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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

ID please

It is again very quiet here. I'll take advantage of the lull to request some help.

This contraption is supposed to be roadable, flyable, and floatable. And designed in 1928.
Does anyone know who is the designer, and what is the designation?

(Source: rarehistoricalphotos.com)

Flying car + boat 1928.jpg
 
I've seen it before, some time ago, but I can't find it again! I believe that it was a mock-up, created and used for some exhibition, like the Ideal Home Exhibition, as an indication of what future personal travel would be like.
 
Thank you for the SPF pointer, PH.
Post #49 in the same thread says: "this mock-up design was called the Aerocar of AD 2000, and was part of the 1928 Ideal Home Show in England, which I think was organised by the "Daily Mail" newspaper."

So we have the designation and the confirmation that it was a mock-up only.
Time flies, and so does my memory. I participated in that thread, but since it's a non-flyer I didn't file it ...

Thanks to you and Chris. :very_drunk:
 
Am I the only person who looks at the forward image of the Aerocar of AD 2000 and thinks he can see where VW got the idea for its post-war microbus!
 
Change of topic. On one of my regular world tours in Google Earth, found myself in Burkina Faso, a country about which I know absolutely zilch.

The capital, Ougadougou, is a vast sprawling city. In the middle of it, came across this- now I cannot find any references to Ekranoplans ending up in this godforsaken place - or is it something else ? can anyone come up with the answer, please ?
 

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Isn't a twin engine plane with outer wing panels removed much more likely than an ekranoplane ?

Could be something like a Beech C-12 ?
 
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Google map reference is 12.35268145002458, -1.5375043295033006

There is an airfield within a mile or two, and I'm sure dan is right about the wingless plane, but...why ?
 
I can see from where dan_pub is coming, because my initial thoughts were similar to his. But if you extrapolate from the image, by adding outboard wings, you end up with a somewhat strange looking airframe - particularly the wings, which are potentially of quite high aspect ratio, and the engines, which project an extraordinary way forward of the leading edge of the wings. However, against it being an ekranoplan is that I cannot find an example whose layout matches that in the google earth image. The closest I can get is the Alexeyev SM-6, but this appears to have mainplanes of greater chord and tailplanes of greater angle of incidence.
 
Think it's this one which was used by the BF Air Force, and which seems to have been allowed to fall into disrepair !
 

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