Name this plane

[flyer]

Here is a curious plane. Anyone know what it is?

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

It's a dirty, unused hanger queen.

Or was I supposed to be more specific?

SIAI-MARCHETTI
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=937W&cmndfind.x=12&cmndfind.y=11

 

[Dan Thomas]

Here is a curious plane. Anyone know what it is?

Siai-Marchetti S205. Italian. See http://www.airliners.net/search/pho...arch=SIAI-Marchetti S-205/208&aircraftsearch=

When I was in Gaborone, Botswana, Africa last fall there was one moldering away in the grass. Sad, Owner hadn't paid the bill so the shop had removed the rudder and parked it.

Dan

 

[Dan Thomas]

It's a dirty, unused hanger queen.

Or was I supposed to be more specific?

SIAI-MARCHETTI
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=937W&cmndfind.x=12&cmndfind.y=11

Arrgh. You beat me to it by ONE minute.

Dan

 

[Frank Browne]

Aww...I wanna adopt it!

 

[Pilawt]

Designed and built in Italy in the mid-1960's as the SIAI S.205R, briefly assembled and marketed in the U.S. as the Waco S-220 (photo below). Early models did not have that ugly third window. Those built for the European market had a 200-hp Lycoming IO-360; those sold under the "Waco" name (sacrilege!!) had a 220-hp Franklin.

There was also a fixed-gear version, the SIAI S.205, that was not imported to the U.S.

 

[Diana]

It's a dirty, unused hanger queen.

Or was I supposed to be more specific?

SIAI-MARCHETTI
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=937W&cmndfind.x=12&cmndfind.y=11

So, is that one aerobatic like the newer models?

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Designed and built in Italy in the mid-1960's as the SIAI S.205R, briefly assembled and marketed in the U.S. as the Waco S-220 (photo below). Early models did not have that ugly third window. Those built for the European market had a 200-hp Lycoming IO-360; those sold under the "Waco" name (sacrilege!!) had a 220-hp Franklin.

There was also a fixed-gear version, the SIAI S.205, that was not imported to the U.S.

Wow, I looked up the tail number from the pic you posted, it was in TWO accidents.

On 12/1/1966, the nose gear drag link failed on touchdown at "Sky Harbor Muni" in Phoenix, AZ.

Then, on 1/21/1972, the prop hub failed, one blade separated, the engine vibrated partway off the mount and canted inside the cowl, jamming the nose gear. Pilot had to land off-airport gear up. All 4 aboard walked away, fortunately, but the plane is no more.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Early models did not have that ugly third window.

I think it looks better with the extra window--cabin looks bigger, more light in the cabin, etc.