The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[pomme homme]

European, pre-war and a 'one off'.

 

[lefty]

That's the Deekay Knight, Mike.

 

[pomme homme]

It is indeed - over to Ecosse.

 

[lefty]

Thank you Mike. Here is another parasol, not unlike Uli's recent mystery, but from an entirely different quarter - definitely NOT in Aerofiles !

 

[huub vink]

Is it a Heath-Henderson B4?

Cheers,
Huub

 

[lefty]

No, Huub it's not American, as I did imply !

 

[lefty]

Try Southern hemisphere...

 

[fabulousfour]

Still no idea.

Many green trees in the background, so I think Australia can be excluded.

Probably something from New Zealand or South America...

Hoping for some good clues

 

[lefty]

This designer/builder learned his trade in the US, where he apparently built three machines, then returned home and built this one, which undoubtedly was influenced by the Heath.

This was in a well-known country , similar to Australia in many ways, but much better at rugby.......

 

[pomme homme]

..... but much better at rugby.......

Oh, it must be French then!

 

[lefty]

I'll ignore that (Who beat both Australia and France on their last two encounters, then ?? )

The mystery is the SA-40 by C.J.Erasmus , 1933. Open House, please....

 

[huub vink]

I'll ignore that (Who beat both Australia and France on their last two encounters, then ?? )

The mystery is the SA-40 by C.J.Erasmus , 1933. Open House, please....

Rugby? Whots that?

 

[Motormouse]

Rugby? Whots that?

That would be a game played by men, with odd shaped balls

Ttfn

Pete

 

[Moses03]

Tough crowd.

For the record Mike, I did search South Africa but never turned up the SA-40.


Let's continue with the southern hemisphere theme.

 

[fabulousfour]

That one turned up during my search for the Erasmus.

The Everson Evo 2 from

 

[Moses03]

Kiwifruit it is.

Over to Robert.

 

[fabulousfour]

I hope this one has the correct balance between too easy and too difficult.

 

[fabulousfour]

This was the final version of a type that was built about dozen times, most of which varied more or less slightly in construction.
The shown aircraft was the only one of the type with a radial engine, others had a low-powered water-cooled inline engine.

 

[pomme homme]

Could that be the Le Rhône powered Avro 554 Antartic Baby? The photos I can find indicate that this had more elliptical wing tips than the standard Babies but I cannot find any photographs which clearly illustrate those wing tips to enable a direct comparison.
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[fabulousfour]

It is indeed the Avro Antarctic Baby, Mike.

Possibly the only aircraft in history where it was required that it could be put together with hands in gloves.

Santé