The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

OK fellows, I'm off tomorrow during the day, so we'll let the US contingent have a go at the floater, then I'll reveal if necessary.

This one is not American.
 
Final clue. Not American. Not European. Not Oriental. That surely narrows it down a wee bit......several models were produced by this one's creators.
 
OK, enough. This is the Model D flying boat built in 1919 by the Walsh Brothers, founders of the New Zealand Flying School.:newzealand: OH please.
 
To keep us busy some familiar lines. To make is easier, this is NOT a homebuilt.
 

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Hi pomme homme :very_drunk:
That is her! Could it be that in fact 2 examples were built or is that a fable?
Your turn, sir
 
Thank you, Walter, and my apologies for the delay.

I cannot find reference to a second Jumbo having been completed but there are suggestions that it had been started - along with various derivations (q.v. http://aeroyonnax.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=117). Sadly this was another example of the best laid plans ..... !

Anyhow, moving on - here's a photograph from an angle that shows the unusual feature of this aeroplane, one which I don't think will tax many for long.

 
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Hi pomme homme:encouragement:
Thank you for the link to the Léglise/L-400/L-500 article. Very much appreciated and I am sure I`m not the only one:applause:
 
Would love to join in with Mike's high-aspect-ratio flivver, but I'm in the toils just now.
Made the mistake of allowing a Windows upgrade (to 1903) which duly went belly-up and has left me sans C drive !

Am doing this on a wee basic laptop and hoping my PC guru comes back soon......
 
lefty said:
Would love to join in with Mike's high-aspect-ratio flivver, but I'm in the toils just now.
Made the mistake of allowing a Windows upgrade (to 1903) which duly went belly-up and has left me sans C drive !

Am doing this on a wee basic laptop and hoping my PC guru comes back soon......
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Hi Lefty taking shamelessly advantage of your PC failure may I affirm that this is the Hurel Dubois HD10 as you all know!"
Cheers
Carlo
 
Your affirmation is correct, Carlo - although I'd hoped that someone might, viewed from that angle, think that it was some sort of weird canard pusher! It is the high aspect ratio wing HD.10. Thus Italy is the next country on our seeming European grand tour!
 
Which it is of course. :encouragement:

Probably an early example of an ultralight aircraft when this designation of planes was still unknown.

Over to you, Uli. :icon29:
 
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