Murphy????

[skywagon8a]

Is this a Murphy Moose?
I found this at PYM this week belonging to a local Doctor. The data plate calls it a Schneider Loadmaster s/n 1. I was told it came from Canada.

 

[tedwaltman1]

Very similar to a Murphy Moose, but no, it is not. The windows are different. Vertical fin is different. Wing profile is different.

 

[stewartb]

It looks like a Found Bush Hawk with a turbine.

 

[Cubus Maximus]

Lockheed Loadmaster with PT-6 conversion. https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/200973513/n7240k-1997-lockheed-loadmaster It used to live not far from here in Hinckley, MN

Designed by Al Mooney when he was working for Lockheed. Also known as the Model 60, AL-60, LASA-60, CL-402 and built by Lockheed-Azacarate, Aviones Lockheed-Kaiser, Aermacchi, Atlas and Northwest Industries (NW Ranger). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aermacchi_AL-60 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Ranger

 

[skywagon8a]

It looks like a Found Bush Hawk with a turbine.

They both are boxy airplanes. The Found doesn't have a wing strut.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

https://generalaviationnews.com/2020/05/10/the-last-of-its-type-lars-gleitsmanns-lockheed-60/


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[RaisedByWolves]

https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/200973513/n7240k-1997-lockheed-loadmaster


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[skywagon8a]

Lockheed Loadmaster with PT-6 conversion. https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/200973513/n7240k-1997-lockheed-loadmaster It used to live not far from here in Hinckley, MN

https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/200973513/n7240k-1997-lockheed-loadmaster

Well it does look like this airplane. The paint job almost matches. The N number has been changed. According to the FAA the deregistered N7240K was on a King air and previously a PA-18-105. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7240k

The current N2719E is a Schneider Loadmaster experimental Amateur Built. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2719e The data plate verifies this. I did not see the big EXPERIMENTAL posted on it. Perhaps it is inside the doors?

It does look like what is described as the Lockheed. The Lockheed 60 was originally designed in the late 1950s to be manufactured by someone other than Lockheed, originally in Mexico. I remember seeing one in Anchorage in 1972. Do you suppose that Richard Schneider modified a Lockheed 60 so extensively that the FAA allowed him an EAB airworthiness? I did not see a data plate with Lockheed's name on it. Is this the same Richard Schneider who lived in Eagle River and was known for his racing slick bush wheels and skis?

Look at the Murphy Moose with a PT-6 here: https://www.murphyair.com/moose/

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Well it does look like this airplane. The paint job almost matches. The N number has been changed. According to the FAA the deregistered N7240K was on a King air and previously a PA-18-105. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7240k

The current N2719E is a Schneider Loadmaster experimental Amateur Built. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2719e The data plate verifies this. I did not see the big EXPERIMENTAL posted on it. Perhaps it is inside the doors?

It does look like what is described as the Lockheed. The Lockheed 60 was originally designed in the late 1950s to be manufactured by someone other than Lockheed, originally in Mexico. I remember seeing one in Anchorage in 1972. Do you suppose that Richard Schneider modified a Lockheed 60 so extensively that the FAA allowed him an EAB airworthiness? I did not see a data plate with Lockheed's name on it. Is this the same Richard Schneider who lived in Eagle River and was known for his racing slick bush wheels and skis?

Look at the Murphy Moose with a PT-6 here: https://www.murphyair.com/moose/

Looks like it was for sale in Canada, I would assume it came back and got a different n number


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[skywagon8a]

Looks like it was for sale in Canada, I would assume it came back and got a different n number

That does explain the different N number, but the FAA's record of the old N number doesn't match.

 

[hotrod180]

FWIW I did see a Murphy (super rebel / SR2500 / moose / ?? ) fitted with a turboprop engine taking off from Bremerton airport KPWT recently.

 

[Cubus Maximus]

Before the rebuild: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1104176

 

[hotrod180]

Before the rebuild: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1104176

Looks like a cowl for a round engine--
in fact, looks almost like the cowl off a Yak18T.
I wonder which engine it had?

 

[skywagon8a]

Looks like a cowl for a round engine--
in fact, looks almost like the cowl off a Yak18T.
I wonder which engine it had?

That was my guess too. Look at the prop, it is counter-clockwise rotating as is the Ivchenko on the Yak.

 

[707Light]

Here is a picture of a Lockheed LASA that I took at The Lake Hood tie-downs many years ago (2004+/-).
I posted it in an EAA chapter newsletter and the son of one of the previous owners reached out to after doing an N number Google search of it and finding my chapter blurb. His dad used it in an aerial photography business.
I recall he said it was a dog as configured. I guess putting a turbine on it changes things a bit.