The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

Indeed it is - lovely flying bananas there - over to you -

Of course, it's a French machine, therefore there is bound to be some confusion. On close inspection, the original appears to show the entire powerplant - engines, radiators, and four-bladed props, mounted ahead of the wings - very unusual for a pusher. On your photo I can't discern any radiators or even props at all !

 

[Baragouin]

Indeed it is - lovely flying bananas there - over to you -

Of course, it's a French machine, therefore there is bound to be some confusion. On close inspection, the original appears to show the entire powerplant - engines, radiators, and four-bladed props, mounted ahead of the wings - very unusual for a pusher. On your photo I can't discern any radiators or even props at all !

Hi Lefty!
I have exactly the same original photo as you edited captioned: "Ligue Aérienne Française L.A.F. Desmon Torpilleur"...as it often happens with me (sigh, sigh) I entered the forum too late to put down my "two cents"!
Cheers
BG (Carlo)

 

[Moses03]

Let's step away from the French inquisition...

 

[fabulousfour]

The nose seems to have been taken from a Junkers J.I

 

[fabulousfour]

Now I know why this bird seems familiar to me.

I've seen it before when looking for the Taft Kingfisher, my first solved mystery.

This plane appears in Aviation week from May 17, 1930 and is the Engineers Aircraft Corp. Model 1 or EAC-1 as named in the magazine..

 

[Moses03]

Spot on Robert. It was photographed at the same New York show as the Taft.

Have at it-

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks Kevin, here's another floater

 

[Moses03]

Hmm, going to take a shot in the dark. Maybe the Yokosho Ho-go small seaplane of 1918?

 

[fabulousfour]

You are on the right track but that's not the bird.
The plane flew a little later.

I should have altered the face of that lady

 

[giruXX]

The Yokosuka K1Y, also known as the Navy Type 13 Trainer, by any chance?

 

[fabulousfour]

Spot on, Uli

Here is the "uncensored" picture.

 

[giruXX]

I have another deputy of the floater theme:

 

[lefty]

'Tis the FGP 227

 

[giruXX]

identified even if I have it as FG 227

 

[lefty]

Indeed, I have both ! (Depends whether you add the 'Prag' to the Fertigungsgemeinschaft...) Yet another scaled-down floater, which like most of the others, didn't achieve much.

This didn't float, to the best of my knowledge. Must have been quite bracing to fly..(and keep that Red Baron silk scarf well tucked in !)

 

[pomme homme]

Ah, back to France. That's the Daspect III.

 

[lefty]

Aha ! Stirrings from the heart of France - yes, M. Becherau's wee flivver indeed

 

[Moses03]

Is that a Dewoitine D.371 in the background on the right?

 

[lefty]

Yes, and Mike is going to tell us what's in the background rear left too, with his mystery.......

 

[pomme homme]

..... Kellner-Béchereau Type E1?