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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

I suspect this is in fact the Alfaro 2.

The Alfaro 1 was a glider (even if the Breguet challenge quizz maker thinks otherwise, and if flyingmachines.ru thoughtlessly repeats it).
 
Thanks, Jim. And apologies for the delay, I didn't expect to be given the baton since you had the answer 99% right.

Here is a feeble attempt at keeping the thread going:

https://imgur.com/a/H4T31XR (I can't post images to the site, the interface is all void)
 
where this is a will there is a way

chris

Here's the pix
 

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Well, I'm beaten. I've been right through j2mcl-planeurs.net, checking inter-war year gliders from what I'd regard as Southern Europe, and come up with nothing that fits the bill.
 
@dan_pub
May I politely ask for the source of that mystery?
Even knowing the answer I couldn't find a single picture of the Alfaro 1.
 
richard B said:
If I believe this pdf , the glider is probably not the Alfaro 1 (please , go to p.227)

https://www.aeroclubvitoria.net/fundacion-heraclioalfaro/Ejemplo libro.pdf

and the Alfaro I could be shown page 84 ...
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I agree it is most probably the LPG-2-30.

And on page 84, the Spanish text says it is "a Chanute-style glider, like Heraclio may have built".
So the Alfaro 1 is not this one, but in author's mind should be similar to it.


Sooo. Fabulousfour gets the baton! :)
 
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Evidently a transport sanitaire, but the trouble is that I can't find a parasol wing example that looks anything like the one illustrated!
 
It is indeed a transport sanitaire (even in the correct language :very_drunk: ).
The picture is a bit fuzzy but if you look closely you can see two pairs of struts on each side which is rather characteristic for most early types of this manufacturer.
 
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