Bunyard BAX-3 amphibian

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I found these photos in late 1940s magazines, but nowhere else.
The configuration reminds us of the series of light flying boats designed by David Thurston: Grumman Tadpole, Colonial Skimmer, Lake Buccaneer, Thurston Teal, Seafire, etc., but Thurston did not mention the Bunyard in either of his books.
 

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Dear Kdmoo,
Thanks for providing that link to photos of NX33170. It really does look like a Volmer Sportsman with a tapered wing more like a Lake Amphibian.
 
It also looks very much like the Goodyear GA-2 Duck.
 

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The following info on the 3-seat Bunyard BAX-3 (or BA-X3?) Sportsman might be of interest. That aircraft was seemingly followed by the 4-seat BAX-4 (or BA-X4?) Sportsman completed in 1948.

Kenneth L. Bunyard, founder of Bunyard Aircraft of Queens, NY, might, I repeat might, be Kenneth Lincoln Bunyard (22 Jan 1913-21 Dec 1987).
 

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