Ugh! We’re not sure how to handle this one, so we figured it is best to channel our inner Alex Trebek and be a stickler for the rules since nobody was 100% correct. We were impressed with how quickly people got close to having both correct answers to the mystery plane and engine, and some even threw in some extra details, but no single person correctly identified both.
So the competition is still open to the first person who can correctly identify both the airframe and engine. Your hint is both have been identified, just not together from a single person.
We will have the history of the airplane up on Monday, in the meantime, here are a few more pictures from different angles. Not that it seems anybody needs more help…
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Clay Hammond said,
June 4, 2010 @ 9:18 am
OK, Pietenpol Sky Scout, Ford Model C modified for air cooling and dual ignition.
Bill Church said,
June 4, 2010 @ 11:39 am
And I’m going to stick with the Pietenpol Sky Scout, but say that the engine is from a Model A, rather than a Model T, but still modified for air and oil cooling.
admin said,
June 4, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
Congratulations to Bill Church for submitting the correct answer!!! The airplane is indeed a Pietenpol Sky Scout with an air cooled Model A engine. Just about everybody got the Pietenpol correct, and just about everybody had the Ford engine correct. But there were several Air Camper votes as well as Model T, B and C engine votes.
Anyhow, we’ll be dropping a T-Shirt in the mail for Mr. Church on Monday. We’ll also have more details about our Ford Model A powered Sky Scout up on the blog on Monday.
As we begin to add more of our project planes to the website, we may just try and give away more T-Shirts, so keep checking in if you have a good eye for identifying pieces of airplanes.
Drew Fidoe said,
June 14, 2010 @ 7:37 pm
The engine looks like a Claude Sessions Model-A Ford engine conversion! Very nice!
Dean Sevold said,
June 14, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
The engine is a Ford Model A engine Sessions air and oil cooled conversion. Another example of this conversion is in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, in a Pietenpol Air Camper.One of these engines sold out of Wisconsin last year.
Heinz said,
June 21, 2010 @ 8:26 am
Guys,
Very nice set-up. But I am worried about the engine support. One small oops and she will be damaged.
Does not look earthquakeproof.
Please get get a better engine stand.
Heinz
Mitch said,
December 12, 2011 @ 4:14 am
That’s the smart tinhinkg we could all benefit from.
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