Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

That's an Aeronca C-2 with an E107 engine on the nose. 26 HP. A good
airplane in it's day, it's not a motorglider, though. It's also a single
seater and there's no way it would fly unless those guys weigh less than
about 90 lbs each.

Agreed. I had an opportunity to take a short flight in a C-2 (a.k.a.
Flying Bathtub) about 20 yrs. ago (my first tailwheel flight). The one I
flew looks like the one in the pic except for the landing gear wheels looked
more like bicycle wheels.

I think the pic and the story must be a 1930s hoax (or some poor pilot's
wishful thinking). I can't see any way that two guys could fly a C-2 to
South America.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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