"Mildly" modified Dodge Shadow convertible.....
Cool bird.
914Driver said:
Convince that is not fake.
Near Bryson City, NC.
spitfirebill said:914Driver said:
Convince that is not fake.
Absolutely fake. Well done 3D modeling, but very fake.
This is not. You're gonna wanna get that airspeed up a bit before you rotate on takeoff with this one! Shot likely taken at the Cleveland Air Races (probably 1946)
More info if you are interested: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=58021
Modified as a racer with the wing span shortened to 25 ft 9 inches. The engine was a l,325hp Allison V-1710-117.
This is interesting
Chuck Tuckers severely clipped wing P-63 at the 1948 Cleveland Air Races. Chuck did not qualify for competition that year as he had piston troubles with the Allison engine. Prior to Cleveland Chuck had run flight tests with alcohol as a fuel. In an interview with Air Race Historian Oliver Aldrich Chuck would comment that he believed that the piston damage occurred to the Allison during these flight tests as he could never get enough flow of alcohol into the engine because the jets available to him were not large enough and he suspected that he burned a piston during these flight tests. Chuck intentions to run methyl triptane were frustrated. The airplane was sold to Russ Hosler who did could not get it prepared in time for 1949.
Great use of old pontoon boats.
Going down a hole here.... limited visibility anyone?
History:
Frank Singer, 1947-1949.
- Registered as NX73744.
- Flew as Bendix racer #53.
Harry R. Snoke, Fort Wayne, IN, 1954.
- Registered as N73744.
Bruce Madison, Phoenix, AZ, 1963-1968.
Crashed, Chicago, IL, June 1968.
Darryl Greenamyer, Las Vegas, NC, 1969.
Larry H. Havens/Pylon Air, Long Beach, CA, 1972.
- Registered as N9009.
- Rebuilt as highly modified racer using several airframes.
- Flew as race #90.
- Crashed in Pacific Ocean on test flight from Long Beach, CA, Sept. 7, 1972.
-- Pilot bailed out.
Don Anklin, Mooresville, NC, 1984.
- Salvaged wreck.
Yankee Air Corps, Chino, CA, 1985-1992.
- Parts used in restoration of 43-11117.
DeadSkunk (Warren) said:
Interesting pic. First the SN95, that's not bad, it really looks like something that may have been tried by Ford Design center in clay. Second, that appears to be the UK by the countryside and most of the cars being RHD.
#20230713 in Duke's low pass series: rollin coal edition.
spitfirebill said:914Driver said:
Convince that is not fake.
100% not real.
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