The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Carlo.

Here's the next. A tail dragger - yes. US - no. I bet Walter gets this one!

 

[wout]

Hi pomme homme
Thank you for the trust in me, but............
I there some parasol wing in her?

 

[lefty]

It's the washing machine motor that's baffling me....

Parasol ? Maybe - but it could be a bipe*, a tripe or even a gyro ! Or one of those French things that doesn't quite know what it is either.....

(*looks like attachment points aft of the gear leg)

Sorry about not giving you a good game yesterday, Mike. Our 2nd XV just ain't good enough at this level.....

 

[pomme homme]

I won't yet tell you why you should know this one, Walter.

Mike, I'm not sure what motor you've got in your washing machine. All I know is that mine isn't powered by a 65hp Continental - although this biplane is! It is the single seat evolution of a tandem two seat biplane which enjoyed a limited production run in the fifties. I apologise for an image of it only in its wingless state. I don't know another of it not only complete but also with this power plant, as opposed to the radial which powered it originally.

I have to say that I'm glad that les Bleus seemingly have avoided la cuiller en bois - although judging by what my wife tells me of the score so far in this afternoon's match, may I should remember the maxim 'never say never' ..... !

 

[giruXX]

Hey girls and boys, how about an Indraero Aero 101?

 

[pomme homme]

Close, but no cigar!

 

[fabulousfour]

Is this the original bipe before converting to a Continental?

 

[pomme homme]

That's it, the sole Indraéro Aéro 30, F-PPPA, it its original state when it sported a Salmson radial. That photo emanates from https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/13392.htm, which is why I thought that Walter would get this one. Over to Germany.

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Mike!

I would prefer that Uli does the next mystery, without his guess I wouldn't have found that plane.

 

[lefty]

Considering the only visible bits (fuselage, gear, engine,struts, etc ) have absolutely nothing in common with the original in 1000photos, I think you chaps did exceptionally well !

 

[Baragouin]

Considering the only visible bits (fuselage, gear, engine,struts, etc ) have absolutely nothing in common with the original in 1000photos, I think you chaps did exceptionally well !

May I join Lefty with my personal compliments for the brilliant deductions of Robert and Uli on the Indraero (aus einem quasi Wrack eine glänzende Folgerung). But wait, within the next 50 years or so I'll be able to do the same!
Cheers
Carlo

 

[giruXX]

My guess was made in pure desperation

More stuff for everybody comes here:

 

[cthornburg]

Outside the scope of the thread but fun what is the instrument shown? From my flight last night.

Chris

 

[musterpilot]

Outside air temp gauge

 

[cthornburg]

You got it luckily wings & tail didn't look like that.

Chris

 

[giruXX]

back to the current mystery: famous designer, several built

 

[Baragouin]

back to the current mystery: famous designer, several built

Could she be an early Focke-Wulf like i.e. the S-1?
Cheers
Carlo

 

[giruXX]

Sorry Carlo et al. not from Germany. But Europe is OK.

 

[pomme homme]

I'm tempted by the SABCA-Jullien SJ.1A but the wing and tailplane tips are not right, the cylinders are exposed, only one was built and Henri Jullien wasn't famous. In fact, I think that I've convinced myself that it's not the SJ.1A!

 

[giruXX]

that’s correct
Our mystery plane is a contemporary of the SABCA, of course.
It was very successful in many competitions! One of them consisted of crossing the English Channel twice in a single day at the expenditure of less than 9 liters of fuel!