The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

...or his ears!
Bravo fabulousfour. For my curiousity, how did you find the way to the solution?
Am I right assuming that in the picture is looks if the aircraft has a single-blade rotor with a counter weight?

 

[fabulousfour]

Wout, it was pure luck.

My search at google was:

"pressure jet" helicopter site:en.wikipedia.org

but without much hope that this would lead any further. However, this showed me that Eugene Gluhareff did invent this type of power plant.
I then found the homepage of Gluhareff helicopters (https://www.gluhareffhelicopters.com/about-us/) where a picture of the mystery instantly caught my eye.
And in the pdf (http://www.gluhareffhelicopters.com/PDF/AIAA-Presentation.pdf) I found the designation of that whirly bird.

Must look for a new mystery now!

 

[fabulousfour]

So here we go with my next mystery.

 

[giruXX]

Hey Robert, you are a rascal

 

[fabulousfour]

I know, Uli!

 

[fabulousfour]

Evidently it is not obvious, but the biplane and the mystery before have something in common.

 

[lefty]

The penny has dropped, thank you, Robert (or maybe 31 of them ?). I won't post just now as I'm off for most of the day......

 

[cthornburg]

Sikorsky-Fairchild S.31

Chris

 

[fabulousfour]

The early bird catches the worm.
Isn't it deep night now in Idaho?

It is the Sikorsky S.31

Over to you, Chris.

 

[Moses03]

I have the book, Images of America/Sikorsky Legacy written by Igor's son Sergei. Signed copy too.

 

[cthornburg]

Sometimes you guys go through 2 mystery aircraft before I wake up. I thought I knew this aircraft before the hints. I had a hard day yesterday lost an engine on climb out and had to return to KSFF. I miss my FE lucky it was CAVU. You can see flight on FlightAware under WAE41 out of KSFF.
So I didn't get around too it till just before work today. I have a new mystery but has appeared here before same name different version. What got me interested in this one was it said it was used in Iceland.

Chris

 

[lefty]

Ahh, those struts ! Long time ago I posted an Irwin - think this is the M-T-2.

 

[cthornburg]

I knew wouldn't last long. Irwin Meteorplane which version? I'm not sure. Caption said it was used as mail plane in Iceland. From it's size must be the 2 letters carried on the pilot.

Chris

 

[fabulousfour]

Just to add a bit more information: In the Civil Aircraft Register of Iceland the Meteorplane is designated as an unregistered Meteorplane F.A.I. which is possibly a typo, F-A-1 would be the correct designation.
According to the register the plane was converted to a snowsled in 1932

 

[lefty]

My image of the F-A-1 looks quite different , Robert, (rounded wingtips, neat cowl, etc) so I'll stick to the F-A-2 if Aerofiles is anything to go by !

Here's a rather plain workhorse.....

 

[lefty]

No point trawling Aerofiles - it's not American. Or British.

 

[Baragouin]

No point trawling Aerofiles - it's not American. Or British.

It looks to me as the Tokyo Koku Aiba Tsubame 6....or am I barking the wrong tree?
Cheers
Carlo (BG)

 

[lefty]

Carlo, you are barking in tune ! The Tsubane it is - over to you -

 

[Baragouin]

Carlo, you are barking in tune ! The Tsubane it is - over to you -

Thanks Lefty and here you go with a grainy pic of an old airliner as well as one of a "Monsieur moustachu"...
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
https://imgur.com/a/76q3c

 

[pomme homme]

The chap behind the moustache is Ferdinand Lasne - which means that the aeroplane probably is a Nieuport-Delage NiD 30