help identifying old airplane

"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote in
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:49:57 GMT, "Gerald S."
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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

Thanks Martin and Bertie. So far none of the ones you recommended.
Much bigger and the open cockpit was like an flat-faced 18 wheeler with
the roof over the drivers/pilots heads cut off. It looked that weird.
If I hear what it is, I"ll post the answer.

Gerald

"Gerald S." wrote in news:R7Sbj.1509$pr6.56
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Thanks Martin and Bertie. So far none of the ones you recommended.
Much bigger and the open cockpit was like an flat-faced 18 wheeler with
the roof over the drivers/pilots heads cut off. It looked that weird.
If I hear what it is, I"ll post the answer.



A bit more of a description would help.

High wing? Biplane? Number of engines?

Bertie

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:37:51 -0800, "Gerald S." wrote in :


Thanks Martin and Bertie. So far none of the ones you recommended.
Much bigger and the open cockpit was like an flat-faced 18 wheeler with
the roof over the drivers/pilots heads cut off. It looked that weird.
If I hear what it is, I"ll post the answer.

Fokker T-2?

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero.../fokker_t2.htm

Marty
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"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote in
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:37:51 -0800, "Gerald S."
wrote in
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Thanks Martin and Bertie. So far none of the ones you recommended.
Much bigger and the open cockpit was like an flat-faced 18 wheeler
with the roof over the drivers/pilots heads cut off. It looked that
weird. If I hear what it is, I"ll post the answer.

Fokker T-2?

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero.../fokker_t2.htm

Marty

Yeah, that's what I thought, though I posted a pic of the F-2.

Might be an early Junkers airliner..

Bertie

TMartin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:
Fokker T-2?

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero.../fokker_t2.htm

this very well might be it. I can't find any photos of it while flying
though. The photo I saw of it I *think* was a color photo of it flying
shot maybe within the past 10 years. For now I'll accept that this is it.

thanks!

Gerald

"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote in
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:37:51 -0800, "Gerald S."


Marty

Like this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:K_30_L.JPG