The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[cthornburg]

That's is over to you.

Chris

 

[wout]

A nice parasol wing. No clues yet.

 

[Moses03]

From Oregon, the Yates Stiper.

 

[wout]

Hi Kevin
That is her. Se gots her nice looks from (I think) the geodetic construction. Mr. Yates created some other beauties, including a small twin.
Surprise us!

 

[Moses03]

The twin has appeared here before. George Yates was an interesting designer from what I have read.

Moving along...

 

[fabulousfour]

Seems to be the NAS Air King, participant of the Dole Race.

 

[Moses03]

for the Air King.

It was disqualified by race officials who deemed that the fuel tanks were not big enough to get it safely to Hawaii so it never officially entered the event. (The crew was relieved as they were being pushed by the investors and didn't want to attempt the crossing knowing the pitfall!). Also, during tests, the aircraft had a tendency to nose down with a full load of fuel.

Over to Robert.

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Kevin!

Here's my new one.

 

[cthornburg]

Kawanishi K-12

Chris

 

[fabulousfour]

That's the bird.

Over to you, Chris.

 

[cthornburg]

A floater

Chris

 

[lefty]

That's the Astra-Paulhan from 1919, Chris.

 

[cthornburg]

Right on over to you.

Chris

 

[lefty]

This quirky monster won't last long amongst you lot, but I don't think it has appeared here before, so deserves an outing, if only to demonstrate that not all aesthetic disasters hail from Gaul.....

 

[giruXX]

I think we use a similarly-called device for floor cleaning

 

[lefty]

Come on, boys, put this one out of its misery !

 

[giruXX]

Lanier XL-4 Vacuplane

 

[lefty]

That's the one! Please proceed -

 

[giruXX]

What about this wobbly number?

 

[lefty]

Magnificent.......