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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Oh dear, no wonder Mike is giggling -I should have known better than to delve into the murky world of French aircraft designation.

It appears that the military Type 60, derived from the civil Type 50 Hermès, was abandoned at fuselage construction stage, after problems with the structural rigidity of the Type 50.

It was different in many respects, not the least a single fin/rudder in place of the quadruple tail unit of the 50.

These are from the already notorious SPCA book - just shows you can't believe everything the Russians say.............:very_drunk: to Robert to mollify his confusion !​
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The site has gone peculiar again - can't edit properly ! What I did not actually say is that my photo was of F-AKEB, the Type 50.
 
Mike, many thanks for the details. :encouragement:
As we all know by now, French designations are like swimming with sharks... :bee:

Are we going on with Open House then?
 
Hi Lefty!
Just to clear up matters (if possible):
F-AKEB with quadruple tail (of which I have a couple of pics) = Type SPCA 50 Hermes.
At this stage does anyone have a photo of type 60 (or 6oT)?
Thanks for your help
Cheers
Carlo
 
As I said, Carlo, the Type 60 was never completed - there is a photo of the hull in the book.
 

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Hmm, to add a bit more to the confusion, I found in an old issue of Le Fana that it might just be the other way round.

According to that article, it was the SPCA 60 that was finished and was flown but the military variant SPCA 50 was never completed.

There is another picture from the SPCA 60 as well.

Let's declare Open House. :ernaehrung004:
 

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fabulousfour said:
Hmm, to add a bit more to the confusion, I found in an old issue of Le Fana that it might just be the other way round.

According to that article, it was the SPCA 60 that was finished and was flown but the military variant SPCA 50 was never completed.

There is another picture from the SPCA 60 as well.

Let's declare Open House. :ernaehrung004:
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Hi Robert!
Wonderful! as our american friends say "a real can of worms"!
Cheers
Carlo
 
Thanks!
I'll save the 'pint' until Sunday when I can enjoy 'dos cervezas' instead. As I'm in the midst of packing for the regular, annual Mexican siesta, I'll leave the door unlocked and you can have an 'open house'.
 
A one-of high wing job. The designer/builder is bettder known for a different category of aircraft.
 

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