Identify this 1930 airliner?

[Adam Aulick]

Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
<http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>

The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting booklet. It
contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930, an air route map
including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route through Indianapolis
and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's first air-minded hotel". Many
of the routes, even southern ones such as Alabama-New Orleans, are
listed as "not operating in winter"

~Adam Aulick
adam @ aulick.notthisbit.net

[Jim Macklin]

Looks like an artists rendition of a composite airplane,
part Ford Tri-motor, part Italian, part German.



"Adam Aulick" > wrote in message
t...
| Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
| <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
|
| The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting
booklet. It
| contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930, an
air route map
| including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route through
Indianapolis
| and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's first air-minded
hotel". Many
| of the routes, even southern ones such as Alabama-New
Orleans, are
| listed as "not operating in winter"
|
| ~Adam Aulick
| adam @ aulick.notthisbit.net

[Tom Conner]

"Adam Aulick" > wrote in message
t...
> Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
> <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
>

It looks like something from the Buck Rogers era of magazine covers.

[d&tm]

"Adam Aulick" > wrote in message
t...
> Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
> <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
>
> The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting booklet. It
> contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930, an air route map
> including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route through Indianapolis
> and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's first air-minded hotel". Many
> of the routes, even southern ones such as Alabama-New Orleans, are
> listed as "not operating in winter"

It looks a bit like a picture of a Maiden Dearborn IV which was apparently
operated by Ford . ( picture is in International Encylopedia of Aviation ed
David Mondey 1977 but is not a particularly good shot) . Tried googling but
didnt find much.
Terry
PPL downunder

[Mxsmanic]

Adam Aulick writes:

> Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
> <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
>
> The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting booklet. It
> contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930, an air route map
> including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route through Indianapolis
> and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's first air-minded hotel". Many
> of the routes, even southern ones such as Alabama-New Orleans, are
> listed as "not operating in winter"

Since it's a drawing, it probably doesn't correspond to any real
aircraft, but merely incorporates the visual features of various
aircraft of the time. Rather like the aircraft in _Toy Story_ or _The
Incredibles_, which didn't seem to correspond to anything real.

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[john smith]

Looks almost like a DeHavilland Rapid with two extra engines

Adam Aulick wrote:

> Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
> <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
>
> The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting booklet. It
> contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930, an air route
> map including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route through
> Indianapolis and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's first air-minded
> hotel". Many of the routes, even southern ones such as Alabama-New
> Orleans, are listed as "not operating in winter"
>
> ~Adam Aulick
> adam @ aulick.notthisbit.net

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Adam Aulick" > wrote in message
t...
>
> Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
> <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
>

Fokker F-32, with a bit of artistic license thrown in.

[Mxsmanic]

Steven P. McNicoll writes:

> Fokker F-32, with a bit of artistic license thrown in.

I didn't realize planes that ugly could be designed.

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[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
Mxsmanic > wrote:

> Steven P. McNicoll writes:
>
> > Fokker F-32, with a bit of artistic license thrown in.
>
> I didn't realize planes that ugly could be designed.

Well - somebody's gotta say it: "That is one *UGLY* Fokker!"

[d&tm]

"john smith" > wrote in message
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> Looks almost like a DeHavilland Rapid with two extra engines

my first thought was a deHavilland something or other based on the front
end. But the Rapide is a biplane ,. I also wondered where you got the two
extra engine bit, then I saw what looked like a pusher propeller at the back
of each engine. Did any real airplane ever have engines mounted back to
back ( as distinct from the C337 which are at each end of the cabin.?
Another poster said the Fokker F32 which does look similar to the drawing
except the cockpit does not come flush with the front of the aircraft..
Perhaps it does only exist in the artists mind.
Terry
PPL downunder.



> Adam Aulick wrote:
>
> > Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
> > <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
> >
> > The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting booklet. It
> > contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930, an air route
> > map including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route through
> > Indianapolis and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's first air-minded
> > hotel". Many of the routes, even southern ones such as Alabama-New
> > Orleans, are listed as "not operating in winter"
> >
> > ~Adam Aulick
> > adam @ aulick.notthisbit.net
>

[Jim Macklin]

Dornier and some other airplanes used puller/pusher nacelles
to increase power without increasing wing span.



"d&tm" > wrote in message
...
|
| "john smith" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Looks almost like a DeHavilland Rapid with two extra
engines
|
| my first thought was a deHavilland something or other
based on the front
| end. But the Rapide is a biplane ,. I also wondered where
you got the two
| extra engine bit, then I saw what looked like a pusher
propeller at the back
| of each engine. Did any real airplane ever have engines
mounted back to
| back ( as distinct from the C337 which are at each end of
the cabin.?
| Another poster said the Fokker F32 which does look
similar to the drawing
| except the cockpit does not come flush with the front of
the aircraft..
| Perhaps it does only exist in the artists mind.
| Terry
| PPL downunder.
|
|
|
| > Adam Aulick wrote:
| >
| > > Can anybody identify the aircraft in this picture?
| > > <http://pgh.aulick.net/1930mysteryplane.jpg>
| > >
| > > The picture is a scan of the cover of an interesting
booklet. It
| > > contains tables of typical airfares for February 1930,
an air route
| > > map including an Embry-Riddle airline with one route
through
| > > Indianapolis and Chicago, and an ad for "the world's
first air-minded
| > > hotel". Many of the routes, even southern ones such
as Alabama-New
| > > Orleans, are listed as "not operating in winter"
| > >
| > > ~Adam Aulick
| > > adam @ aulick.notthisbit.net
| >
|
|

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
> In article >,
> Mxsmanic > wrote:
>
> > Steven P. McNicoll writes:
> >
> > > Fokker F-32, with a bit of artistic license thrown in.
> >
> > I didn't realize planes that ugly could be designed.
>
> Well - somebody's gotta say it: "That is one *UGLY* Fokker!"

Indeed it is:-

http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/index5/Civil/index5-2%20F32.html

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"d&tm" > wrote in message
...
>
> my first thought was a deHavilland something or other based on the front
> end. But the Rapide is a biplane ,. I also wondered where you got the two
> extra engine bit, then I saw what looked like a pusher propeller at the
> back
> of each engine. Did any real airplane ever have engines mounted back to
> back ( as distinct from the C337 which are at each end of the cabin.?
>

Yes, the Fokker F-32, for one.

http://aerofiles.com/fok-f32x.jpg