[FPSPACE] Off-topic request

[David M Harland]

Jim, thanks for that, but it wasn't the Convair Model 48 Charger.

Geoff, Yest it was the Edgely Optica, only I was wrong about the 
twin-engine aspect of the design.

Many thanks for responding, both.

dmh



At 10:23 +0000 5/11/09, Geoff Richards wrote:
>Unless you were thinking of the Edgely Optica, which fits the bubble 
>cockpit description:
>
><http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/edgley_optica.php>http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/edgley_optica.php
>
>Geoff
>
>2009/11/5 Jim Davis <<mailto:jimdavis2 at earthlink.net>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>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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