The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[pomme homme]

All this confusion and it's not even a French aeroplane!

I'm afraid that I shall be occupied until at least Wednesday evening and as I don't have the next mystery ready and waiting, I'd be grateful if someone could step into the breach, please.

 

[srgalahad]

Season your admiration for a while
<code></code>With an attent ear, till I may deliver,
<code></code>Upon the witness of these gentlemen,
<code></code>This marvel to you.

(Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2)

and almost as old is this:

No, the gentleman on the right is not a Gulliverian giant... nor is the craft a Curtiss.

 

[lefty]

There used to be a lovely site that listed all the early birds by year - always enjoyed browsing through it - but I think it foundered quite a while ago.

The Gatsby bonnet, plus the fact I can't find a Brit like it, makes me think it must be North American, but I don't have the time to trawl through Aerofiles.

(Having serious issues with the Win 10 Anniversary upgrade.....boy do I just love Microsoft.......)

 

[giruXX]

Could it be Mr. Baldwin and his Red Devil, i.e. U.S. ?

 

[srgalahad]

Could it be Mr. Baldwin and his Red Devil, i.e. U.S. ?

It is a Red Devil, but possibly one of the Witteman-licence-built copies. It was flown, and wrecked, by Mr. Badger in 1911.

"[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Baldwin, holder of Dirigible Balloon Pilot license #1, is also credited with the invention of the first practical parachute, in 1885, although he never bothered to patent his idea."[/FONT]
(Aerofiles).

good work, giru!

 

[giruXX]

May I dare to post a mystery floater here which has not been identified yet? You people here are “my last hope”. If nobody finds it I’ll declare open house after 24 hours.

 

[Moses03]

That is the Miller MC-A1 amphibian of 1929.

Have attached another photo.

 

[giruXX]

great

your reply looks convincing! Thanks a lot, Moses03!

Over to you

 

[Moses03]

Thanks GX.

Here is a somewhat grainy stylish tourer to consider. (I don't think it has appeared before but my memory sometimes is a little wonky).

 

[giruXX]

The C.N.A. 25 high-wing cabin monoplane, perhaps?

 

[Moses03]

Spot on GX. Have a cold one.

 

[giruXX]

I am extremely happy with yesterday’s fast identification of the Miller MC-A1. As I have about a dozen of still unidentified flying objects in my files, I am asking for further assistance with this one.

I thought it should be easy because of the monowheel. But so far I failed to identify it.

 

[lefty]

I think it's the Dayton-Wright TA-5, gx

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4564639036

 

[Baragouin]

Hi Gruxx
Your mystery aircraft should be the Dayton Wright TA5 with monotrace landing gear
Soon I'll send you a pic
Cheers
BG

Oops! ...too late...

 

[giruXX]

I think it's the Dayton-Wright TA-5, gx

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4564639036

Indeed! That looks convincing.

Seems that my "mysteries" ain't no longer mysteries. Enyjoy your lefty.

 

[lefty]

Thanks, Gx - there is no real reason why a monowheel installation shouldn't work perfectly well - it just doesn't look right !

Here's something not on one wheel but two floats - a grainy horror* (Moses doesn't hold the monopoly on those......)



* this might indicate that it ain't American.........

 

[Baragouin]

Thanks, Gx - there is no real reason why a monowheel installation shouldn't work perfectly well - it just doesn't look right !

Here's something not on one wheel but two floats - a grainy horror* (Moses doesn't hold the monopoly on those......)



* this might indicate that it ain't American.........

?
Maybe an Ikarus Hidrokurir?
Cheers
BG

 

[wout]

Hi Mike
The unique Norge Model C (LN-14/LN-BWB) from Norway. She now resides in Norsk Teknisk Museum

 

[pomme homme]

.... there is no real reason why a monowheel installation shouldn't work perfectly well - it just doesn't look right !

Tell that to René Fournier!

 

[lefty]

As I suspected, Walter snapped this one up. One museum I probably won't get to......

In fact, apart from Luxembourg and Andorra, Norway is the only Western European country I haven't visited. I am ashamed.