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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

This version was flown before the US entered the war. The designer faded from view in the mid 1950's.
 
You finally gave us enough clues - it's the Thalman T-3B (which according to Aerofiles has a T-tail ??)
 
Lefty has it.:icon29:

The second modified version had the t-tail:

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Nice new spats too !

Here's something which will probably generate another debate - to be honest, I'm not 100% certain myself.....
 

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It's funny how minds work along the same lines. Me, I was also thinking variable surface aeroplanes and thus the Gérin Varivol. But the available photographs led me to discount that possibility.
 
It is the Gastambide-Levavasseur, gX, but I think this is actually the second version ? It is certainly a lot neater than the other well-known monster.

Further contributions welcome - in the meantime, over to Gx :very_drunk:
 
lefty said:
It is the Gastambide-Levavasseur, gX, but I think this is actually the second version ? It is certainly a lot neater than the other well-known monster.

Further contributions welcome - in the meantime, over to Gx :very_drunk:
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The Gastambide-Levavasseur was a particularly enjoyable mystery in my eyes. I have never heard or seen anything of this aircraft. The small-chord lower wing and the V-struts looked like a support of a Fowler-like extendable upper rear wing. The rest was Google: “biplane variable wing chord surface”.

Here is a bi-lingual article that appears reasonable: http://modelarchives.free.fr/Bestiaire/GAST_P/index.html It even shares my hypothesis that the first aircraft was shown.
 
Thanks BG :icon29:

The funny thing is that it has a Daimler star on the tail and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle engine up front. :biggrin-new: The designer is Hanns Klemm.
 
giruXX said:
Thanks BG :icon29:

The funny thing is that it has a Daimler star on the tail and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle engine up front. :biggrin-new: The designer is Hanns Klemm.
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Yes Giru I agree a very bizarre combination!
and here's my new offer a nice wee tourer...
Cheers
BG
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pomme homme said:
16 April 2012?

Applegate-Weyant Dart GC NC31685.

If correct, open house please.
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Quite correct pomme-homme (I took it off a very small pic and didn't realize there was a reg number till I resized the pic to a larger format...well no avail to cry over spilt milk...what is done is done!
Cheers
BG
 
Hi PH :encouragement:
I know her as the Glanard Monoplan (F-PEPY). Seems her earlier friends were M. Quentin and Lamette who befriended her as QL-6-2.
 
Thank you PH :encouragement:
I was toldd M.Quentin and Lamette designed/built her in 1949 as QL-6-2 and then in 1958 M.Raymknd Glanard modified her as Monoplan. Have no idea about the kind of modifications, but
F-PEPY had a lot of friends though.

Next challenge is somewhat obscure, although many many people must have seen her

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