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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

That is very interesting, Wout - references I have for the 120 mention a Queen Air flying test bed, but not a mock-up. 3-view in Jane's. The Putnam Beech book gives it barely a mention ! Wonder why they ditched it.

The wee twin is a Hodek HK-101.
 
In the Beech 120 I donot see much of the Queen Air. Maybe Swearingen used it as basis for the Merlin I (never flew), II and III?
Aircraft manufacturers are just like politicians. They donot like to talk about their failures or show they were wrong.:blind:
And yes, it is the Hodek H-101
 
Its odd - to go to the lengths of making a serious-looking mockup - anyway, here's what the Pelletier book says..
 
Lefty, the testbed aircraft Pelletier is referring seems the US Army owned NU-8F (Beech Model 87 and also called Model 65-90T) and this had a Queen Air 80 fuselage, Twin Bonanza wings and two PT6A-6 engines. It was in fact the predecessor of the King Air family.
 
Hate to disappoint. Methinks this is the Polikarpov PR-12. One-off mod of the biplane PR-5. Built in 1938.
 
Thanks. Next up, a single engine transport.

Will be away until late in the day tomorrow. Please press on if you spot it.
 
99.9% certain on the Loire, and Kevin won't be surfacing for a wee while, so we'll try another one. Back to the paddling pool........
 
Correct on the Loire. Thought it looked like something from the USA and would through you off the trail.

The floater has a German feel...
 
Good Lord ! Have you seen some of the other movies that Bomberguy has posted on the Tube ? Flying wings, pushers, French weirdos - right up your street, Kevin !

But not, I think, this one.......
 
Bomberguy does have a lot of good stuff over there.

Your trimotor is a Spanish Civil War refugee, the Avia 51.
 
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