The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Thanks ! On with what looks like a tin-plate toy .....

 

[pomme homme]

Carmier-Arnoux Simplex of 1922.

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

That's the one ! - it must have been very hot in there - not that it was in the air for very long .... - over to you sir ....

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Jim. Staying with 'flying planks', here's one of a more recent vintage which, alas, came to a sorry end.

 

[Moses03]

Scott Winton's Facet Opal.

 

[pomme homme]

That says it all. Over to Texas!

 

[Moses03]

Thanks Mike.

Bombs away!

 

[dan_pub]

Mitsubishi G4M Betty ?

 

[Moses03]

Sure is.

 

[dan_pub]

It shouldn't last long.

(I suppose I should know the answer. I have few more difficult wots, but I don't know their id myself)

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

DeLesseps Monoplan ....?

 

[dan_pub]

Yes indeed, the 1910 monoplan de Lesseps.
Congrats.

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

....... Thanks ! Here's a chunky chappie ....

 

[lefty]

Strictly speaking, Jim, this one is off-limits - we don't do mock-ups as a general rule !

Curiosity made me persevere. Mid-wing configuration made me think Brewster, but the tail unit was weird. Eventually stumbled on the early mock-up for the XA-32, looking a lot different from the others !

Try another one, Jim, or declare an OH. I'm off for the day - never refuse a free lunch !

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

......... Ah ! As a canny Scot you saw through my little ruse ..... It is the XA-32 , the plane that finally killed off Brewster .

I hope you have a good lunch - hopefully a few drams will help you forget yesterday's disappointments.....

OH please

 

[fabulousfour]

Here is a nice little aircraft that would be in the category of ultralights nowadays.

 

[pomme homme]

It has the appearance of a Georges Sablier design, but I think that we've done all of those which came to fruition and were recorded photographically.

 

[fabulousfour]

Not a design from Sablier, Mike, and also not a one-off.
If you are familiar with aircraft of the WW1 era you wouldn't believe that the (well-known!) company built planes like this a few years later.

 

[fabulousfour]

The fame of the manufacturer bases largely on his fighter aircraft of WW1.
It may be a surprise but he is NOT from France.

 

[lefty]

That, Robert, is a little Albatros L.66