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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Thanks, gX :ernaehrung004:

May I post another picture which is even a mystery to me, but where I hope for help identifying it?

Or should I rather post a "normal" mystery?
 
Thanks, Kevin!
Here we go.

The photo is probably taken in South-West Germany on the old Airport of Böblingen near the French border.
It seems that the aircraft has its engines inside the fuselage with driveshafts to the nacelles. I can see two radiators, so probably two interior engines.
There might be an engine in the nose, but judging the shadows I can't see it.

Due to the neighborhood to France, this might be a French plane but were there any with interior engines?

Over to you :wavey:
 

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Mistery is solved and I can give you some more clues now. :)

The kite is German and is a one off, it hadn't two but three engines inside the fuselage of the same manufacturer as the plane.
 
fabulousfour said:
Mistery is solved and I can give you some more clues now. :)

The kite is German and is a one off, it hadn't two but three engines inside the fuselage of the same manufacturer as the plane.
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Ich gratuliere FF! Would you like to share your finding with us?
Cheers
BG (Carlo)
 
Baragouin said:
Ich gratuliere FF! Would you like to share your finding with us?
Cheers
BG (Carlo)
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Just one more clue, if this won't help I will solve the mistery this evening.

The company was well known for its cars and engines at that time, later on there was a British car company with the same name.
 
I was convinced it was German as there are several similar designs with the chain driven props around this time.

Robert's last clue was the clincher I think. Found one reference to the Daimler G.III?
 
Hmm - this one photo is from the University of Texas archive - along with a few others I found whilst searching - I think you should nip along, Kevin, and find out what goodies lie therein !
 
Would love to see more info on the Daimler. Engine arrangement, 3-view, even a photo of the entire aeroplane. I can't find a thing about it on the interweb.


Going to return the favor with a mystery I have not been able to solve. It is a largish quadruplane of unknown origin. Usually the larger multiwing aircraft can be eventually tracked down but this one remains elusive.

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Looks like this one will remain a mystery.

Going to be out of town for a few days so I'm declaring open board-
 
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