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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Hi fabulousfour:applause:.
Beautiful find. In the FAA Register she was called the Hartter Flight Engineering Dry Bones. Registration N2262 which was cancelled 13 July 2009.
As to the original engines, I am not sure whether these were indeed small jets or of the pulsejet type in which case they could have been Gluhareff G-8, (100-130lb?)
Your turn, please
 
Yes, certainly :encouragement:

And snowshoes might also be helpful. :very_drunk:

This is the second appearance of this one-off after been rebuilt following a crash. The first version looked a bit different and was only a single-seater.
 
....but version 2 looked better :)

This homebuilt comes from a country from where one would not necessarily expect an indigenous built aircraft.

Engine was a Continental O-200 with 100 hp.
 
Have a closer look in the colder part of Europe.

The designer was chief pilot of a European airline that established shortly after WW2. He has the same surname as one of the main actors of a famous novel from Jack London.
 
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Have a closer look in the colder part of Europe.

The designer was chief pilot of a European airline that established shortly after WW2. He has the same surname as one of the main actors of a famous novel from Jack London.

Hi Fabulousfour!
Was he a pilot of Loftleidir (Icelandic Airlines as they call it now)?
Cheers
BG
 
At least a try :)

Hi BG, you have to go eastward across the North Sea ...

And concerning the main character in my last clue, think of a European beast of prey as his forename. :dizzy:

I will solve the mistery this evening unless Walter or anyone else is quicker than me. :very_drunk:
 
fabulousfour`s mystery plane is the Larsen Special II. Originallty registered LN-11 (11 for Eleven) like the original single-seater. Later LN-LMI and she now is in the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum at Bodø. Designer/builder was Carl Ludvik Larsen, a captain with Braathen's Safe airline and it was the first indigenous homebuilt aircraft in Norway.
Mr. Larsen also worked on a biz-jet which was never finished. Atached a (1972?) photo of this jet with in the foreground the remains of the first LN-11 (I assume) awaiting restauration.
 

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Thanks, Walter, that's the bird. :icon29:

I had hoped, my clues would help to solve this mystery. :) The character from Jack London's novel should have been Wolf Larsen from "The Sea-Wolf" :very_drunk:

Here is a bit more about that plane with a photo of the first version.

Over to you, Walter :encouragement:
 
a stubby heli with co-axial rotors. No it was not built using a B377 cockpit section.
 

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The designer very likely saw B377s (or the military equivalent C-97s), as his creation appeared when the latter was flying in substantial numbers.
And yest, it is US!
 
Hi Mike:very_drunk:
The X502 (or X-502) Safti-Copter by Leonard E. Mueller it is. Around 1945/1946.
You are cordially invited, or obliged, have not yet figured that out, to post the next challenge.
 
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