"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/14/2020 at 09:43 • Filed to: good morning oppo, wingspan
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/14/2020 at 09:43 • Filed to: good morning oppo, wingspan | 2
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Hmm, I think I’ll have some eggs for breakfast.
This is the American Gyro AG-4 Crusader (X-14429). Designed as the Shelton Flying Wing in 1933 by Thomas Shelton, only one was built before the company went bankrupt due to securities fraud. Despite the fact that the Crusader never went into production, Chicago-based Tootsietoy made a die cast version of it.
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> ttyymmnn
07/14/2020 at 09:51 |
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Morning. Real odd looking thing. . .
facw
> ttyymmnn
07/14/2020 at 09:52 |
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I would entirely believe that model was a kitbash of a Dymaxion Car and a P-61
TheRealBicycleBuck
> ttyymmnn
07/14/2020 at 10:05 |
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Neat!
punkgoose17
> ttyymmnn
07/14/2020 at 11:26 |
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It looks very futuristic
compared to all the planes in the background. I love the tall narrow engine nacelles, and they are blended with the wheel spats.
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ttyymmnn
> punkgoose17
07/14/2020 at 11:45 |
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She’s a good looking aircraft.
Only Vespas...
> ttyymmnn
07/14/2020 at 12:12 |
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Nice! I didn’t know this one. I was curious about the engines...Hidden in those streamlined cowlings are a pair of ...wait for it.. Menasco Pirates, my all time favorite aero engine name.
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ttyymmnn
> Only Vespas...
07/14/2020 at 12:30 |
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That engine turned up in a recent post. Was it a Ryan? Yes, I think it was. ( It was .) This photo (and other recent ones) came from a San Diego Air and Space Museum collection, and there are tons of photos of Ryan stuff in it. I’m guessing the donor used to work for Ryan back in the day.