The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
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That looks very much like the AD Seaplane type 1000 less its engines, Mike.
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The picture shows a licence-built aircraft which had a different engine as the original.
The canopy seems to be a conversion from after WW2, other pilots of the type could enjoy the fresh air
The canopy seems to be a conversion from after WW2, other pilots of the type could enjoy the fresh air
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The type was in use as a military trainer in two East- and one North-European (picture!) countries.
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Not the Viima, but the aircraft in question was indeed used by the Finnish Air Force.
The origin of the type is not Finland but one of the eastern countries mentioned in my earlier clue.
The origin of the type is not Finland but one of the eastern countries mentioned in my earlier clue.
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Now you have it, it is the Letov S.218. 
This very aircraft still exists in a Finnish aviation museum.
Enjoy your beer
This very aircraft still exists in a Finnish aviation museum.
Enjoy your beer
Thanks for that link Rob. Interesting indeed. Didn't know that several 135's ended up in Peru and then later mysteriously disappeared!
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The mysterious disappearance is further noted in the Wiki entry (FWIW) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.135
Strangely the following quote is attributed to the same article.
"After the war ended on 31 July 1942, the five surviving Ca.135s remained at Chiclayo. They soon were removed from service, disassembled, and carted away on flatbed trucks driven by American military personnel from El Pato airbase. By October 1942, the last of the Peruvian Ca.135s had disappeared. Although they are rumored to have been burned in the desert or buried somewhere around the El Pato air base, their final fate is unrecorded."
Grab your metal detector and let's go
No Kevin, it is not the Salman 200. Until recent (for people my age) it was another "one of". But a weird enough a flying replica has been build in 1995.
And to guide you all a bit, it is not a trainer.
Cheers,
Huub
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And to guide you all a bit, it is not a trainer.
Cheers,
Huub
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Very good Lefty. It is indeed the Lambach HL.2 designed by Hugo Lambach.
A cold Heineken for you!
Hugo Lambach was a mechanical engineer, physicist and aircraft designer, who was like Anthony Fokker born in the Dutch East Indies. He studies at the Technical University of Delft where he was a member of the "Delftse Studenten Aeroclub" (Delft Students Aero club), for which he designed a two seater trainer, the Lambach HL.1.
The Lambach HL.2 was build as a aerobatics aircraft and gained the 3rd place in the international Whitsuntide Flying Festival at Groningen. In 1995 the Society of Aerospace Students constructed a replica to celebrate their 9th lustrum. You can find the complete story here: https://www.lambachaircraft.nl/lambach-hlii/
The aircraft was destroyed during the bombardment of Ypenburg in May 1940.
Cheers,
Huub
A cold Heineken for you!
Hugo Lambach was a mechanical engineer, physicist and aircraft designer, who was like Anthony Fokker born in the Dutch East Indies. He studies at the Technical University of Delft where he was a member of the "Delftse Studenten Aeroclub" (Delft Students Aero club), for which he designed a two seater trainer, the Lambach HL.1.
The Lambach HL.2 was build as a aerobatics aircraft and gained the 3rd place in the international Whitsuntide Flying Festival at Groningen. In 1995 the Society of Aerospace Students constructed a replica to celebrate their 9th lustrum. You can find the complete story here: https://www.lambachaircraft.nl/lambach-hlii/
The aircraft was destroyed during the bombardment of Ypenburg in May 1940.
Cheers,
Huub