Old Good Guy planes

Old Good Guy Planes

The Aircraft of Bill Barnes, his Friends
& his Enemies

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Bumble Bee

Bill's first particular machine was one that in Spanish was called the "Abejarron" (Bumble bee?). It was a two-seater plane. It could convert to a gyrocopter It could take off vertically be means of refillable rockets. It appears only in the first five novels.

Porpose?

The second airplane was called "Marsopa" ("Porpoise"?) and it was a submersible fighter that flooded its floats and could maneuver underwater. It had a folding periscope. It appears only in "The Phantom of the Fog"

The Hellion
It appears in"Blood over Borneo" and "The Secret Empire" There are not many details about this plane; it seems to be some kind of medium attack plane with two engines of 2.000 hp, it had an hangar for the Eaglet, and a rear artillery turret activated by remote control with a mechanical system of periscopes and mirrors.

Another picture can be found in the Eaglet section

The Early Snorters

I don't know enough about these. Except that they had the familiar pair of diesels. 1,200 hp apiece this time. Apparently Bill Barnes designed these.

top left- a very early Snorter in a tight spot from Wings of the Snow Country

All the rest are from Black Magic

The Scarlet Stormer

A very old Stormer with twin floats

The Scarlet Stormer was built at Barnes Field by Bill and Scotty MacCloskey to participate in an around the world.race. It won This is told in the "Flight of the Scarlet Stormer" and the "Flaming Circle". It was stolen and three duplicates were made by an arch-criminal called the Black Scorpion.

A detail from the title page of the Man Who Fell From the Sky

Some Friends