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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

...or his ears!
Bravo fabulousfour:very_drunk:. For my curiousity, how did you find the way to the solution?
Am I right assuming that in the picture is looks if the aircraft has a single-blade rotor with a counter weight?
 
Wout, it was pure luck. :engel016:

My search at google was:

"pressure jet" helicopter site:en.wikipedia.org

but without much hope that this would lead any further. However, this showed me that Eugene Gluhareff did invent this type of power plant.
I then found the homepage of Gluhareff helicopters (https://www.gluhareffhelicopters.com/about-us/) where a picture of the mystery instantly caught my eye.
And in the pdf (http://www.gluhareffhelicopters.com/PDF/AIAA-Presentation.pdf) I found the designation of that whirly bird.:very_drunk:

Must look for a new mystery now!
 
The penny has dropped, thank you, Robert (or maybe 31 of them ?). I won't post just now as I'm off for most of the day......
 
Sometimes you guys go through 2 mystery aircraft before I wake up. I thought I knew this aircraft before the hints. I had a hard day yesterday lost an engine on climb out and had to return to KSFF. I miss my FE lucky it was CAVU. You can see flight on FlightAware under WAE41 out of KSFF.
So I didn't get around too it till just before work today. I have a new mystery but has appeared here before same name different version. What got me interested in this one was it said it was used in Iceland.

Chris
 

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I knew wouldn't last long. Irwin Meteorplane which version? I'm not sure. Caption said it was used as mail plane in Iceland. From it's size must be the 2 letters carried on the pilot.

Chris
 
Just to add a bit more information: In the Civil Aircraft Register of Iceland the Meteorplane is designated as an unregistered Meteorplane F.A.I. which is possibly a typo, F-A-1 would be the correct designation.
According to the register the plane was converted to a snowsled in 1932 :dizzy:
 
My image of the F-A-1 looks quite different , Robert, (rounded wingtips, neat cowl, etc) so I'll stick to the F-A-2 if Aerofiles is anything to go by !

Here's a rather plain workhorse.....
 

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