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..............on April 1st

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... eaver.aspx

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Rich

Excellent...

The "Twin Beaver" story might be an April Fools hoax but the article doesn't make it clear that the Heinkel He 111Z "Zwilling" ("Twin") was certainly genuine.
http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2014/07/heinkel-he-111z-zwilling.html

As were the Wagner Twin J3 Cub, Messerschmitt Bf 109Z & of course the F-82 Twin Mustang. There was even a Twin Ercoupe specially built for air display flying & a Twin Tri-Pacer although this was a slightly different configuration without the twin fuselages --> http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/HornDavid/8788.htm

There are probably other examples that I can't think of right now.

Hagar wrote:The "Twin Beaver" story might be an April Fools hoax but the article doesn't make it clear that the Heinkel He 111Z "Zwilling" ("Twin") was certainly genuine.
http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2014/07/heinkel-he-111z-zwilling.html

As were the Wagner Twin J3 Cub, Messerschmitt Bf 109Z & of course the F-82 Twin Mustang. There was even a Twin Ercoupe specially built for air display flying & a Twin Tri-Pacer although this was a slightly different configuration without the twin fuselages --> http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/HornDavid/8788.htm

There are probably other examples that I can't think of right now.

Yes Hagar, the Twin-Beaver hoax shows up every year at this time. I also enjoy the phony names "Zwillingbeeber" and the ship registered "Tabernack" which is a french-Canadian swear word.
I was always enthralled by the twin engine Piper TriPacer conversion and thought that I would really enjoy owning that conversion. BUT, the obvious handling and weight and balance problems probably made it more trouble than it was worth.