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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

They probably picked the A-10 over the A-9 because the Warthog actually looks intimidating.. :d
 
Ferry is probably counting sheep at this hour so I will go ahead and post the next one.

Sorry about the picture quality. The tail kind of fades out but that is the least of your worries...
 
Thanks for the early morning ale Sir.

Despite the fabulous photography, this one is not from Eastern Europe...
 
No, just down the road from Ferry - it is a Belgian SABCA S.2

This is not Belgian ,and a bit more modern
 
Funnily enough, I posted the Evangel as mystery aeroplane on another, now defunct, forum, thinking it was quite a poser. It was identified within 10 minutes:banghead:. Now I will have to see what I can find that might stump Moses for a few minutes. I think he has hacked into my PC:costumes:
 
A nice little biplane from an earlier age. I suspect it will be identified before I have had my morning caffeine fix :sleep:


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Well it bears more than a passing resemblance to a DH6 prototype, but (a) that would be too easy and (b) I don't think it is ! (Tail very DH, but too swept-back, no exhaust stacks)

Needs more work.
 
:d Point A, I once saw a mock up of a DC3 with tricycle undercarriage and didn't realise at first what it was:redf:. Point B, you are right, it isn't a prototype DH6.
 
Close, but no beer yet. There are links between DH, Martinsyde and the mystery.

I'm enjoying this, got one of the experts flumoxed:icon_lol:
 
One or two clues. I believe it was designed circa 1916, but built immediately post war. It is not military. It has links with both DeHavilland and Martinsyde, but not common links. You may surmise, correctly, that it is a British aeroplane.

The company that built it built some Caudron's during the Great War, under licence.

I have to get up early tomorrow, so I'm having an early night. I will check back early in the morning.
 
Not a Sopwith.
It is the world famous (not:icon_lol:) London Provincial School Biplane.
Designed by the Martinsyde designer A.A. Fletcher, hence the similarity to the Martinsyde G.100. The link to DeHavilland is a bit more tenuous. Geoffrey DeHavilland leased buildings and the use of the London Provincial Flying School airfield to establish his business.
The manufacturing side of the L.P. business had workshops in Edgeware, north west London, and later moved flying operations to the airfield at Hendon. Depending on which sources you read, there were either two of the School Biplanes built, or, according to ambiguous sources, several trainers were built.
 
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