Aircraft Identification V

[verner]

Czech AV-57

[vikingBerserker]

Nice Verner

[Waynos]

You got it Verner! The Avia 57 of 1935.

[verner]

Let's try this one;

[Tzaw1]

With this registration flew Watter MWT-1.

[carson1934]

Originally Posted by Tzaw1

With this registration flew Watter MWT-1.

Very very good Tzaw1 I didn't even know that Mexico ever produced an aircraft!
Here's what flightglobal says:
quote
"The MWT1 long range monoplane designed by Dr. Michael Watter and built in Mexico. It is fitted with a Pratt & Whitney "Wasp" engine"
unquote
carson

[carson1934]

Originally Posted by Waynos

I'm sure they did Tzaw1. But this aint one of 'em. I would only point to the reggie as a clue for one reason.

How stupid of me Waynos, I looked up Letadla because I remembered that OK = Czechoslovakia but I just skipped this very plane!
By the way what's the meaning of "reggie"?
carson
Maybe it means registration?

[Waynos]

Yes thats right, its an abbreviation of registration. Good one on the Mexican jobbie Verner, I like that very much.

There is something very attractive about the thirties for me. Preparing for war but still surrounded by the naivety of peace. A bit like today I suppose. What was this little experiment all about?
(RAF registration removed by me to stop people looking it up )

[AMCKen]

Originally Posted by verner

Let's try this one;

Often wondered just how effective can a propellor be when half its diameter is blanked out by the engine.

[Graeme]

Originally Posted by Waynos

(RAF registration removed by me to stop people looking it up )

Was it K5053? The Northrop Gamma 2E?

Originally Posted by Waynos

What was this little experiment all about?

Absolutely no idea.

[lingo]

[QUOTE=Graeme;530446]Was it K5053? The Northrop Gamma 2E?



I think it is.

[Waynos]

Yes thats it, K5053, next on the register was the Spitifre!

The Northrop 2E is correct. Accordimng to the Flight of the time - 'This has been purchased in accordance with Air Ministry policy of buying examples of the latest and best foreign hardware to allow comparison of them with our own aeroplanes'

Funny, I don't recall the Air Ministry buying a Bf 109?

[Tzaw1]

Exactly. This is the Northrop Gamma 2ED-C alias A-17 tested by the A&AEE at Martlesham Heath. Summer 1935.
S/n: 47; US civil registration: X13760; RAF serial: K5053.

BTW I found other, new for me, Gamma's variant: 2G with Curtiss Conqueror SVG-1570F-4, Photo from Putnam's "McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920".

[Waynos]

The inline engine certainly makes it look very different. Speaking of different the 2E was the A-13 and the 2F became the A-17. They were similar but different aircraft.

Here's another

[carson1934]

Originally Posted by Tzaw1

Exactly. This is the Northrop Gamma 2ED-C alias A-17 tested by the A&AEE at Martlesham Heath. Summer 1935.
S/n: 47; US civil registration: X13760; RAF serial: K5053.

BTW I found other, new for me, Gamma's variant: 2G with Curtiss Conqueror SVG-1570F-4, Photo from Putnam's "McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920".

If I may bring my little contribute the Northrop Gamma's story of 1934 is a most interesting one. The aircraft in question (K5053 pic attached) was exported to RAF as you gentlemen said, Furthermore:
- 1 went to USSR
- 24 (+ 25 in component form) went to China
2EC and 2ED (for the ignoramus like myself) indicated three blade propellers, revised tail and varied seating configuration.
Source of this information is Aerofiles.
carson