The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
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Right, Robert has given this a miss, surprising as I was sure he was on the right track. It has been over 24hrs so time to move on.
This is yet another effort from Stampe/Vertongen/Renard - it's the SV18M, redesigned powerplant and tail unit amongst other things. Later altered yet again to a single-seater.
OH, please, but a glass of beer for anyone who can tell me how on earth anyone accessed the front cockpit of this machine !
This is yet another effort from Stampe/Vertongen/Renard - it's the SV18M, redesigned powerplant and tail unit amongst other things. Later altered yet again to a single-seater.
OH, please, but a glass of beer for anyone who can tell me how on earth anyone accessed the front cockpit of this machine !
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Sorry, Mike.
I had the idea that you posted just another Stampe and thought about the SV/RSV.18, however I didn't want to "play ping-pong" and hoped that somebody else could solve the mystery.
Concerning the forward access, maybe there is a hatch on the right site of the aircraft?
Since it is OH and to put things right I'll take the baton and post the next challenge.
No need to look at aerofiles.
I had the idea that you posted just another Stampe and thought about the SV/RSV.18, however I didn't want to "play ping-pong" and hoped that somebody else could solve the mystery.
Concerning the forward access, maybe there is a hatch on the right site of the aircraft?
Since it is OH and to put things right I'll take the baton and post the next challenge.
No need to look at aerofiles.
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This one-off had its first flight in 1930 but crashed two years later.
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Congrats, Kevin, it is indeed the Jones Wonga VH-ULZ, the first Australian monoplane motorized by the first Australian manufactured engine (Harkness Hornet). 
Thought that this bird would last longer.
Here is another view of the Wonga and some more information about it at pprune:
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/593712-help-identifying-1932-era-aeroplane.html
Over to Texas.
Thought that this bird would last longer.
Here is another view of the Wonga and some more information about it at pprune:
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/593712-help-identifying-1932-era-aeroplane.html
Over to Texas.
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Qantas Hanger Longreach Queensland
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Southern Cross?
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No I meant Cross so Open House I guess
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Could this be the Welsh Rabbit B?
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That's why I put the question mark. 
Quite mysterious this mystery.
The Rabbit A is a single seater but has a conventional gear and the Rabbit B has a tricycle gear like the mystery but is (at least according to aerofiles) a twin seater. And I can't imagine where this tiny machine could have enough room for a passenger.
Except for the gear the mystery doesn't look very different to the Welsh Rabbit A which I found here
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...ad-Part-Deux?p=1110305&viewfull=1#post1110305
Quite mysterious this mystery.
The Rabbit A is a single seater but has a conventional gear and the Rabbit B has a tricycle gear like the mystery but is (at least according to aerofiles) a twin seater. And I can't imagine where this tiny machine could have enough room for a passenger.
Except for the gear the mystery doesn't look very different to the Welsh Rabbit A which I found here
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...ad-Part-Deux?p=1110305&viewfull=1#post1110305
Sorry for the delay in replying. Had some problems entering the site.
I have her as the Rabbit B two-seater with Continental )-200-A engine. The earlier Rabbit A was indeed a single-seater, but with a conventional (tailwheel) undercarriage and 65hp Continent al A65 engine (reportedly later replaced by a Continenat A80).
Both A and B model had the same N3599G registration. The A was (AFAIK) later donated to the EAA Museum, so it seems the B was not a rebuilt, but new-built. From NTSB records I noted the B was damaged beyond reoair after a landing accident in November 1965.
Attached a pic of the Rabbbit A.
The baton is placed in the very capable hands of fabulousfour
I have her as the Rabbit B two-seater with Continental )-200-A engine. The earlier Rabbit A was indeed a single-seater, but with a conventional (tailwheel) undercarriage and 65hp Continent al A65 engine (reportedly later replaced by a Continenat A80).
Both A and B model had the same N3599G registration. The A was (AFAIK) later donated to the EAA Museum, so it seems the B was not a rebuilt, but new-built. From NTSB records I noted the B was damaged beyond reoair after a landing accident in November 1965.
Attached a pic of the Rabbbit A.
The baton is placed in the very capable hands of fabulousfour
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Several hundred of this type were built - but only 2 in this version.