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Post by windrunner on Feb 17, 2008 1:36:07 GMT -5
What's this???  |
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Post by leylandspurr on Feb 17, 2008 5:27:36 GMT -5
Well, it looks like a Clark G. A. 43, but I hadn't been aware they were ever fitted with floats - There were only four I think and two went to Swissair, one to South America and the remaining one was used in the SouthWestern USA.
So, if my guess is right, which one had the floats?
Leyland
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Post by Bookman on Feb 17, 2008 18:21:38 GMT -5
Indeed, The Clark GA-43 (actually produced by the General Aircraft company) was produced on floats:  Just crawled out of the dark hole of winter, extra teaching load and discovered my web page is down. Am working to get it running once more. But wanted to contribute to this discussion. KB |
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Post by windrunner on Feb 18, 2008 8:18:09 GMT -5
Thanks you guys, very interesting. I may say it was a very curious plane; if you look at the fuselage shape with a bit of imagination, it seems to be designed having some sort of biplane in mind; but what actually amazes me, is the position of the pilot station. too high and too close to the engine and too ahead fo the plane's gravity center.
The float version of the painting I posted must have been the same one of the photo (a Colombian Air Force plane), so you both are on the right track.
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