The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[giruXX]

I wonder about the many similarities with the Yakovlev AIR-19

 

[Moses03]

She is European.

 

[giruXX]

IAR 814, perhaps

 

[cthornburg]

Marinavia Farina OQ.14 Levriero?

Chris

 

[Moses03]

Chris has the country of origin...

 

[Moses03]

A 1938 design but didn't actually fly until 1943. Conceived as a military VIP light transport. Note the twin tail.

 

[giruXX]

Bestetti C.3

 

[Moses03]

Uli has it.

 

[giruXX]

On with a jet somewhere in a backyard

 

[lefty]

Ahh, Uli, nearly fell into the trap there ! - in fact had 'Dass.....' typed out before the penny dropped. It is surely the SNCAC.NC 1080 in one of its early manifestations ? They altered the tail profile a few times.

However the idea that an aeroplane could fly without ailerons was proven tragically wrong when it crashed fatally in 1950.

 

[giruXX]

Milke, you are absolutely right on the NC.1080

But you ruined my offer for Huub #23962

 

[lefty]

Sorry fellows - still having teething problems with my new rig, and compatibility with old software - result ? I can't scan anything at the moment.
Rather than recycling some mystery that has been here before, I'd better declare Open House until I get things sorted out. Apologies for that...

 

[giruXX]

In the meantime I can help with another toy-like "almost seen here"

 

[Moses03]

Has that "squashed" look, must be one of the Eshelman EF-100's.

 

[giruXX]

"Eshelman Winglet" according to my source

 

[Moses03]

This floater is making it's first appearance here.

 

[giruXX]

from the Land of the Rising Sun?

 

[Moses03]

No, that was the red herring.

This is the only photo I have seen of this biplane on floats. Most commonly seen in landplane form.

From 1931-

 

[giruXX]

Thus, I see quite some Consolidated PT-12 in it

 

[Moses03]

It is a Consolidated 21, which had several subnames like PT-12 and a vast array of different engines. It probably ended up as a demo for the Mexican AF.

Very good Sir!