Bunyard BAX-3 amphibian

[riggerrob]

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.

 

[Kdmoo]

I think you did not find much information searching for "Banyard", instead of "Bunyard". Plenty of info and photos of it.

https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Shumaker/13687.htm

 

[riggerrob]

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.

 

[Seabeefan]

It also looks very much like the Goodyear GA-2 Duck.

 

[fortrena]

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).