Extraordinary views.....

[lemoncat]

from the cockpit of this classic...Mordecai Murphy's Dart
crazy man....
http://www.classicwings.net/hanger/1930-1940.html














that's one cool muva..

[flyboy 28]

Very cool.

[gryshnak]

That's, umm, an unusual design.  Yep, very unusual.  Don't see many like that around.  Hmm.

(Sound of barfing)

[cspyro21]

That's just one wierd design!!
Did that really fly?

Great shots of a strange bird Lemon!

[killerbunny]

Strange looking bird

Great pics

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Excellent....a new bird....and a weird one tooo...looks like a modern Spirit of St. Louis

[Mr.Mugel]

Yeah, interesting design. Must be strange to have just the view of that little periscope.....

[beaky]

Nothing strange at all about it, IMHO... it was probably a record-challenging racer (cross-country as opposed to closed-course); having no windscreen eliminates a lot of drag.
The periscope was most likely only used on climbout and descent, to see and avoid towers and buildings (only reason the Spirit had one; that one was retractable, in fact)- back in the old days, there was very little traffic to worry about, and as far as finding checkpoints goes, a good view over the side  is more useful than trying to note the exact time of passage of something dead ahead; such a checkpoint will disappear under the nose several minutes before you fly over it.
And with the generous glass down the sides, takeoff and landing was probably not too bad: plenty of peripheral view.
Taxiing, however...
The tail makes it look like the Hughes H1's chubby sister... I'll bet it's fast!

[gottoflynow]

What happens in the event of a fire  ???
Hopefully the firewall holds up

[Flying Homer]

Strange bird, beautiful shots

[BFMF]

strange indeed

[kipman725]

got a link to download that, it looks fast  ;D