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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Not French either. But it is European. From a manufacturer better known for aircraft of the engineless variety.
 
Not an Auster, darrenvox - one more clue - this has a Walter Minor motor. (and I bet Walter Major will give us the answer.....:jump:)
 
Hi Mike:encouragement:
There is something Italian in the name (depending on what language you speak).
The Schempp-Hirth GS6 Milan from Germany
Fixed main wheels, retractable nose wheel. First flown 1958
 
That's the one, Walter.....:very_drunk:

(oddly, I think Milan in German is Mailand ? And the one that really used to confuse me - Munich in Italian is Monaco !)
 
Ah well, I take some comfort from the fact that I perceived an Italian connection - albeit rather tenuous!

lefty said:
And the one that really used to confuse me - Munich in Italian is Monaco !)
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Now that has its history with the Ferrari factory in Maranello. Many years ago apparently several senior Ferrari managers were told to attend a meeting with BMW representatives in Munich. The Germans attended the meeting but none of the Italians were there. Instead they were tracked down to the Casino Monté Carlo. When Enzo Ferrari berated them as to this, they claimed that they'd been told to go to Monaco rather than to Munich .....!
 
That is why I limit myaelf to my native tongue and (my sort of) english.
This one was not flown in this form (V-tail), but the standard version did!
 

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Well Yes Pomme-Homme that's quite a laughable matter but I do confirm that "Monaco" in italian applies to both "Muenchen" (in Germany) and "Monaco" (Principauté de....).
Cheers
BG
 
Hi Mike, that is the one :very_drunk:
Started as M-70 Ghzel project by MAI, then became Myasischev`s M-101 Ghzel. Ideas on how she should like included the V-tail (only mockup built) and engines considered included the M-14P radial and Lycomin`s IO-540. In the end the M601 turbine won (as M-101T). I think production of the M-101T reached some 25-30 max.

Looking forward to your week-end mystery!
 
We're all used to the idea of drones everywhere nowadays - thankfully none seen in these rural parts to date !

But what about this full-size version, going back nearly 50 years ????
 

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Hi Mike:encouragement:
Be happy you live in a rural area.
I think this is where a drone-pilot should be when he chooses to fly near airliners or police helis etc.
 

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Hi Mike :encouragement:
The (single-seat) WGM-21 by Aerotechnik Entwickelungen & Apparatenbau GmbH. She is now in the Bückeburg Helikopter Museum.
Tested 1968/1969 (probaly tethered test only) and 54hp BMW-700 engine
Planned s-b-s two-seat WGM-22 with enclosed cabin/fuselage only built as mock-up
 
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