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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

So neither a plane from the Nieuport stable nor an engine from Hispano-Suiza. I think I need new glasses. :dizzy:

And what kind of "sail-plane" do we have here? :very_drunk:

Sorry for the grainy picture...
 

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Correct on all accounts! :icon29:

The S.16 that flew to Australia with an auxiliary sail. It would have been used in case of an emergency water landing.

Over to you, Mike. :encouragement:
 
fabulousfour said:
Correct on all accounts! :icon29:

The S.16 that flew to Australia with an auxiliary sail. It would have been used in case of an emergency water landing.

Over to you, Mike. :encouragement:
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Hi Robert!
Perhaps not everyone knows that the S16Ter was called "Gennariello" in honour of the patron Saint of Naples San Gennaro and that the words "Funicolì Funicolà (the famous neapolitan song) were printed on the bow...
Cheers
Carlo
 
Thanks Robert - and Carlo for his lovely piece of Italian nostalgia......

Now here's something quite different and much more brutal -
 

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That's the one - had difficulty researching this one as it had a few changes of identity. Most commonly known as the Statler Wildfire (but not in Aerofiles!)

Over to Texas - :icon29:
 
Thanks, it had a composite look to it so that led me to the Reno racing scene.


Now here is a curious one...

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Not the Deuce Mike. This one had a very odd lifespan which actually started around 1930! (Note the anachronistic rudder design).
 
Thought Walter might have chapter and verse on this one. :adoration:

Robert is right in that it is a mixed build. It started out as the MacManaman 1930 Parasol. It was then stored until 1948 and rebuilt as the DeLong Little Mixer (N631).

Open board then.
 
Hi Chris:encouragement:
Your Eastern European girl is the 1950 SG-2 Kékmadár all-wood 2-seater designed by Béla Samu and Pál Gönczy.
HA-BKF is now in the Közlekédesi Museum in Budapest.
 
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