beauty either, & neither was the "moner" lisa
True, and I'll wager neither of those broads could haul yer ass and your
tools on their backs without a squawk, like the Airtruck can!
Dan! Nice photos of the Optica..thanks!
Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:01 am
Another oddball favorite,
http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/lun_ekranoplan.pl
Is it a plane or a boat? Should make airnutz happy
http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/lun_ekranoplan.pl
Is it a plane or a boat? Should make airnutz happy
Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:03 am
The Edgley Optica has been an all time favorite of mine! And also, the Fantrainer . . .
Of course I like the A-10, and I can even see some beauty in some radial engined aircraft (let me duck and roll . . .) but nothing in my book, beats the lines, sound and beauty of a MUSTANG.
Saludos,
Tulio
Of course I like the A-10, and I can even see some beauty in some radial engined aircraft (let me duck and roll . . .) but nothing in my book, beats the lines, sound and beauty of a MUSTANG.
Saludos,
Tulio
Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:29 pm
that russian flying boat monstrosity is cool, but it is also a testimonial why russia is flat assed busted $$$$ wise. the chopper took over for the flying boat right after ww 2, but was not a reality until the mid 50's.
Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:29 am
Scott WRG Editor wrote:Another oddball favorite,
http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/lun_ekranoplan.pl
Is it a plane or a boat? Should make airnutz happy
You ain't foolin' me Scott..That's the Rohr Industries Ekrano-NukeScone-
Puker-3000, a ground effect machine. Hopping down the bay to my
favorite fishing spot would become un-fun when I found I couldn't hop
over the power lines to get to my favorite bayou without creating black-
outs throughout the county. I'd get happier about the Beriev A-40..
www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vvs/a40-01.htm
fer long road-trips.
But I reackon I'm more a milk-toast Seabee weirdo....
...and moreso
nearer that budget!