[FPSPACE] Off-topic request

[Geoff Richards]

Unless you were thinking of the Edgely Optica, which fits the bubble cockpit
description:

http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/edgley_optica.php

Geoff

2009/11/5 Jim Davis <jimdavis2 at earthlink.net>

> David,
>
> You are probably thinking of the Convair Model 48 Charger that was the
> Broncos main competitor in the Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft
> Program. Since it was the loser in the competition it did not receive a
> designation and was never operated.
>
> http://www.ginterbooks.com/NAVAL/NF39.htm
>
> Jim Davis
>  > Can anyone tell me the designation of an observation aircraft that was
> > operated by the US in the 1960s which looked similar to an OV-10
> > Bronco in that it had two engines, straight shoulder wings, twin booms
> > and a broad cross tail set high between the vertical fins - but
> > instead of having the nose and cockpit of the Bronco it had a large
> > glass bubble (such as on early helicopters) for maximum visibility ?
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