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I did think of the possibility of it being a Banks S.1
On a more serious note, what is the source of the photograph, when was it taken and what is the location?
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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
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I did think of the possibility of it being a Banks S.1
On a more serious note, what is the source of the photograph, when was it taken and what is the location?
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That looks very much like the IPT-8 Junior from 
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That's it didn't last long
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Guys, I hope you don't mind when I ask for some help regarding the latest aviaquiz.
That photo looks familiar somehow, nevertheless I can't find an aircraft where that part could belong to.
One problem is that I even can't say what kind of aircraft can be seen in that photo: a helicopter, a plane or something completely different?
Could anybody of you guys put me in the right direction, please?
That photo looks familiar somehow, nevertheless I can't find an aircraft where that part could belong to.
One problem is that I even can't say what kind of aircraft can be seen in that photo: a helicopter, a plane or something completely different?
Could anybody of you guys put me in the right direction, please?
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pomme homme
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To me, it looks like a steel frame, canvas covered aeroplane. Maybe an AOP Auster, a Piper Cub or similar? Is it the seemingly gauze panel that you're being challenged to identify, Robert, in the quiz on the other forum? If so, the cover to a ventilator or a loudspeaker or suchlike?
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Thanks for your input, Mike!
I thought about the gauze panel as well and that might be the cover of a loudspeaker or something similar, however, that doesn't ring a bell.
But you may be right that this is a part of a light plane. It was my opinion that the right part of the photo with all that windows would show a part of a glazed nose of an aircraft, but it might be that it just shows an entry door.
So maybe a single-engined high-winger?
The search goes on and keeping a glazed nose in my mind...
I thought about the gauze panel as well and that might be the cover of a loudspeaker or something similar, however, that doesn't ring a bell.
But you may be right that this is a part of a light plane. It was my opinion that the right part of the photo with all that windows would show a part of a glazed nose of an aircraft, but it might be that it just shows an entry door.
So maybe a single-engined high-winger?
The search goes on and keeping a glazed nose in my mind...
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Thank you, Kevin. That's most interesting (although, because I have no Spanish, I had to use google translate to understand the caption). Furthermore, I now realise why I was barking up the wrong tree when trying to identify the Aiglon Senior. I had noticed the capital letters on the rear fuselage, forward of the tailplane, and was seeking to find an aircraft manufacturer with a name starting with the letters LEVAN. Little did I know that it was a reference to, presumably, the Republican Army flying school in Eastern Spain (i.e. the Levante). But I'm still no wiser about the graffiti/camouflage scheme!
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It is a Monocoupe 70 in British service.
Over to you, Kevin.
Over to you, Kevin.
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Robert
in regards to the Monocoupe. I have reference to the UK using Monocoupe L-7A maybe taken from the French. Since pix is in with military aircraft looking for more info. Unadulterated pix also and G- number.
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in regards to the Monocoupe. I have reference to the UK using Monocoupe L-7A maybe taken from the French. Since pix is in with military aircraft looking for more info. Unadulterated pix also and G- number.
Thanks
Chris
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Leaving aside any imported in more modern times, as far as I am aware there was only one British Monocoupe 70, G-AADG, which was broken up at Gatwick in 1947. The only other pre-war British monocoupe was a 110 (G-ABBR).
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Regarding the Monocoupe this is what I have from the article in Aeroplane 7/2006:
"Produced by Mono Aircraft Inc of Illinois, USA, this Monocoupe 70 tandem two-seater was built in 1928 and registered G-AADG in December. In 1931 it was fitted with an 80 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet II radial engine and was flown throughout the 1930s. Although it survived the war in storage, it was broken up at Gatwick in 1947".
"Produced by Mono Aircraft Inc of Illinois, USA, this Monocoupe 70 tandem two-seater was built in 1928 and registered G-AADG in December. In 1931 it was fitted with an 80 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet II radial engine and was flown throughout the 1930s. Although it survived the war in storage, it was broken up at Gatwick in 1947".
