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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

OK fellas, this was a bit naughty of me - said it was related to a previous post, and indeed it is another Darmstadt - the D-18, which set altitude and other records in 1930.

So what next ? Here's an old aviation quiz faithful....
 
Yes, it is more Grumman than a Grumman - but with a difference - and it is European. This is the slightly altered version.
 
Great stuff, Rob - there's some fascinating material on YouTube - heaven knows where they get it all - this one's a killer too...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz1MSHglGP4

Maddening new bug after the crash means you can't go directly to the last post in a thread - if this one runs as long as its predecessor, that's going to be a royal PITA !
 
:icon29: on the button, Ralf ! (Although now I've found out how to do accents, I'd prefer to call it a Hønningstad.)


And I was wrong about the versions - photo 2 shows the original, amphibian with the sponsons. They were later removed, wing floats added and the sole example ended up as a flying boat.
 
Gosh! So it's my turn, thought that was a bit of a long shot.

Recently I've been fiddling about with '50s and 1960s British airliners (BOAC & BEA) in fs9, things like Viscounts & Herons. Trying to learn how to fly this new-fangled thing called a JET, having some fun (and frustration) with Mr De Havilland's Comet 1 airliners. Only the best people travel in these, separate Ladies and Gentlemens' lavatories, don't you know? Only trouble is they keep blowing up mysteriously...jolly bad show.

For the purposes of our mysteries, however, I will stick to the flying boat theme. Don't think it got much beyond the prototype stage (is that allowed here?), but the one below - yes, just the one on the right - is interesting. Any ideas?
 
Close enough although I have the type listed as a 28VD.

Hoped to have fooled you all a bit longer with an actual good looking French aircraft! :d
 
Decidedly, I keep struggling with my sources to get the right designation :d

This one should resist for at least 5 seconds:
 
The Finnmark had me going. :icon_lol:

Tough sometimes when you don't have a single Janes volume to reference. Thats just sour grapes though.
 
Sorry, Moses, it has been around the quizzes, that one. (and it is in at least one of the Putnams you listed in another thread!)

&Co's supremely ugly bug is a Tomashyevich (whichever way you want to spell it) Pegas 04.
 
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