The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Robert's latest is a Fokker O-27.

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

 

[fabulousfour]

That's the bird!

Over to you, Kevin

 

[Moses03]

Thanks Robert.

Onward and upward...

 

[giruXX]

I have this as Eyerly Lee 7D Comet with a five-cylinder Kinner, registered 27W.

 

[Baragouin]

Hi fabulousfour
Thank you for the links. Some of the pictures are indeed new to me. I have some doubts whether the yellow one is the M-3. View the different gear etc. It may be the M-5.
The one with 07 on the fuselage side could also be a (slightly) different design. I am not yet in the full detective mode, but the soup is hanging over the fire.

Hi Mike
Thank you for your warm thoughts. Just wat I needed. Gladly the situation is not hopeless overhere. Will see how it develops with the new governmwent and now that we missed Moscow.

Hi Robert maybe I can help just a little just by basing myself on my scarce russian knowledge (a short string of lectures at the Florence University about 55 years ago)...anyway what Sergo-UK00 writes relating to the Yellow Aircraft is "this looks like an M5 with engine Walter 140HP very similar to M3 of october 2o12"
Cheers
Carlo (BG)

 

[Moses03]

I have this as Eyerly Lee 7D Comet with a five-cylinder Kinner, registered 27W.

Spot on Uli!

Over to Germany-

 

[giruXX]

A constructional detail should give it away. But only two were built.

 

[lefty]

That, Uli, is the not-very-successful Breguet AG.4

I presume the constructional detail you refer to is the skid thingy under the fuselage to stop them ripping the tail off on landing ?

I'm not entirely convinced about the Eyerly Comet - it looks nothing like either of the photos on Aerofiles, and the description fits the earlier Eyerly Monoplane ? The motor looks like the 5-cyl Velie. But maybe I'm right off beam here......

 

[giruXX]

Hallo Mike,

spot on the AG.4

here are pictures of the Eyerly Lee:

 

[lefty]

Thanks Uli - that is a perfect explanation !

After all these rather unlovely aircraft, how about a sweet little floater ?

 

[Moses03]

That EAA newsletter was my source on the Comet. I knew it was an oddball with the long nose Kinner version.

Lefty's latest is a CANT 26 converted into a floater.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANT_26

 

[lefty]

That's it, you CANT go wrong with a floater!
Over top Texas -

 

[Moses03]

Thanks Mike.

Here is an unsuccessful early 1920's transport.

 

[giruXX]

that could/should be the Blériot 106

 

[Moses03]

It is.

Found this on ebay recently. Somewhat of a rare photo.

 

[giruXX]

indeed!

Here is another, presumably rare, wee bird:

 

[Moses03]

Over 12 hours without a nibble...going to jump in here with the Herff Lightplane of 1926 from Texas. Adolph Herff also built and flew a similar parasol in 1924 he called the Canary that is not documented at Aerofiles.

 

[giruXX]

yes, it is the Herff Lightplane

Over to Texas

 

[Moses03]

Thanks, and now for something completely different. We are heading into a new year so why not a new design?

 

[lefty]

Digging around, I find the Cobalt Valkyrie.

I presume your photo means they have actually managed to get one flying ??