The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Ack! Missed nipping in on a pusher!


Sidetracked this weekend as our annual Around The World Race is in progress.

Live tracker here. (We are the green icons you can click on to check pilot/alt and speed):

https://www.fsrtwrace.com/followrace.php

 

[giruXX]

It should be a Soldenhoff A2....
Cheers
BG

Good guess BG. However, it is not the A/2 or I don't have it as such at least.

 

[Baragouin]

Good guess BG. However, it is not the A/2 or I don't have it as such at least.

I'm afraid it's more than a guess Giru. Please check the attachment and the pic concerning the Soldenhoff A-2 (reg. 1708): Isn't that self-explanatory?
Cheers
BG
http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation history/flying wings/europe_interwar.htm

 

[giruXX]

Sorry for being pedantic, BG. It isn’t the D-1708. I am so pedantic because the name of the craft is unequivocally written on its fuselage. Hélas, not perceivable on the photo but in the video from which I took it. I can confirm that you are very close.

 

[Baragouin]

Well I have pics of the Soldenhoff A2, A3, A4 and A5 all of which are very similar (I would say identic) the only flagrant difference amongst them is the following:
- A2 has a flat two (or four) engine without wing tip fins- the same applies to A4 except that she has a radial engine - A3 and A5 (the latter with registration D-2156 have got two or four fins both of them with radial engines.
Since I can see no trace of fins on your pic (unless they are so small that they can barely be seen) I should assume that she must be either an A2 or an A4.
Therefore take your pick!
Cheers
BG
BTW I also have pic of a S5 which is a museum piece located in a Swiss airport (maybe Kloten?)

 

[Baragouin]

Well I have pics of the Soldenhoff A2, A3, A4 and A5 all of which are very similar (I would say identic) the only flagrant difference amongst them is the following:
- A2 has a flat two (or four) engine without wing tip fins- the same applies to A4 except that she has a radial engine - A3 and A5 (the latter with registration D-2156 have got two or four fins both of them with radial engines.
Since I can see no trace of fins on your pic (unless they are so small that they can barely be seen) I should assume that she must be either an A2 or an A4.
Therefore take your pick!
Cheers
BG
BTW I also have pic of a S5 which is a museum piece located in a Swiss airport (maybe Kloten?)

Another addendum to the a.m. story: checking "Golden years" it appears that registration D-1708 refers to a Soldenhoff LF6 whilst registration D-2156 refers to a Soldenhoff A-5. This implies that the caption referring to D-1708 in the page attached to my previous post is wrong. Now since the item edited by Giru is in my eyes an exact likeness of the wrongly captioned A2 I must assume that Giru's image is LF6!

 

[giruXX]

BG or someone else: Please check here: https://flughafenbb.wordpress.com/1919-1945/flugpionier-soldenhoff/

(and revise or tell me where I am wrong )

my source is this: http://iam.curiousabout.ch/alexander-soldenhoff/

 

[Baragouin]

BG or someone else: Please check here: https://flughafenbb.wordpress.com/1919-1945/flugpionier-soldenhoff/

(and revise or tell me where I am wrong )

my source is this: http://iam.curiousabout.ch/alexander-soldenhoff/

Nobody is telling you that you are wrong! However I challenge anydody to detect any difference whatsoever between the LF5 (as per footage) and the LF6
(wrongly captioned as A2) as appearing on site www.century-of-flight.net.
May I however respectfully end up the story here as I'm getting rather sick and tired of it.
Cheers
BG

 

[giruXX]

BG there is no reason to get angry.

I hoped you would refine your research a little bit further and find the video or another clue for an "alternative answer" . You are right that both machines cannot be distinguished from the video shot. But as the video starts with a close up of the fuselage that shows “LF5 Soldenhoff” I thought I should be on the safe side wrt. the name of the craft.

One difference between the two (i.e. LF5 and LF6) are their engines: two-cylinder or five-cylinder, respectively.

Either BG continues or Open House.

 

[Baragouin]

Hi Giru!
Sorry if I gave you the impression of getting angry : I just wanted to make my point and thank you for allowing me to proceed. Unfortunately I'm presently not at home and have no documentation ready therefore I'll be excused if I'm asking for a OH.
Cheers
BG

 

[Moses03]

Okay, let's refresh with something completely different.

 

[lefty]

Looks like some oddball mockup, Kevin. Very rum-looking prop, even odder engine, and as for the floats......was this a flier ??

 

[Moses03]

Not a mockup Mike. She was a flier for sure.

 

[Moses03]

The younger sibling of this flying boat appeared in this thread in the distant past. It was of similar layout but most notably had a 2-bladed prop and thicker wing struts.

 

[lefty]

In which case this must be the Argonaut H-20 Pirate ?

 

[Moses03]

Amazes me how you figured that out with so little info. A pint for the Scotsman on the elder Pirate.

 

[lefty]

Just detective work as usual ! We haven't had a nice Aggie for a while - how about this one ? (It may have been here before, but can't find it.....)

 

[giruXX]

A Hongdu N-5, perhaps?

Nanchang N5A from

 

[lefty]

That's the one, gX..

 

[giruXX]

Here is a neat little number: