The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Certainly does not look American. I spent a chunk of time thumbing through German/Austrian/Swiss candidates...oops.

 

[rlucas]

I understand yes, that wing indeed has a european look to it, the rest of the plane maybe a bit as well... But American it is! But there was something european about it: the powerplant!

 

[fabulousfour]

Some more clues could be helpful to solve this mystery

 

[rlucas]

Some more clues could be helpful to solve this mystery

Maybe a another clue; the name of the american designer sounds like the capital of germany... Partly the name of the plane too

 

[pomme homme]

Surely that European powerplant isn't a Merlin!

 

[rlucas]

It would have been way ahead of it's time then yes But no, the engine was a BMW

 

[rlucas]

And operated by the world famous Potomac Flying Service!

 

[fabulousfour]

In which case it should be the Berliner(-Joyce) SCM-2.

https://books.google.de/books?id=NY...er" aircraft "potomac flying service"&f=false
Apart from the registration nothing at all at aerofiles.

Nice find, albeit a bit lengthy

 

[cthornburg]

as an aside Hoover Field is where the Pentagon is located now.

Chris

 

[rlucas]

fabolousfour, completely correct yes! It is indeed Berliner SCM-2

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks. Here is a nice picture of a floater.

 

[fabulousfour]

From a well known - but not very big - company.

 

[fabulousfour]

From Europe.
The fame of the company bases largely on a single type which was built in larger (and in considerable) numbers than all other types of that company combined.

 

[lefty]

Stampe et Vertongen R.S.V.26-180 O-BADE.

Here she is as an Amphibie.

 

[fabulousfour]

Well done, Mike!

It is the Stampe & Vertongen RSV.26/180 O-BADE, the only RSV.26 on floats

Over to Scotland

 

[lefty]

Thanks Robert.
Here's a neat parasol (only just !)...

 

[lefty]

Gipsy-engined variant of something more usually radial - European.

 

[pomme homme]

I'd suggest one of the Morane-Saulnier MS.340 series if not for the fact that the tail, wing, undercarriage and wing strut arrangement doesn't seem to match. In fact, as I've amended this post I've convinced myself that I'm not even warm!

 

[lefty]

We'll not keep this lingering on too long - it's not French. Close, though...

 

[fabulousfour]

Mike, is it possible that the radial engined variants had a different tail?