by Vintage Aircraft Association | Aug 12, 2016 | Mystery Airplane
The first correct identification of VAA’s June Mystery Plane was submitted by Ulrich Rist. Wayne Muxlow, Ed Cook and Frank Nichols also submitted correct answers. An article describing the newly introduced Curtiss Model N Tractor Trainer appeared in the March 29, 1915...
by Vintage Aircraft Association | Jun 16, 2016 | Mystery Airplane
Even though there was only one built, VAA aviation historians had no problem identifying the April Mystery Plane. First correct answer came from Ulrich Rist who correctly identified the four-engine aircraft as the Monsted-Vincent MV-1 Starflight. Others who supplied...
by Vintage Aircraft Association | Apr 11, 2016 | Mystery Airplane
The first correct response received for the April 2016 Mystery Plane was submitted by Wayne Muxlow. He identified the amphibian as the Towle TA-3 which was built during 1930 in Detroit, Michigan by the Towle Aircraft Comany under Group 2 approval #2.291. The 8-place...
by Vintage Aircraft Association | Jan 25, 2016 | Mystery Airplane
The December Mystery Plane proved to be no mystery for a number of VAA members, the first coming from Tim Cansler who identified the aircraft as the National Airplane and Motor Company’s Bluebird LP-4. Other correct answers were received from Ulrich Rist, Jim Grant,...
by Vintage Aircraft Association | Dec 3, 2015 | Mystery Airplane
The only correct identification of the October Mystery plane—the Johnson Uniplane—was received from Bradford Payne. He wrote: The October Mystery plane Is a Johnson Uniplane. It was designed by Richard B. Johnson of Chicago, IL. Mr. Johnson was issued U. S. patent...
by Vintage Aircraft Association | Sep 29, 2015 | Mystery Airplane
(Below is what the November 1941 issue of Aero Digest magazine had to say about the Langley Twin) The Twin-Engined 4-Place “Langley” Built by a New Process of Fused Plastics and Mahogany Plywood Newest entry in the plywood aircraft field is the four-place twin-engined...
