The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Lefty swoops in for the kill.

This was a curious one wing variant of a Type H.

 

[lefty]

Can't find any other reference to that one at all - interesting.

Here is a rather neat two-seater with a distinctive rear end.

 

[lefty]

West European, 100hp Continental. Mid 60's

 

[pomme homme]

That elongated, slim rear fuselage suggests that René Fournier might have had a hand in its design. But if so, it's not one of his designs of which I am aware. Thus probably I'm barking up the wrong tree - yet again!

 

[lefty]

No Fournier connection a.f.a.i.k.,but it is French. I have subsequently found out it has been here before, some 10 years or so ago, when it was rightly I/D'd by our dear departed Dutch friend.

I'll leave it on for a while, then an early night - our annual escape to the sun is starting tomorrow.

 

[fabulousfour]

There is a very useful site in the www where most applications of horizontal opposed engines in aircraft are listed.

http://www.enginehistory.org/Piston/HOAE/Contents.html

Going to the Continental-page I found a French aircraft that I never heard of before. So I did some google search and, Eureka, it is mentioned at the secretprojects-forum.

This is the

Boillon JAB.60 Fulmo F-PKXS

and it seems to be the third (!) time to be listed here.

BTW: Strangely enough, if you type Boillon or Fulmo in the search function in the secretprojects-forum there is no hit at all, you have to do a google search.

 

[pomme homme]

Huh, it appears that I managed to overlook it twice whilst checking through Pierre Gaillard's book. The only excuse that I can offer is that, Mike, your photograph is much larger and much clearer than the photograph there!

 

[lefty]

Robert's detective work wins the day - and cold beers will be needed in Europe if the forecasts are correct -

IN fact, every time we leave on a sun-seeking holiday, the weather improves at home. Maybe I can persuade the Government to subsidise us....

 

[fabulousfour]

Going to Madeira again, Mike? Hope you will have a relaxing vacation.

Let's try something in colour.

 

[fabulousfour]

Not from the US and not a one-off.

 

[fabulousfour]

European, about 100 of this version were built.

 

[fabulousfour]

First flight of the basic type was 1965, this version has a Lycoming engine with 160 hp.

 

[pomme homme]

Partenavia Charlie?

 

[fabulousfour]

It is the Partenavia Charlie, the aerobatic version of the Oscar, which looks slightly different.

Over to you, Mike.

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Robert. The penny dropped when I asked myself the question - in which European country did they make Cessna 172 lookalikes. It didn't take long after that!

Now here's a smart two seater, from the 'deep south', to be going on with!

 

[pomme homme]

One off, amateur design with a Continental C-90 powering it. Dates from the mid-sixties.

 

[giruXX]

The Vintras-Bouiller VB-20 Isard, F-PMXL

 

[pomme homme]

That's her, Uli. Well done!

Next stop, Germany.

 

[giruXX]

onwards with a speedy floater

 

[Moses03]

Burgess HT-2T Speed Scout. Looks a little unwieldly sitting so high off the water!