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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Morning all.

Here's one assembled by someone who had a few bits left over but stuck them on anyway.....
 
Hi Mike, seems you like to stick to agricultural equipment :mixedsmi:
It is the 1956 Gail G-202 Mantis (or 1961 G-202 Gold`uster). Same aircraft but with different wing airfoils.
Reportedly it was built using a pre-war Kinner Sportster as basis.
 
Just wanted to see if there was an agplane that would cause any hesitation at all. Fine chance ! :icon29: This one's the 202a Gold'uster.
 
My guess is that this one may take a while. Took picture myself, but cannot find the aircraft on Google. It is not American and year photo was shot was 1985.
Location as answer does not count :rolleyes:
 
Hmmmm, reminiscent of the Robin 3000 series - I know one was planned with retractable gear - did they build it ???
 
Hi Mike, not Robin related. IFAIK the retractable gear R-3000 was never built. I think the only non-standard R3000 series aircraft was the R3000-235 (4+2 seater) with stretched fuselage and 235hp Lycoming O-540 engine.
The aircraft shown is from Europe
 
Perhaps from a very small country in Europe ? The Wolff Flash ???

Can't be - it didn't fly till 1986. Canopy's different too....... Hmmm......

Mind you, those are Dutch flags. They could have driven it there........
 
Mike, excellent. :salute:
My info says 1985 as year of first flight, but I may be wrong. The aircraft flew from Luxembourg to Oshkosh! The differences you note can be explained.
It first appeared as the Flash 3 and was a 3-seater with a trapezoidal vertical tail and possibly it was later also tested with a large ventral fin. The aircraft became the Sky-Wolff when it was made a 4-seater (160hp Lycoming O-320 instead of 150hp in the Flash 3). Length was increased and vertical tail was also recontoured. New trailing link u/c units were fitted, the nosewheel doors were modified and cabin windows were larger and a wrap-round window was added. The Sky-Wolff first flew 1990. Sadly the aircraft crashed killing the designer/builder Mr. Paul Wolff. I think this still is the only Luxembourg aircraft design to have flown (?)
As to the Dutch flags, the Luxembourg flag is similar, except the blue band is somewhat lighter
 
I'm sure you are right, Walter, Jane's 86/7 merely says it was due to fly in 86 - poor Mr Wolff must have got a bit ahead of himself. Tidy-looking aircraft, too.View attachment 18594

Now for something different -- certain regulars here have a weakness for passenger aircraft of a between-the-wars vintage - how about this one ?
View attachment 18595
 
I'm almost 100% sure I know who built it, but I can find anything matching that strut arrangement. Every other bird close to this design has dual lift struts. Those rounded wingtips are another wrench in the gears as well. Ughh.
 
Well, originally I thought maybe a Farman, somewhere around the 190 series, but I'm going to really go way out on a limb here and venture a scientific wild guess of a Prudden SE-1?
 
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