Mystery STOL

I think it's a Fairchild but I'm not sure

"Byker" wrote in
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I think it's a Fairchild but I'm not sure

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Well crap. The U.S. moved one space forward on the ugly
aircraft scale. Seventeen more oddballs like this and
we'll be tied with Britain.

Quite a STOL. At rest, it's half-way airborne.

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 21:50:34 -0500, "Byker" wrote:

I think it's a Fairchild but I'm not sure

Good guess! Fairchild VZ-5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_VZ-5

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I think it's a Fairchild but I'm not sure
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Fairchild VZ-5

"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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Good guess! Fairchild VZ-5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_VZ-5

Wow, one engine, four props. Check out the state-of-the-art (1956) wind
tunnel test equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4lTs0DgxyM