First person to post here with correct identification of this aircraft, wins the "boobie" prize. Ten points added to their forum member post count and the win will be shown in their member rank/status till the next contest winner.

Mystery Aircraft Fifteen picture will be posted here Wednesday (02/2/05) night at 11:59 PM Central Time (US & Canada), Mexico City.

Here it is:

:D a color photo...thanks that will help
:blink: ugly plane...lol

that is a Maule. that is a wild plane.

Nope, not a "Maule". :no:

This one is not as pretty as the "Maule". ;)


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Come on now...Lets get going...Nice sharp color picture...No excuses.
Just a plain ol single engine airplane. Nothing fancy.
Don't "sandbag", someone might identify it any moment.
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This one looks easy but is very hard..lol i think i am getting close.

OK...A little more help.
How about a flying picture.

:huh: we need another hint....

You do? :banghead:

I will post my best picture of the ** ******* ***(Ooops, Glad I caught myself and edited this reply before any of yall saw that) Sunday night sometime.

We really need to wait till Monday morning for Tony to check in from work.
He was looking at it Friday and thought he had good idea of identification. :unsure:

IT IS A CESSNA :bigplane:

Good try, Alan.

But nope, not a Cessna of any kind. :no:


This seems to be one of those kind of hard to guess aircraft and it needs/deserves a bigger reward/prize.
The prize is now increased to "15" points added to member forum post count.

:huh: how about a clue...
something other than a picture :)

OK...Big hint will be posted here Monday. :newstuff:

Stay tuned.

happy mardi gras to all the flying guys&girls :beer: :blink:

Hi "D", Happy Maudi Gras back to you.

Here is the big clue that ought to do the trick.

We are talking about airplanes here..right? :P

Got it! It's a "pink bird on a fence next to a plant" model 101

What kind of bird?
What kind of plant?

This could be helpfull hints.
Might just give you a clue.

***** holds ****** of world on shoulders.

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Come on fellows, this should be all yall need. :crying:
Some good airplane guessers out there, I know for sure.
Remember, a big fifteen points for this one. :banana:
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good hints.....but still very hard. I am working on it... :huh:

this is very Difficult

This must be a real tuffie.

In the hint picture above, the plant grows real good and fast in southern United States.
The bird is kind of crazy and has four letter name.
The weight of the world on his shoulders according to some really old timers.

i think its a kind of a parrot

Its a hercules dodo plane

Sorry...Wrong and wrong.

Yall get real now and guess this airplane.

It is a "****s **m ***u"

This mystery aircraft has now gone un-identified longer than any other I think.

So, the prize is now bumped to Twenty Points for the lucky winner.

It is a "***as *4m **du"

Have I got yall stumped?
Should I go ahead and tell?
Or give you a little longer?

Alvin, tell us what it is. And then take away twenty points from the guys that have been getting it. :biggrin: :hysterical:

hehehe...That could be a good idea, Don. :lol:

Or, in the future, participants in Mystery Aircraft Contest would have to put up some of their points in the pot and winner takes all. :twocents: :twocents:

I will give yall a little more time, confidence is high :unsure: that it will get correctly identified.

Atlas CM4 Kudu

We Have a Winner!!

It is indeed an Atlas C4M KUDU.(close enough, at least all the correct letters and number are there)

Congratulations Andrew, you have won the "boopie" prize for winning the "Mystery Aircraft Fifteen" contest.

Andrew/Osirus711 receives twenty points added to his forum post count total and his member rank/status will reflect his win till we have another new contest winner.

Due to several inquireys about just what my clues were:
In the picture, the bird is a Kuku bird and the plant is Kudzu vine.
Atlas held the weight of the world on his shoulders and Hercules relieved him for a short time till though a trick of the ancient greek/roman gods, Atlas got the job back.

About forty of the C4M KUDU airplanes were built for the South African Airforce, to be used in short/no field operations in the bush.

BIG Congratulations Andrew! that was a hard one even with hints. Alvin sure knows how to pic them