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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

That, dear boy, is because we don't know what it is.

With vulgar chrome mudgards, one immediately thought American, (whitewall tyres would have been a clincher), but I also recognised the Gipsy motors, and they weren't big in the U.S.

Looks Koolhoveny too, but can't pin it down. Not a Brit, I think, and all this leads to the dreaded conclusion that it has been dredged up from some Ruritanian aero scrapbook........
 
Time to reveal. This one is from Austria, a Hopfner HV 12-34.

Here is a much easier one. A sturdy float plane.
 
OK, time to move on.

The floating lady is an Aichi AB-4B.

Well the sun has disappeared again from Scotland, the Lions have been beaten in South Africa (rugby tour), but, lo! a Brit survives into the second week of Wimbledon.

We haven't had a chopper for a while - here's a rather unusual one.
 
Try this twin. It is "homebuilt" and only one exists (existed). :icon_lol:
It was converted from a rather well known single high wing type.
 
Wout, dear boy, homebuilds are usually streng verboten in this forum, mainly because there are just so many of them. If some deranged Panamanian poppy-muncher collects all the wrecks from his local flying school and assembles the Rodriguez Flyer, there's no way we get to know about it, or even care.
One-offs are OK if they are somehow unusual, but Piper/Cessna clones just don't cut the mustard.

Having said that, this looks like it has some Auster/Taylorcraft in it, other than that, haven't a clue.

Sorry if I seem intemperate - the weather has been oppressive and humid here and I feel quite homicidal.......:tgun2:
 
The twin is the Pierce U-2 Arrow. Built with a Stinson 108 Voyager fuselage/tail
I'll substitute this ring tail one. NOT a homebuilt, but produced by a well known manufacturer of light aircraft.
 
Well, I was on the Stinson trail but didn't turn anything up. At least I was on the right track!

Never seen this pusher before. Very interesting.
 
A couple of clues. Yes it is European (East of my home country)
It appeared in 1958 and accompanying photos show the aircraft in original and final forms. The ring tail was the middle (second) form.
The manufacturer built (amongst others) the Elster
 
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