"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote in
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:49:57 GMT, "Gerald S."
wrote in
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I never saw this in person but saw pictures of it. IIRC these are the
characteristics:

1. "old" - I'd say from the 1930's to early 1950's.
2. monoplane
3. prop - can't even remember if it was single or multi
4. I'm guessing about twice the size of a DC3
5. closed cabin (I'm guessing it had a cabin) but definitely an open
cockpit. This was the most distinctive aspect of the a/c. Looked
like two guys in front of an 18 wheeler but the cockpit was open.
6. I think it was based north of San Francisco and might have
attempted to cross the Atlantic but had to stop on the east coast of
the US due to
a mechanical.

any ideas?

I've seen pix like that.

Can't put my finger on any of them.

"The first airplane with an enclosed cabin appeared as early as 1913

Actually it was a couple of years earlier in the AVRO G


Bertie