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Juke
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Here is my candidate !

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I'll play. The Ryan STM series, evolved into the PT-20, PT-21, PT-22.

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I think he's got ya there Juke. That sorta looks like a flying canole.

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I've loved the PT-22 the second I first saw one. I hope to see one fly someday! Soesn't seem to be too many around the Northeast.

I'd have to do some looking around to see if that is truely my pick.

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My vote goes to the Fairchild PT-19.

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I'll try again...

That's easy!

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Come on guys!!!! You all know the Stearman wins hands down! (hehehe) Or at least thats my favorite, even though the Ryan is a nice looking airplane.
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Stearman??????? "Always a brides maid, never a bride"

N3N-3 has got this one!!!!

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Paul, I think your entry is all full of holes ! :wink:

Stearman is nice, I'll grant you that but the man said "best looking".

I'm not sure what to say about the first entry. :roll:
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LOL, so I am biased....LOL!
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I think I'd have to second the Ryan STM/PT-20 nomination (that being the Menasco-engined, wheel-spatted variant like that gorgeous Dutch-marked restoration near the top of the thread). Wires and fabric AND highly polished alloy, pure "art deco" style.

Stretching things a bit both directions...the Hawker Hart Trainer (a few still active in '39) or the Spitfire TrVIII/T9 (surely on the drawing board in '45, and converted from wartime airframes).

As to that Hanriot twin the thread started with...it isn't that often I see a pic of an airplane of that period and think "what the deuce is that?" For starters I didn't realize Hanriot was still an aircraft manufacturer that late. What a fascinating-looking machine. Do any survive (the Finnish markings suggest something might...rarities seem to "hang on" well in Finland)? And what was its history?

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I've always been partial to the DH-82 Tiger Moth!
It's a sweet looking biplane!
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