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Old 4th Jun 2020, 19:56
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Is that a Verhees Delta?
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Old 4th Jun 2020, 20:15
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Unfortunately not, it's a bit older than that.
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Old 4th Jun 2020, 21:26
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Think it's a Dyke Delta.

Didn't some one on here, or maybe Flypast, see a French one visiting the UK last year?
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Old 5th Jun 2020, 16:09
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Spot on, it is a Dyke Delta so over to you.



Have to say I think the Verhees Delta is a lot more sci-fi



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Old 5th Jun 2020, 16:18
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Have to be an open house...
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Old 5th Jun 2020, 16:33
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I’ve been mixing up my deltas
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Old 6th Jun 2020, 00:03
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Originally Posted by Jhieminga
I’ve been mixing up my deltas
I must say I Googled "Dyke Delta" with a certain trepidation, but only aircraft turned up.
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Old 6th Jun 2020, 00:53
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I knew it was a Dyke Delta but treadders beat me to it! However, his open house allows me to post this "smiling" beauty:



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Old 6th Jun 2020, 06:41
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That would be a Transland aircraft of some description (trusting my rickety memory) from the USA in, I think, mid to late 1950s, intended for aerial application of spray against unsuspecting caterpillars or some such. And that would appear to be a monstrosity of a wing section, and a very broad undercarriage track too.
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Old 6th Jun 2020, 08:10
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Originally Posted by dduxbury310
That would be a Transland aircraft of some description (trusting my rickety memory) from the USA in, I think, mid to late 1950s, intended for aerial application of spray against unsuspecting caterpillars or some such. And that would appear to be a monstrosity of a wing section, and a very broad undercarriage track too.
From the same designer as the Ercoupe.
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Old 6th Jun 2020, 08:44
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And that would appear to be a monstrosity of a wing section
Exactly what I was thinking - saw a redwood trunk in half and plane a bit off!
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Old 6th Jun 2020, 09:03
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Originally Posted by dduxbury310
That would be a Transland aircraft of some description ........spray against unsuspecting caterpillars or some such....,.
If I42 requires exact type:
This is the Texas/Transland/Weick Ag-1.
But I leave the honor too Dux.

Dduxbury,
as I have no experience in crop spraying; is there a significant difference in spraying unsuspecting caterpillars and suspecting caterpillars?
I could imagine the latter ones go into cocooning????
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Old 7th Jun 2020, 01:26
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That's the one. The Ag-1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_College_Ag-1)



Designed by Fred Weick of Ercoupe fame* (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Weick) when he was at Texas A&M. He subsequently designed the Ag-3, which morphed into the Pawnee. Obviously, Redwoods were hard to come by in College Station!



I found these aircraft while looking for information on the Pawnee, in advance of flying my gliding club's new towplane!

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* PS Fred had many other achievements that are not as well known as the Ercoupe. I didn't know until I read the Wiki article, that he was involved in the development of the NACA cowl - http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/...aca-tn-301.pdf

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Old 7th Jun 2020, 07:01
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Well I never! I thought with the Pawnee, Piper had just turned a Cub upside down!
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Old 7th Jun 2020, 17:35
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Piper had just turned a Cub upside down!
Not far from it! I have been told that the wing is basically a Super Cub wing, with struts on top. It certainly looks like it. The Pawnee's wingspan is one foot more than the Super Cub, which is presumably due to the wider fuselage.

PS dduxbury310 has control.

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Old 9th Jun 2020, 15:43
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While we’re waiting for dux, I’ll post another obscure one that I just stumbled upon:



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Old 9th Jun 2020, 17:40
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Look s like Yorkshire to me
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Old 9th Jun 2020, 17:59
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Trust a geologist to spot the drystone walls!
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Old 9th Jun 2020, 18:26
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Geographers can spot them too!

Early effort by Yorkshire Sailplanes?
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Old 9th Jun 2020, 21:03
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The airfield might be in Yorkshire, but nothing to do with YS.

What was the designer thinking of with that nose-shape?
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