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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Hi dan_pub:encouragement:
AFAIK the SM-67 in the Bueckeburg Museum is V3, the one with the enclosed cabin. V2 was the static airframe and parts of that one were used to make the V3 complete for static display.
V1 (Artouste II-B engine) was damaged beyond repair in an aciddent, V2 was a static airframe and V3 (more powerful Artouste II-C engine) had a fully enclosed cabin . It was also damaged in a hard landing, but repaired although it may not have flown again.
Hope someone can confirm this.
 
Two of the trainer parasol were built and came in a variety of flavors. Wheel pants/no pants, and a couple of different engines with and without cowling. This was the inline variant.
 
Agreed, but I was going by the definition provided by the gaggle of folks at wiki. Seems to be a pylon of sorts?

"A parasol wing aircraft is essentially a biplane without the lower pair of wings. The parasol wing is not directly attached to the fuselage, but is held above it, supported either by cabine struts or by a single pylon. Additional bracing may be provided by struts extending from the fuselage sides"
 
Moses03 said:
Agreed, but I was going by the definition provided by the gaggle of folks at wiki. Seems to be a pylon of sorts?

"A parasol wing aircraft is essentially a biplane without the lower pair of wings. The parasol wing is not directly attached to the fuselage, but is held above it, supported either by cabine struts or by a single pylon. Additional bracing may be provided by struts extending from the fuselage sides"
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Two spring to mind...Catalina & Comper Swift?
Keith
 
By that definition I would say so Keith, especially with the PBY. The Comper I think of as more of a shoulder wing. A fine line there I guess.

Back to the mystery- the engine is a Cirrus-Hermes and was flown in the mid 1930's.
 
I'm kicking myself - Moses' machine is the Renard R-33.(OO-ANV) (Described in Jane's as a 'high-wing braced monoplane') Maybe if I hadn't been convinced it was American.....

And, in my photo it does look like a sort of parasol......I just feel there should be fresh air between wing and fuselage. As for the Catalina - naaaahh !

Incidentally, can anyone tell me why Belgian registrations begin with O or OO ? Surely they must have had first shot at B ? And why O ?
 

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Well Belgium is very important - to beer lovers, chocolate lovers - and Belgians !

I have always enjoyed time spent in that most congenial country.
 
Mike, you forgot the world famous French fries from Belgium. :untroubled:

I hope that nobody feels that my post above was meant offensive. That definitely wasn't my intention. :icon_redface:
 
Not in the slightest, dear boy. Anyway the Belgians are, like the Scots, thick-skinned ! (At least the Flemish ones are, but we'd better not go there.............:pop4: )

Here's a wee low wing monoplane for you (known as an inverted parasol in some quarters.......)
 

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lefty said:
Not in the slightest, dear boy. Anyway the Belgians are, like the Scots, thick-skinned ! (At least the Flemish ones are, but we'd better not go there.............:pop4: )

Here's a wee low wing monoplane for you (known as an inverted parasol in some quarters.......)
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Hi Lefty!
This is a TNCA Series E 2-E-98 "Sonora" from Mexico....
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
 
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