The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[pomme homme]

From a famous manufacturer. There was a small production run for this model, which spawned something much better known and extensively produced.

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Miles Mercury ?

 

[pomme homme]

Indeed it is. The prototype M.28, photographed in 1941. Well done, Jim, and over to you again.

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Thanks ! On with a Bipe ( obviously there were more than one ! )

 

[Moses03]

A flock of Ansaldo A.300's.

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Indeed they are ( in Polish Service ) - over to you .....

 

[Moses03]

Thanks Jim.

Not Polish...

 

[fabulousfour]

Methinks this is the Texas-Temple Sportsman.

 

[Moses03]

Very good Robert. I took the photo myself several years ago. There is one survivor hanging in a Dallas museum.

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Kevin, it was a bit of luck that I found the Sportsman. Interesting that of only three built aircraft one still survives.
On with a flying elephant

 

[Sopwith Chameleon]

......... or an elephant fly ..........

 

[pomme homme]

Surely it's not a Dumbo Jet ..... ?

 

[fabulousfour]

From a famous manufacturer.

 

[cthornburg]

at Farnborough

 

[fabulousfour]

at Farnborough

...in 1950.
So who dares to solve the mystery?

 

[pomme homme]

I must lay off the absinthe. I thought that I'd started to see pink elephants but I'm relieved to find that it's only a RN Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly II!

 

[fabulousfour]

That's her, Mike.
The picture was taken at Farnborough in 1950 where according to my source not just one but three of these disguised Hoverflys where shown!

Santé

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Robert. Here's one for the radial aficionados .....

 

[pomme homme]

A post-WWII design from a designer who never liked to be too conventional for too long.

 

[lefty]

Starck AS-70 Jac ?