The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

A nice twin from the late-1940s.

 

[wout]

Somewhat surprised about lack of reactions.
First aircraft built in949 as .......I and second as .......II in 1954.
In 1960 efforts were made to revive the project and the modified aircraft no.2 appeared still as .....II, but under different company name.
The 1960 aircraft may still exist in a museum.

 

[pomme homme]

It's probably American - which takes me out of my comfort zone - but the closest I could find - within my comfort zone - is the M.S.700 Pétrel. But I don't think that is what it is as there is too much that is different between them, such as the engines, the tail, the canopy, the wing tip tanks, the undercarriage, etc.. But one would think that the range of choice cannot be great. There can't have been that many all metal (?) business twins with retractable tricycle undercarriage in 1949.

 

[giruXX]

I see some resemblance with the Monocoupe Meteor, N5638

 

[wout]

Hi giruXX
More than a resemblance. She IS the Meteor I.
When blowing up the photo the registration seems to be N5638N.
Meteor II was N9700C which later was modified with more powerful engines and a swept tail by Saturn Aircraft and Engineering Co.
Understand that the Saturn upgrade was supervised by C.Gilbert Taylor (of Taylor Cub fame)

Your turn, please

 

[giruXX]

on with another twin:

 

[lefty]

Turkish delight - the THK-10.

 

[giruXX]

Take it, Mike. I had it as MKEK-5A.
but that’s all the same stuff: THK-5 (THK-10), MKEK-5

 

[lefty]

Thanks Uli. My Turkish 'bible' has this as one of the three THK-10's built, differing from the earler THK-5 by having square, larger windows. The MKEK-5 was a project to further modernise the THK-5, but according to the book, the project was abandoned.
(Türk Uçak Üretimi by Tuncay Deniz)

Here's another twin - Walter posted it over ten years ago, and I hope he will forgive me for 'borrowing' it again. There seems to be very little information about it, so maybe Uli, Robert or Chris could enlarge ?

 

[fabulousfour]

No idea at all at the moment, Mike.
First thought was about the Britten Sheriff but that one looks completely different.
Looks European, though?

Couldn't find it in "Les avions francais"

 

[lefty]

Not European, Robert

 

[Moses03]

Mike has lost faith in me.

Here you go Sir.

 

[lefty]

Lose faith, Kevin ? Never, but in this instance you merely intensified the mystery !

Search back to post #1475 and you will find Walter's explanation - the only other picture appears in 1000 Aircraft Photos as the Monocoupe Courier. It is not in Aerofiles or anywhere else for that matter !
To add to the confusion, a register search reveal N64000 as a Cessna 180K....

Have the beer anyway and hopefully someone can untangle this one - and I thought French mysteries were problematic

I'm off for a couple of weeks to somewhere hopefully a bit cooler than Texas but a lot warmer than Scotland ! You will never guess where..

 

[pomme homme]

Ah, so he'll have some Madeira, m'dear - but will he have to quarantine on his return?

 

[lefty]

I presume so, but the wee s**** is just as likely to change her mind as the bunch in Westminster. It's all about being seen to be different. Pathetic.

 

[Moses03]

Enjoy your vacation Mike.

Here is one that hopefully is less confusing.

 

[fabulousfour]

Found that very picture on a nice website just yesterday.

That is the Carley C.II in Soesterberg, Kevin.

 

[Moses03]

Right on Robert. Have at it.

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks Kevin!

On with another biplane.

 

[fabulousfour]

A European one-off built for aerobatics.