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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Thank you. Jane seems to be rather 'information light' in comparison to your source, Uli. Anyhow, here's something of broadly the same vintage - and whilst I apologise for the grainy nature of the image, it's the only one I could find of this aeroplane in its 'evo' format.

 
Next mystery is a murky biplane with a funky empennage.

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Here is another angle showing the twin fins and the relative size of the machine. It only needed a 40hp engine to get it flying.

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A few more nuggets...it made it's first flight mid 1920 in New York. USA all the way but not found in Aerofiles. (There is information out there on it with other photos I have come across).

A one-off designer as far as I can find.
 
Thank you, Uli. I also found it described as the Danton-Denhault-Espinosa racing biplane of 1910 - but I got distracted and didn't manage to post that additional information before you replied! Anyhow here's a smart little monoplane, illustrated in a photograph which is not, as far as I can see, amongst the several other photographs of it to be found on the internet!

 
I'm afraid that the Ponnier D.III is not known to me - but I can't conceive of it being an alternative name for this aeroplane, having regard to how well known is the name of the gentleman who designed it.
 
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