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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

How about an Ansaldo A.C.3 with Bristol engine ? (Looks like a Jupiter)

It could, of course, just be a Dewoitine D.9, but that rather suave pilot looks Italian to me !
 
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How about an Ansaldo A.C.3 with Bristol engine ? (Looks like a Jupiter)

It could, of course, just be a Dewoitine D.9, but that rather suave pilot looks Italian to me !
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Hi Lefty!
You're dead right with your second option i.e. with a Dewoitine D9. This pic was shot in Yugoslavia in 1926 and the engine is indeed a Gnome-Rhône Jupiter (in fact she was called in YU "Dewoitine Jupiter").
Therefore your turn please
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
 
Here is a contemporary of the Sunrise...or should that be Sunset?

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First a flying boat, then a landplane and then back to being a flying boat. Two Hall-Scott engines. It led a colorful life before being abandoned on a California beach.
 
Well this is the Loughead (progenitor of Lockheed) F-1, which sadly ultimately 'fell victim to vandals' - things weren't that different in 1918, it seems.....
 
Nice find, Kevin...

Sorry for the delay - away in the Big City yesterday - couldn't move for tourists in Edinburgh...

Let's get things moving quickly again with an Aggie with a difference....
 

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Hi Mike:encouragement:
As so often with beauties, she goes under different names.
Rutan (Scaled Composites) Model 120 or more commonly ATAC Predator 480 (ATAC for Advanced Technology Aircraft Company Ltd).
An accident at early age prevented N480AG from presenting us with, no doubt,even more blinding siblings.
 
Thank you Mike:encouragement:. May the best one win the elections!
I have not removed the registration since it had not yet been applied at the time the photo was taken.
If you have been at this airfield, you may recognize it. Most of the time there is no snow.
And always keep in mind: Every aircraft is a mystery until you find out the name.
 

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Presumably Russian, if the flag on the tail of the aeroplane behind is a clue! And if the airfield is usually snow free, are we looking at somewhere down in the Caucasus?
 
Hi PH:encouragement:
Absolutely correct on the country. However, not the Caucasian region. I maye have caused confusion on the snow, but I know from experience that the region has long spells with snow,
but also temperatures that can rise high!!
A very big city is around the corner.
The plane is number 10 in a series and a two-seater with aerobatic performance.
 
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