The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[pomme homme]

I'm sorry. I'm confusing matters by amending my initial post. Originally I thought it to be a Martinsyde Type A of some sort. But in doing so, I neglected to spot that the lower wing sits below the fuselage. For that reason I concluded that it might be a Bristol Tourer of some sort, one of the Type 28 coupé variants perhaps. If so, maybe it's c/n 5891 which is recorded as having gone to the USA.

 

[Moses03]

Technically this is the Allinio Bristol Cabin (the cabin bit has two windows and is slightly different). Pretty much the same aircraft so well done PH.

It is in Aerofiles:

<center>[h=2]Allinio[/h]</center><small>Peter Allinio, 409 Kearney St, El Cerrito CA.</small>
Bristol Cabin c.1928 = 3pCB; Siddely Puma. Rebuilt and modified surplus Bristol Fighter [826Y].

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Moses. It appears that the Bristol Tourer Type 28 and the Allinio Bristol Cabin achieved broadly the same result albeit by different routes - although in the UK they got there some eight years sooner than the US!

Here's another windmill flying on its back. I don't think that it's been used before - at least if google is to be believed - but I doubt that it will last for long!

 

[Moses03]

It's the Odier and Bessiere Clinogyre of 1931-32. The darn thing was tested on a railroad trolley!

 

[pomme homme]

That's the beast! Back to you, sir.

 

[Moses03]

Good morning. Okay, following Pomme's lead, here is a slightly earlier attempt. It was built around an already existing airframe...

 

[lefty]

Struggling with this one, choppers not really my thing. Looks American (at least the gents do!), thought the fuselage might be Thomas-Morse - could it be the Myers Helicopter ??

 

[Moses03]

It is indeed. Well spotted Lefty! Better make that a Guinness.

 

[zswobbie1]

It's amazing following this forum over time, & seeing all these old aircraft. Some of them are so ugly & I take my hat off to those intrepid pilots from those days. One really wonders how some of those planes actually flew, & the size of the bollocks those guys had!

Thanks so much for opening our eyes to all those 'crafts. Stunning that all happened mostly in our lifetime, & look where that journey has taken us.. Airbus 380's, Boeing 777's, B52's, the F35's, & the list just goes on....

 

[lefty]

Thanks, Moze, although we'll have to keep the Guinness on hold just now - the New Year resolution is in force and not a drop of alcohol is crossing my lips for a month. I simply have to shed some poundage !

Here's a nice shiny easy one for the crew - maybe our new friend from Cape Town would like a shot at this one ? I'll bet the weather down there is a helluva lot nicer than here just now ! (although it rained when I was last there.....)

 

[pomme homme]

Have at you, sir! I believe that's the AW.35 Scimitar, G-ADBL, that languished in Coley's scrapyard in Hounslow until the late fifties

 

[lefty]

Told you it was easy - over to Pomme Homme -

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, lefty. Here's another 'nose on' view.

 

[Moses03]

Looks like a Hispano-Suiza motor.

 

[Baragouin]

Thank you, lefty. Here's another 'nose on' view.

This is a Weymann WEL 80 of 1931
Cheers
BG

 

[pomme homme]

Indeed it is, Baragouin, with a 650 CV Hispano Suiza up front. Take it away, sir.

 

[Baragouin]

Indeed it is, Baragouin, with a 650 CV Hispano Suiza up front. Take it away, sir.

Thanks pomme homme!
Here's my next mystery.....
Cheers
BG

 

[lefty]

A bouncing Czech, sir -the Avia BH-21.

 

[Baragouin]

A bouncing Czech, sir -the Avia BH-21.

....and a beautiful one indeed Sir!
Your turn please
Cheers
BG

 

[lefty]

Well it appears that minimalist head-on shots are all the rage, BG, so I'll continue the trend - personally I think this is difficult but, knowing you lot, it will probably last about 10 minutes - and, to save an endless trawl through Aerofiles, it's not American !