The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

Hi BG ! (where were you when that Fiat was around ????)

Yes, it's the Tupolev tricycle testbed indeed.....

 

[Baragouin]

Hi BG ! (where were you when that Fiat was around ????)

Yes, it's the Tupolev tricycle testbed indeed.....

Thanks Lefty....when the FIAT was around I also was around therefore I missed it.....
Last night I tried to connect but the site was unavailable...I'll try to post something new by this afternoon.
Cheers
BG

I just found this one (sorry for showing her arse!):

Cheers again
BG

 

[lefty]

I can hear the skirl o' the pipes...........

 

[pomme homme]

The video makes for good watching.

 

[Moses03]

Okay, I think we have a handle on the twin boom pusher. Since I'm the twin boom pusher fanatic around here I will knock it off the board. The Campbell F.

(Besides, I have a very obscure but interesting flying boat I'm anxious to unleash next).

 

[Baragouin]

Dear Moses she's the Campbell twinboom indeed
Now time to unleash your obscure floater (when my turn comes up I do have a really difficult one that I Always forget to submit!)
Cheers
BG

 

[Moses03]

Thanks BG.

As promised, a flying boat...

 

[lefty]

Well you did warn it was going to be obscure......Triton Water Sprite ??

 

[Moses03]

You can't keep a Scotsman down. Spot on Mike. (Better make it a double).

Thought the Water Sprite would at least last until tomorrow!

 

[lefty]

Thanks Kevin - the Triton was from Sausalito, where I also consumed a few beers one memorable afternoon ! (there were at least two Scottish pubs there !)

Anyway, here's a nice easy one, but which hasn't made an appearance here before......

 

[Baragouin]

Thanks Kevin - the Triton was from Sausalito, where I also consumed a few beers one memorable afternoon ! (there were at least two Scottish pubs there !)

Anyway, here's a nice easy one, but which hasn't made an appearance here before......

Kaiser Fleetwings XBTK-1?
Cheers
BG

...and my compliments over the Triton (really very obscure Aerofiles doesn't even have a pic!)....

 

[lefty]

Yessir, piloted by Kaiser Fleetwings himself.

Judging by the state of the paintwork, that thing was fuelled with old sump oil...........

(re the Triton, an Aerofiles search - which works mostly if you use the right parameters - revealed a couple of possibilities, and the 7-pot Comet motor was the clincher !)

Over to the home of the Azzuri.......

 

[Baragouin]

Thanks Lefty
I told you I would submit an obscure floater: here she's (please forgive me for the horrible pic but that's the only one I have):

Cheers
BG

 

[Moses03]

Spanish Canete Pirata of 1927. One built.

 

[cthornburg]

Here's another view of Canete Pirata.

Chris

 

[Baragouin]

Spanish Canete Pirata of 1927. One built.

Well Moses what can I say. I'm astounded! I thought it was obscure enough and in no time at all my mysterious item is solved (with the addition of a phantastic pic posted by Chtornburg to whom my thanks are extended).
BTW should anyone of you gentlemen be in possession of additional pics of subject floater do mail them over even by PM if so you wish.

Your turn then Moses and as usual
Cheers
BG

 

[Moses03]

Thanks BG. Took me a little while to remember the designer but recalled it was from Spain in the late 1920's.

Chris- That is a very rare photo. Thanks for posting it.


Here is another obscurish one. Apparently they settled on 2x4's for the struts!

 

[lefty]

Very like one of those Taubman-Babcock machines.......

 

[Moses03]

This one appeared in Texas right before WWII. The designer went back to growing corn I guess.

 

[Moses03]

It had a Warner Scarab radial. The only other thing I know is that the designer became a lawyer after the war and practiced up until the 1960's.