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Dave Grow has the lead as we fly over the Piankatank river on our return from lunch at the Pilot House Restaurant, Hummel Airport (W75). Taken with an iPhone XR. Photo by Peter Coen.
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: 2 Champs 2 Lunch

See if you can guess what model and type of aircraft this fuselage belongs to...it's very rare and belongs to a friend! The photo was taken on his property in Colden, NY. Copyrighted photo by Tom Ciura.
Rare Mystery Aircraft

Toronto skyline reflected in the wing of a C150. Taken with a Google Pixel3A. Photo by Kim Nesbitt, submitted by Manfred Harder.
Toronto Reflection

Preflighting my Mini Coupe at the Lawrence Co. Airport in Chesapeake, OH, for dawn patrol. This was taken in about 1980. I completed the build in 1976. I am 82 now and those were the best days. The last I heard, the coupe was still flying in Pikeville, KY. Copyrighted photo by Ralph Lawhon Jr.
Preflight for Dawn Patrol
The mystery aircraft is one of 27 QU-22B, converted Beech 36 Bonanzas, that were used during the Vietnam war. Based on what can be seen of the USAF serial number, I assume this is 70-1545, msn EB.24, formerly registered as N57895.
Good eye, AGP, you are correct! The aircraft is indeed a Beech QU22B , a USAF Surveillance aircraft from the Vietnam era. I was there but we had F-100C’s. This particular aircraft resided at the Burgard Vocational High School Flight Hangar in Buffalo, NY where it was used as part of the Aviation and Airframe and Powerplant curriculum. My brother taught there for a number of years. The QU22B was acquired by my friend when Burgard no longer needed it. TC