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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Last one before the unveil. It's French

Chris

The x.x was a development of the preceeding x.x and x.x designs, but was intended for military use. There were three bays of struts and the pilot and observer were seated back-to-back. The observer had two machine guns in a ring mount. There were two Lamblin radiators attached to the front landing gear struts. The aircraft was designed to be eaily dismantled and reassembled to facilite transport with the wings folding back- wards at the wing center sections. This was intened to assist transporting the aircraft during escadrille movements. There were protected fuel tanks and the armament
was two machine guns. Static testing revealed the aircraft met the requirements specified by the Armee de l’Air. Although the military expressed an interest in the design, it does not appear that any were acquired by the military.
 
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cthornburg said:
Last one before the unveil. It's French

Chris

The x.x was a development of the preceeding x.x and x.x designs, but was intended for military use. There were three bays of struts and the pilot and observer were seated back-to-back. The observer had two machine guns in a ring mount. There were two Lamblin radiators attached to the front landing gear struts. The aircraft was designed to be eaily dismantled and reassembled to facilite transport with the wings folding back- wards at the wing center sections. This was intened to assist transporting the aircraft during escadrille movements. There were protected fuel tanks and the armament
was two machine guns. Static testing revealed the aircraft met the requirements specified by the Armee de l’Air. Although the military expressed an interest in the design, it does not appear that any were acquired by the military.
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Thanks for the clues Chris.....for some reasons it reminds me of a Farman of the middle twenties....
Cheers
BG
 
Nice one, Chris - had us all stumped. I've been hors de combat for the best part of the week (house guests!) but will sling in one which will go fairly quickly, methinks......
 

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Not quite, but close enough for me. This is the D III, in which Jurgis Dobkevicius was killed when it crashed at Kaunas in 1926. If you compare the wings of the D II and the D III, you'll see that they are significantly different. I suspect that you'd be hard pressed to find many other wings of such a high aspect ratio in the 1920s, particularly of a powered aircraft as opposed to a sailplane. But enough of this. Over to you, BG,
 
pomme homme said:
Not quite, but close enough for me. This is the D III, in which Jurgis Dobkevicius was killed when it crashed at Kaunas in 1926. If you compare the wings of the D II and the D III, you'll see that they are significantly different. I suspect that you'd be hard pressed to find many other wings of such a high aspect ratio in the 1920s, particularly of a powered aircraft as opposed to a sailplane. But enough of this. Over to you, BG,
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Thanks pomme-homme!
As a matter of fact I was very uncertain as to whether I should have opted for a II or a III (then the former wrongly prevailed!). Anyway here's my offer and my apologies for the terribly looking picture
Cheers
BG
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lefty said:
Highlighted by the Rising Sun, this is the Aichi AB-5. Looks very Heinkelly.
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Aichi AB5 indeed! No wonders she looks Heinkelly her stepfather was the He62....
Well done and your turn Lefty...
Cheers
BG

BTW speaking of Aichi hasn't anybody got a pic of the Aichi D3A2K Val trainer?
 
And here is a record-breaking floater for your consideration -
 

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On the ball, BG - :very_drunk:

Louis Demougeot took the world altitude record for hydravions at 9290 metres. Must have been chilly up there.....Bet it's not chilly in Tuscany ?
 
lefty said:
On the ball, BG - :very_drunk:

Louis Demougeot took the world altitude record for hydravions at 9290 metres. Must have been chilly up there.....Bet it's not chilly in Tuscany ?
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Thanks Lefty!
What's the name of this old bastard?
Cheers
BG
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No not really chilly in Tuscany today ...about 30 centigrades at noontime.....
 
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