NorwichCadet Posted January 15, 2017 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2017 I know this is a terrible picture but the original was terrible. The year is 1937 about. My father is a West point cadet training in this plane wanting to be a pilot. However, every time he flew he would barf in the plane and had to clean up the mess as he is doing in another picture. So ended his flying career . However, he was tagged with the name "buckets" ever after by his classmates. I am curious what this plane is. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff TX Posted January 16, 2017 Share #2 Posted January 16, 2017 I believe this is an O-46A aircraft but won't put money on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff TX Posted January 16, 2017 Share #3 Posted January 16, 2017 Manufactured by Douglas Aicraft Corporation in 1936 & 1937. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahe Demirjian Posted January 25 Share #4 Posted January 25 On 1/15/2017 at 4:21 PM, Jeff TX said: I believe this is an O-46A aircraft but won't put money on it. The O-46 first flew in 1935, so you guessed the identity of the aircraft correctly. Also, the O-46 differed from the older O-43 in having a radial engine (the radial cowling for the O-46's engine can be discerned in the photo in post#1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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