C-130 That Shrank in the Wash

No. . . sorry, if the answer had been as easy as a Dash 7, C-27 or
C-123, I wouldn't have bothered you guys. I remember pictures of a
prototype flying, but I am certain it never went into production.

It was a high wing four-engine turbo-prop with a very square or
rectangular fuselage cross section. It was developed in the mid to
late sixties or the very early seventies. I seem to remember it was
being initially developed in the U.S., with production possibly in
Puerto Rico.

Thanks to all for the thoughts on the subject. Blue skies

John

"John" wrote in message
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No. . . sorry, if the answer had been as easy as a Dash 7, C-27 or
C-123, I wouldn't have bothered you guys. I remember pictures of a
prototype flying, but I am certain it never went into production.

It was a high wing four-engine turbo-prop with a very square or
rectangular fuselage cross section. It was developed in the mid to
late sixties or the very early seventies. I seem to remember it was
being initially developed in the U.S., with production possibly in
Puerto Rico.

Thanks to all for the thoughts on the subject. Blue skies

John

John,

I bet if you posed this question over at alt.binaries.pictures.aviation,
you'd not only get an answer but probably several photographic examples.

Stumping that group is damn near impossible.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ

I believe you are talking about the Ahrens AR-404. Search for ahrens on
the following website to get some of the story:

http://www.laahs.com/

Eric

Jay Beckman wrote:
"John" wrote in message
ups.com...
No. . . sorry, if the answer had been as easy as a Dash 7, C-27 or
C-123, I wouldn't have bothered you guys. I remember pictures of a
prototype flying, but I am certain it never went into production.

It was a high wing four-engine turbo-prop with a very square or
rectangular fuselage cross section. It was developed in the mid to
late sixties or the very early seventies. I seem to remember it was
being initially developed in the U.S., with production possibly in
Puerto Rico.

Thanks to all for the thoughts on the subject. Blue skies

John

John,

I bet if you posed this question over at alt.binaries.pictures.aviation,
you'd not only get an answer but probably several photographic examples.

Stumping that group is damn near impossible.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ

Interesting airplane. I'd pictured a four engine Shorts and wasn't too
far off. The AR-404 has a similar wing planform and boxy fuse.

Wait a minute... the OP said it looked like a shrunken C-130? I'm not
seeing it...

I had a look . . .and yep . . . it was the Ahrens AR-404. Nice looking
airplane (to my eye). Too bad it didnt work out. Thank you very much
to all.

Blue skies

John