The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

And the Shakespeare reference ??

 

[pomme homme]

I like to deliver a curve ball once in a while, Kevin - - but your belief is not misplaced, it is the Jezzi Nº 2. Over to you!
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[Moses03]

Shakespeare was partial to the sesquiplane layout.


Onward with a moody floater of size.

 

[lefty]

The reclusive Hanriot H-38.

 

[Moses03]

Hanriot it is.


"The exact date of the first flight of the Hanriot H.38 is not known but had flown many times before mid-March 1926. It continued to fly for another ten months until, after alighting on the Marne at Bezons, it was caught by the current, capsized and lost after hitting the pier of a bridge. Neither Marcel Haegelan, Hanriot's chief test pilot, nor the flight engineer Quero were serioudly injured".

 

[lefty]

Equally moody, and of much bigger size....

 

[lefty]

I thought this might have been sorted by now. Militarised version of a civilian transport. 4x720hp Hispano-Suizas.

 

[srgalahad]

Missed your post yesterday - or I wasn't paying attention

[FONT=Verdana, Arial][SIZE=+0]I'd be thinking it's the Liore-et-Olivier LeO H-246 #3[/SIZE][/FONT]

 

[lefty]

Well Rob you are getting the beer !

However, the question of which actual model this will take us back into murky waters! I have it as the 246-04 F-AREK(Aeronefs de l'Aviation Maritime) but also as the 246-05 F-AREL (Lioré et Olivier)

I'm sure Mike will set us right - in the meantime, over to Canada !

 

[srgalahad]

A couple of sources I have seen hold to the point that it was the 3rd production airframe (with the prototype upgraded to the production standard), thus it could likely have been calculated as #04. Who Knows?

As Halloween approaches, it is fairly a time for horrors, and I think this one truly qualifies!
If you have continuing nightmares after seeing this, I'll give you the number of my therapist.

 

[lefty]

Our local farmer uses something similar for harvesting turnips....

 

[Moses03]

The fanciful Vedovelli Multiplane of 1910.

Shown here scraping along, struggling to get airborne on a chilly November morning.

 

[pomme homme]

You've missed the best image, perhaps the final frame, of which it might be said ..... Cymbeline Act IV Scene II lines 262/263.

 

[srgalahad]

Apparently not such a struggle for Moses

What does Halloween in Texas look like?

 

[Moses03]

Well the kids have finally outgrown trick or treating as my youngest turned 12 earlier this month and said he was done with it.

If the Vedovelli ever had sustained flight for any length of time it looks like it would have been nearly completely uncontrollable! (Maybe why the pile of scrap).


Here is a contemporary of the Vedovelli but with an interesting engineering feat (or two) for the time.

 

[pomme homme]

That, I believe, is John Moisant's 1909 l'Ecrivisse - with corrugated wings!

 

[Moses03]

An American in Paris, it sure is.

Listed as the first all metal airplane. Non-fatal crash after gaining about 90' in height. Note the prop mounted behind the radial. Unusual that.

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Kevin. My apologies for the slight delay in responding. Let's try this minimalist aeroplane from the early days of powered flight.

 

[Moses03]

Paul Kaufmann's No.1 of 1909.

It wasn't a flyer.

 

[pomme homme]

Argh! I should have read on in Opdycke. He didn't fly until he got to Nº 3. Oh well, I'll leave it to you, Kevin, to come up with something that did slip the surly bonds with terra firma!