Scooter Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Hello all... anyone know what this thing is perhaps? And (gulp)..any known kits of any type? Thanks in advance.. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I have no idea. Dutch, post WWII. I can't wait to see what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Filippone Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 It is Dutch registry, but that does not necessarily mean it was built in Holland. Having said that, I think it is a post-WWII civil project by Anthony Fokker. I will consult my Fokker references when I get home. Nick Filippone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Filippone Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I tried to reply to this once, but it did not post. I guess I am still on the learning curve with the new format. I believe this is a post-WWII Anthony Fokker project. I believe I have info on this in a privately published book on the "Cruader" which also covered just about every twin-boom aircraft built. When I get home from work, I will check. Nick Filippone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Edgar - Shame on you! A magician never gives away his secrets! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 It's a Stearman-Hammond Y.1S (aka Y.150S,) one of 14 built, including two which went to the US Navy. PH-APY was ferried, by ship, to Holland, arriving 24-9-37. It was sold to the RAF 30-5-39, and scrapped in February, 1942. No, I'm not a smart-a___ know-all; I Googled the registration letters. Edgar Wonder what the RAF wanted it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Google (DuH!) .... thank you very much. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Filippone Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Googling the code, indeed. Very sneaky. Indeed, in the book by Alexander Roca entitled "Crusader, The Story of the Shelton Flying Wing," there are two nice pictures of this aircraft. One carries the U.S. code NC15525 and has the name(the Pilot's or owner's?)- R.P. Bowman over the cockpit. In the other, the configuration is a little different in that there is no intake over the cockpit. Rather, there is simply a fairing in front of the engine that begins behind the cabin. Also, the shape of the vertical stabilizers and rudders are different. The only discernible marking is what appears to be "NS 73" on the vertical tail.The aircraft was originally ordered by the U.S. commerce Dept. It was the winner of the government's affordable aircraft contest of 1935.The story of how one found it's way to Holland would be interesting. Fokker did produce an aircraft of rather similar configuration after the war called the F-25 Promotor. Although it it a rather more attractive, it is so similar that one might wonder if it influenced Anthony Fokker in its design. John W. Burns "Plastic Aircraft Kits of the Twentieth Century" does not list a kit of this aircraft. "Aircraft Yearbook 3-View Drawings- 1903-1945" has a simple 3-view. Regards, Nick Filippone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulBradley Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 OK...now, guess this aircraft! And before you say it doesn't belong here...wait'll you learn who built it! Easy - that's a Messerschmitt! My dad restored one back in the seventies. It even has a side-opening canopy, just like the real thing! We always used to joke that it was slower than a Spitfire, but had a better turn radius! (Triumph Spitfire, that is!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Filippone Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 There is an additional reference to the Stearman- Hammond in the 1938 Jane's, including a different photo and specifications. Nick Filippone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquila Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hello all... anyone know what this thing is perhaps? And (gulp)..any known kits of any type? Thanks in advance.. Adam Adam, I think this Stearman-Hammond has some possible connection as a predecessor to the Fokker F.25 Promoter. Look at this web site and you'll see the "family resemblance". http://library.thinkquest.org/C002752/fokker.cgi?page=db/f25 You might have better luck finding the Fokker model than a Stearman-Hammond model. I hope it helps in your search. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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