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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Nothing wrong with being a bit bold, Keith !

Someone's got to be a bit bold and guess my floater before I head for Dublin :guinness: tomorrow - it's from a company which produced several models, fighters, bombers, transport, etc, none in large numbers, and none well documented......
 
lefty said:
Nothing wrong with being a bit bold, Keith !

Someone's got to be a bit bold and guess my floater before I head for Dublin :guinness: tomorrow - it's from a company which produced several models, fighters, bombers, transport, etc, none in large numbers, and none well documented......
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....Albatros?.....
BG

PS Enjoy your trip to Dublin
 
Thank you, BG, I always enjoy my trips to Dublin !

This floater is not an Albatros - it is however Western European.
 
Right, enough. This is the Romano R.3 'experimental seaplane' , 1926-ish, 150hp Hispano. Used for testing various different types of floats and float angles.

OH please, gentlemen - back in a few days.
 
I would never have found that one!!!
My offering though - it might not last until you get back home Mike!
Keith
 

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Dev One said:
Well done BG, thats exactly it!
Too distinctive I'm afraid, although I would never have guessed it!
Over to you
Keith
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Thanks DevOne!
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Above you will find my colourful mysterious item!
Good luck
Cheers!
BG
 
wout said:
Hi Baragouin:encouragement:
Your colourful offering is the MAI-223, developed by the Moscow Aviation Institute.
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Hi Wout!
You're of course right :applause: this being the MAI223 (quite an intriguing Aircraft I think)....
As I have the opportunity to post you would you be kind enough to supply some factual information concerning the SOKO 1 which you posted not long ago. I read with great interest the link connected with that Aircraft ("Paluba" etc.) but couldn't find information about date of first flight, what engine was fitted etc.
You may reply by PM if so you desire...
Cheers
BG
 
Baragouin :encouragement:
Will send you PM with details on the Soko 1. (will try to-morrow).
Next challenge is prossibly white and seems the wind is coming from the right :jump:
 

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wout said:
Baragouin :encouragement:
Will send you PM with details on the Soko 1. (will try to-morrow).
Next challenge is prossibly white and seems the wind is coming from the right :jump:
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Thanks Wout in advance for the SOKO....
concerning the new mystery this looks to me like the Moeller Stormo 3V3 "Temperolus" of 1936....
BG
 
Hi Baragouin :encouragement:
Not the Moeller Stormo 3V3 "Temperolus" of 1936, afaik.
Seems you are already in the right European region and era (assuming the Temperolus is from Italy(?).
This small aircraft was named after a fly that causes serious deceases in the tropics.

Can you please confirm the PM on the Soko was received?
 
Well Wout the above pic is the Möller Stormo: isn't that the same Aircraft of your post?
Soko information received with many thanks!
Cheers
BG
 
Hi Baragouin :encouragement:
The 2 aircraft indeed look like twins, but I donot think there is any connection. Another photo shows my challenge upside-down after engine failure and that was the end of the ....... and this happened before WW2.
However, the country of origin was invaded by the country using the symbol on your Temporolus` tail
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I posted the Stomo a long time ago and find this very interesting. It appears that at least one ended up in Poland after the war - there is a photo of it registered SP-DLL - but it had a different engine from the tiny 18hp effort in the original.

It seems unlikely that a design so similar could be originated elsewhere, so could Walter's mystery be a Stomo re-engined and re-named in Poland ??
 
In relation to Wout's mystery let's recap all the data we have sofar:
1 - small Touring Aircraft with a two cylinders engine
2 - country of origin: presumably Germany
3 - Era: before WWII (I would say sometime in the thirties)
4 - nicknamed after an obnoxious fly (the only one that comes to my mind is "Tze Tze")
Oh yes probably re-engined in Poland with registration SP-DLL

Is there someone who could translate all the above in a full identity?
BG
 
Could not find info an (possible) relationship between the 2 designs. The challenge had a 33hp Mengin 2Y engine and was lost in the engine failure accident. Part of the country of origin now has a new name, as do other parts.
I think BG is closest in distance. And donot forget to associate name of the nasty decease causing fly with this tiny aircraft!
Will give solution and some links to-night (if unsolved by then). The designers first name was Anton :jump:
 
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