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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Lefty, you are correct with the country.
Some final clues. It had a tail wheel, a jet engine and sort of T-tail.:mixedsmi:
 
That is the one!:ernae:
HP-88 (Handley Page), GA-63/YB-2 (General Aircraft/Blackburn and Model 521 (Supermarine)
 
OK, apologies for this stinker. I have no designation for it - it was designed and built by Richard Scholz in 1933. Let's move on.

Here's a pugnacious chappie.
 
And while you're puzzling, here's another Duxford shot...(my photographer mate took this..)

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Can't find anything on Mr. Scholz. Judging from his questionable engine in the way design I can see why!
 
Convinced the stubby fellow is a Russian but not ruling out some parts of Eastern Europe. Struggling a bit on this one.

BTW- Nice photo lefty. Like the retro touch.
 
Better rush in before we go offline again - for Brits this has almost become an evening-only site !
Mystery is indeed Russian - not from a major manufacturer - 200 ordered by the VVS but never produced.
 
well, it's got enough bits for me to say Polikarpov, but even with the Rata similarities ( including the external tanks) I can't pin it down
 
OK, it's a Nikitin NV-2bis.

Tempted to go for the hat-trick, but, as you know, I'm a decent sort of chap, so here's an easy one.

Who is this stuck-up dame ?
 
Something French? Never seen this one before. Some kind of STOL experiment or does the whole engine swivel upward for easy access?
 
It also flew with the engine in the more conventional position.

I am a wee bit surprised....... Big manufacturer. Not American.
 
Something designed by Richard Scholz in 1934 after he was run out of Germany? White flag is waving again. Enjoying the challenges of late though.

Can anyone unseat Lefty's run here?:monkies:
 
I'd say a Hispano Suiza engine, the whole plane looks like a Bernard but i wouldn't bet a [LINESTRIKE]hand[/LINESTRIKE] [LINESTRIKE]finger[/LINESTRIKE] nail on it.

Howdy Kevin ? Howdy Lefty ?
 
Hi Yann, nice to see you around. Gentlemen ( and I use the term advisedly), you will be ashamed to find out that this is a Dornier Do10 from 1931, which tested tilted-engine installations, and used Rolls-Royce, BMW and Hispano-Suiza engines ! (So you may well be right, Yann .)

Anyway, hat-trick scored - it's surely time for a floater! :mixedsmi:
 
Howdy Yann. Please don't be a stranger. We need your help!

Shame on us for missing the Dornier. Although I don't feel too bad because no one got the Focke-Wulf GL18 either!:icon_twi:

Thought this one was Italian but now thinking it must be a one-off Frenchy. Having a dry spell here. :icon_lol:
 
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