The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

Maybe a different picture may help to identify her?

 

[giruXX]

A "blind" search on aerofiles let me to the Rand-Robinson KR-3

 

[wout]

Hi giruXX
That`s her!

 

[giruXX]

Here comes another bird from another place and another time. Enjoy

 

[pomme homme]

Is that the 1908 Miller monoplane - which Jane describes as 'the first aeroplane designed and constructed by Italians'?

 

[giruXX]

Bonjour Pomme Homme,
you are most probably right!

I have it as the Ponzelli-Miller Aerocurvo from

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you. Jane seems to be rather 'information light' in comparison to your source, Uli. Anyhow, here's something of broadly the same vintage - and whilst I apologise for the grainy nature of the image, it's the only one I could find of this aeroplane in its 'evo' format.

 

[Moses03]

Mike, that looks to be the Jezzi Biplane #1 of 1910. Was originally a pusher apparently.

 

[pomme homme]

Both identification and explanation is correct. Over the pond we go .....

 

[Moses03]

Next mystery is a murky biplane with a funky empennage.

 

[Moses03]

Here is another angle showing the twin fins and the relative size of the machine. It only needed a 40hp engine to get it flying.

 

[Moses03]

A few more nuggets...it made it's first flight mid 1920 in New York. USA all the way but not found in Aerofiles. (There is information out there on it with other photos I have come across).

A one-off designer as far as I can find.

 

[giruXX]

The "Pioneer Type A Sportplane" indeed.

 

[Moses03]

There it is.

 

[giruXX]

Another light biplane:

 

[pomme homme]

Is that the Danton Tractor Biplane of 1911?

 

[giruXX]

Full hit!!

I have it as Denhaut Frederic-Danton 1911 Aeroplan

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Uli. I also found it described as the Danton-Denhault-Espinosa racing biplane of 1910 - but I got distracted and didn't manage to post that additional information before you replied! Anyhow here's a smart little monoplane, illustrated in a photograph which is not, as far as I can see, amongst the several other photographs of it to be found on the internet!

 

[fabulousfour]

That looks very much like the Ponnier D.III, however the engine cowling might look a bit different.

 

[pomme homme]

I'm afraid that the Ponnier D.III is not known to me - but I can't conceive of it being an alternative name for this aeroplane, having regard to how well known is the name of the gentleman who designed it.