The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

.......... it has 2 names - one significantly more illustrious than the other .......

 

[AndyG43]

The Thorp T-5, aka the Boeing T-5, an early design by John Thorp of Fletcher FU-24 fame, n'est-ce pas?

PH, very nice part of the world you're living in there, have to admit to being more than a touch jealous.

 

[srgalahad]

After video review, the ruling is that there was a catch, but it was obscured and may have been intentionally dropped, to be recovered by a team member...

First down at midfield for the Sopwith side, with a splash of Gatorade for Andy .

 

[AndyG43]

Never tasted Gatorade, may I stick with (what is presumably) the British equivalent?



And speaking of British equivalents ......

 

[Moses03]

The photo is a little deceiving to me, looks like an RC model.

That said haven't a clue of it's origin whether full scale or not.

 

[AndyG43]

I have to admit to a little deception, when srgalahad wrote about "a horrid critter in a grainy photo" I thought it was compulsory.

It isn't radio controlled, but it is a kit plane. Hopefully this non grainy photograph might clear things up a little.

 

[Moses03]

Must be a Sherwood Ranger from the UK!

 

[AndyG43]

That's the bunny. I always check back on this thread to make sure I'm not covering old ground and I was intrigued to see a challenge from 2008 to "post something tasty from Sherwood" with no follow up, so I knew I was on safe ground.

Over to you!!

 

[Moses03]

This one went unidentified on another forum...

 

[Moses03]

One-off from 1926.

 

[lefty]

Was this a flyer, Kevin ? The strutting is a complete shambles - different numbers and angles on port and starboard - and the whole thing looks just, er, wrong !

 

[Moses03]

I know very little about it. Hails from the far east with one information source noted so far.

 

[pomme homme]

Oh, those are struts? I thought that it was the aeroplane erector's scaffolding!

 

[Moses03]

It's the Toa-Koken No. 2 Passenger Hydroplane. Really obscure build.

Open board-

 

[cthornburg]

Now for something really different flying machine.

Chris

 

[pomme homme]

The 1918 Perkins man-carrying kite carrying Lt. Kirk Booth, of the US Signal Corps, aloft.

 

[cthornburg]

That's the one.Over to you

Chris

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Chris. Having searched the thread, it seems that this 'one off' has not been used here before.

 

[srgalahad]

"So I always wanted to built a Marcel Jurca MJ-5 Scirocco... after 25 years I found the set of plans under 6" of mud in a flooded basement, pulled out my 1965 Black & Decker jigsaw, et VOILA!"

 

[pomme homme]

I can see from where you're coming but .....