>On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:54:05 +1030, Coop
>chariotnose.netwheel.au> wrote:
>

>>On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:07:48 -0800 (PST), terry
>>iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>>

>>>On Dec 27, 6:44 pm, terry iprimus.com.au> wrote:

>>>> On Dec 27, 6:32 pm, Stealth Pilot aeroplanes.com.au>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:58:54 GMT, "justlookin" you.com>
>>>>> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>>         I'm thinking this will be a bit of a long shot with the limited
>>>>>>information, but i'm interested in finding out the type of aircraft in the
>>>>>>following picture :
>>>>>>http://collections.ncc.nsw.gov.au/keemu/objects/common/webmedia.php?i...

>>>>

>>>>>> Unfortunately  I can't post the picture as it's copyrighted,  so to view
>>>>>>you have to go to the site. Background is my wife is tracing her family
>>>>>>history and it seems to include several people in the photo and it's
>>>>>>apparently from 1935, I haven't been able to find anything from that era yet
>>>>>>as a posible candidate for the aircraft type, I'm thinking it can't have
>>>>>>motors on the wings as the people in the picture take up a fair bit of
>>>>>>space, the location is possibly Melbourne or Newcastle.I can see the rhs
>>>>>>under carriage seems fixed and out at 45 deg or so and possibly a radial
>>>>>>engine at the front. So if anyone can shed any light as to a possible
>>>>>>aircraft type, it would be greatly appreciated !
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>    Steve.

>>>>

>>>>> looks like a 1935 fairchild 22

>>>>
>>>> If it is a Fairchild it aint the 22 cos the 22 has  an open cockpit.
>>>> the aircraft in the picture clearly has enclosed cabin. Fairchild 71 C
>>>> perhaps?

>>>
>>>or the Fairchild 24 first made in 1932 ( When Stealth was just a
>>>boy :>) )
>>>I can make out an N and possibly an O following it on the fuselage
>>>just between the fist 2 old boilers.
>>>does that mean anything to anyone?

>>
>>Don't think it's an Argus. The tiny piece of elevator/tailplane
>>visible appears to have horn balance- and there appear to be more
>>windows than the Argus had, and the engine heads stick out from the
>>side of the forward fuselage without cowling. Most Argus piccies show
>>cowling and engine heads in line with the rest of the fuse. And it
>>seems larger than the Argus, although that could be the perspective.
>>Dammned if I can figure what it is, tho'
>>
>>Coop

>
>Maybe an early Stinson? (Model W, or Junior)
>
>Coop