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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Thanks Uli.

How about this funky little runabout?

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Assuming the interplane connection visible is the rod connecting the upper and lower ailerons, there can't be a huge number of unstayed biplanes from which to chose an identity for this pretty little thing.

Changing the subject, has the forum format changed overnight? The screen now seems to have a light/dark grey and green/orange background with a white text box. If so, I have to say that I find it much more user friendly to my old and tired eyes!
 
That's wierd. It's now returned to what it was before - so I can't even take a screenshot and post that. And before anyone asks, I haven't touched a drop today!
 
pomme homme said:
Assuming the interplane connection visible is the rod connecting the upper and lower ailerons, there can't be a huge number of unstayed biplanes from which to chose an identity for this pretty little thing.

Changing the subject, has the forum format changed overnight? The screen now seems to have a light/dark grey and green/orange background with a white text box. If so, I have to say that I find it much more user friendly to my old and tired eyes!
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I also found a change of the site's colours.
Right at the bottom of the main page, underneath Community Forums, there is a colored line.. with a theme selection block on the left. This morning, it was set to 'CombatFS/CFC (fluid), which is a dark overall colour for the site, I changed that to SOH Default (fluid), which is the blue & white colours, & all was good again. I have no idea how the colour change happened.
 
SOH Default Fluid was broken so I made SOH CombaFS Fluid the default style for the forums until I fixed the issue. Edit posts and posting images was broken but now should be fixed.
 
Our little flyer was constructed in 1934 and hails from Austria. One of several builds from this designer.
 
Some rare and interesting aircraft in the book, Kevin. One earlier biplane of Herr Siedek had its engine literally inside the propeller and there is even a technical drawing of this in the book. But it is written in German!

Here is a more modern type and in colour.
 

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According to my information this trainer was the last design of the company and was scaled-down from a four-seater quite popular in Europe then.
 
It is the Wassmer Piranha, the scaled-down version of the Wassmer Wa-51, which was the first series-built aircraft of composite material ( would have been my next clue).

Over to you, Mike :icon29:
 
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