An L-13 Grasshopper, or Stinson L-13 which I will also accept as the correct answer. Congratulations to our three winners; Dallas, Alan and Bob. Codes for a free copy of SkyCharts are on their way to you!
I chose the L-13 as the first mystery aircraft because when I was a teenager I had a summer job working as a shop helper at a maintenance facility at the local airport. The owner of the business had an immaculately restored L-13 in the hangar and I would study it at any chance I could get. Sure it’s not the fastest or prettiest airplane out there, but it was designed so that you could fold the wings and tail, pivot the main wheels 180° until they were inside the main gear legs, and attach a tow bar so that it could be towed backwards behind an army jeep. It was so cool, and I’ve never forgotten the aircraft. Little did I know back then just how rare a bird she was.
A big THANK YOU goes to the developer of SkyCharts, Heikki Julkunen, for sponsoring this contest. If you didn’t win this time, another chance is coming later this week, so stay tuned to the news feed.
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