The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[cthornburg]

Latham Alco Coupe at 1000aircraftphotos.com

OH

Chris

 

[srgalahad]

Staying indoors, trying to keep cool (32C is not normal for YYC, and very rare in June) so I scrounged around...

 

[srgalahad]

not a bad-looking aircraft, considering it was made by an office furniture manufacturer... (that is still in business)

 

[Moses03]

I think it is the Hilton or Hilton & Brown 1000?

 

[fabulousfour]

I would go for the Invincible Center-Wing.

 

[srgalahad]

and FF goes the distance!!!

https://www.invinciblefurniture.com/about_company_history.php
http://aerofiles.com/invincible.jpg

Sorry Kevin ...

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks!

Here is an interesting high-winger.

 

[darrenvox]

cessna 120??

 

[cthornburg]

[h=1]Comte AC-12 Moskito[/h]
Chris

 

[fabulousfour]

It is the Comte from

Over to Chris.

 

[cthornburg]

Interesting biplane should be simple.

Chris

 

[lefty]

Douglas XT3D-2.

 

[cthornburg]

That's it Mike

Chris

 

[lefty]

Something different - obviously work in progress, but did go on to fly successfully and there are few photos...

 

[pomme homme]

S.n.c.a.s.e. se-3000?

[I apologise for the lower case - it seems that some sort of predictive text is operating with the result that, despite however many times I type upper case, lower case letters appears for all but the first one. It doesn't seem to be my computer, as I've typed the same on another website and it stays in upper case, so I must assume that it is this website.]

 

[lefty]

Well I will give it a go, Mike. You are barking up the wrong tree, this being a machine of historical interest, and particularly to me (hint hint). It has a Gipsy Six driving the rotors.
(so far, so good with the keyboard !)

 

[pomme homme]

Ah, I now see that it's on a different scale to the SE-3000. Thus I assume that it is the Weir W-6.

 

[lefty]

I'm having site trouble too - the Edit function has gone doolally...

Yes, the W-6, Mike, from . Made the first helicopter passenger-carrying flight in Britain, October 1939. Over to you.

Very pleasant day here - a minimum of gardening, then a glass or two of chilled Chambéry.

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Mike.

I hope that you enjoyed your Chambéry. It's an acquired taste and I wouldn't have thought it to be widely available in the UK. Me, I enjoyed lunch, in the garden, of a well afiné Comté, fresh bread and a bottle of Saumur Champigny. Heaven!

Here's an attractive little two seater, whose bigger brother put in an appearance a few years back.

 

[pomme homme]

This deer little thing dates from the fifties but was substantially rebuilt in the eighties. It twice underwent engine changes, getting something more powerful each time. I believe that it is extant today.