The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Nozawa X-1. A Jap with a Brit pobjoy engine. This was first flown in December of 1941, not too long after the Pearl Harbor attack.

 

[giruXX]

I fully agree! to Moses03

 

[Moses03]

Thanks Uli.

Another sporting monoplane-

 

[lefty]

Morning chaps ! Holiday over, sadly.

Kevin's mystery is the Mooney A-1, I think. (No pic in Aerofiles - thought it was a variant of the Alexander Bullet then found the Mooney.... Must have been cosy - and noisy - in there !)

 

[lefty]

Incidentally, it is so nice to be able to see pictures here again ! I see that the Texan grain merchant sneaked in a floater - here is a much nicer photo of the LeO H-6/2...

 

[Moses03]

Welcome back Mike, hope you had a nice holiday. Some suds for the diesel powered A-1.

On the LeO, the pic I had does not show the outboard floats.

 

[lefty]

Thanks Kevin - lovely holiday, thank you, and Madeira avoided all of the weather nasties.

Re the LeO, your quote is from the Hartmann book, which has photos with and without floats. I wonder how an amphibian without wing floats works - what's to stop the wings 'digging in' to the water ??

We'll go, not with a floater, but a slider.......may have posted this one before but can't find it.....

 

[cthornburg]

V.L. Saaski

Chris

 

[lefty]

Yes Chris - apologies for delay - have been battling with a bricked phone - flashing ROMS etc - think it is spending time again....

Over to you sir....

 

[cthornburg]

A different kind of ag plane. Go beyond it's heritage.

Chris

 

[Ferry_vO]

Aeronautical Manufacturing Enterprise Safir-43E Agricole: An Algerian license-built copy of the Zlín Z 43.

 

[cthornburg]

That's the one. Your turn.

Chris

 

[Ferry_vO]

Here's something from the early days of helicopter flying:

 

[Baragouin]

Here's something from the early days of helicopter flying:

I don't know anything about helicopters however she looks like a russian Bratukhin Omega 2/MG
Cheers
BG (Carlo)

 

[Ferry_vO]

It is part of the Bratukhin family, although I have it as the G-3. So close enough for me.

 

[Baragouin]

It is part of the Bratukhin family, although I have it as the G-3. So close enough for me.

Thanks Ferry for your understanding...these russian crafts do have umpteen names for the same item! Anyway here goes my offer and apologies for the grainy pic...
Cheers
Carlo
https://imgur.com/a/WTEWL

 

[giruXX]

Hallo Carlo,

I think your picture shows the

Latham L-2.​

 

[Moses03]

Not to be too pedantic but maybe the Latham L-1? (Uli should get the ale either way!).

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1923/1923 - 0596.html?search=latham

 

[giruXX]

Well, there is a Roman 2 (II) on the rudder

https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=5325&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=796&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=

 

[lefty]

I suspect Aviafrance is to blame here - as far as I can make out, there was no Latham L.2 !
There were two L.1's - F-ATAM and F-ESEJ, referred to as #1 and #2. The engine strutting arrangements were slightly different.
The '11' on nose and rudder was the contest number.
#1 was irreparably damaged by 'helpful' British amateurs whilst beaching, and #2 suffered magneto failure.