The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

Nah, Rob, it's the Keystone Cops (plainclothes division) having a semaphore class.....

(in front of their K-47C) :salute:

 

[Moses03]

Right on Mike.

 

[lefty]

Just can't stay away from the water..........

 

[wout]

Hi Mike,
the Spratt 104B ControlWing (NX1307V) by Mr. George G. Spratt?

 

[lefty]

That's the one, Walter...a Spratt caught the Big Fish.......

 

[wout]

ag-plane (well it was tested as such, but never entered production). The baseline type was built in numbers and (I think) is still available, but looks somewhat different.

 

[srgalahad]

looks like an Let L-13 Vivat derivative with trike gear and the spray rig, but I can't find a name/model

 

[wout]

srgalahad, excellent!!

It is indeed a version of the L-13 Vivat and designated XL-113. It initially flew with a 65hp Walter Mikron 4-III, but in the picture (circa 1986) it is fitted with an experimental Tatra AT-714 engine. Around 2000 the XL-113 received a Rotax 912 and the hopper was removed.

Your turn please!

 

[srgalahad]

Well, well ... I didn't really expect that. On the other hand the Blanik fin/rudder is unmistakable (I have stick time in two..). As far as "still available", one source i have says the Vivat ended prod. in the 1990's but another implies one can still purchase.

Ahhh.. grain/blur but it's not of MY doing -extra points if you can tell me WHERE the a/c was located.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Hughes D-2.

 

[Hurricane91]

Ahhh.. grain/blur but it's not of MY doing -extra points if you can tell me WHERE the a/c was located.

Wow! The legendary D-2. Until now, I have seen only a drawing of it and a photo of it's wooden hangar at Harpers Dry Lake in California. The lack of puplished photos and the alleged cause of the D-2's destruction make it an authentic mystery plane. Thanks for posting those photos Srgalahad.

 

[srgalahad]

for Mike for the D-2

and :ernae: to H for the Harpers reference (imagine the cost of an air conditioned hangar in the Mojave Desert in the 1940's!)

 

[lefty]

It is an uncommon occurrence for a Scotsman to decline a refreshment , but on this occasion, Rob, I have to declare that it was Ferry who posted the right answer !


The mystery Hughes has lurked in these columns before, methinks.......a long, long time ago.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Thanks Mike!

Here's something quite different:

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[lefty]

Ah ! I think I'll have a go for that pint after all - this is the Jeannin Stahltaube, methinks.

If I'm right, OH please - off to bed !

 

[Ferry_vO]

You are absolutely right about the steel pigeon, Mike!

 

[lefty]

No takers yet, so we'll try another - a shapely filly, this one........

 

[Moses03]

Well, it looks French. How's that for detective work?

 

[Ferry_vO]

French? I thought the wings looked like a Stinson or a Westland Lysander... (Both dead ends btw.)

 

[lefty]

She ain't French.