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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

I'm pretty confident about this one, so I'll move on. With a little bit of luck this one will last until Christmas morning. I'll probably be tied up for a day or two with the holiday, so here's wishing Moses, Lefty, and all the other regulars and semi-regulars a wonderful Christmas.
 
Firstly, a hearty ale for DHC2. :guinness: It is indeed the one-off Hopfner. Well done.

We are having a rare treat in North Texas with actual snow on Christmas Eve! Snapped a shot from the front yard.

Will be away for a day or so as we are visiting the in-laws this year for Christmas. Merry Christmas to everyone. :santahat:
 
Snow in Texas ! Join the club !

Have a great Christmas, Kevin, and all you other regulars at what they are calling the Hysterical Wings Forum :santahat::icon29::icon29::guinness::guinness::icon29::icon29::santahat:

Here's my fishpond.....(anyone see a polar bear there ????)
 
I think DHC2's mystery is a Russian Gratsiansky Omega trainer of 1933.

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas! The kids really raked it in this year. Can't go more than a few feet without stubbing my toe on a toy truck or wooden block of some sort. :)
 
Moses, you've done it again. :icon29: Somewhere DEEEEEP in my archive lies an airplane you've never seen before. Problem is finding the bugger. Over to you sir. Oh, by the way, you think you have snow problems, come to Chicago.....11 inches today. Ughh, good thing it was powder.
 
Thanks. So much for global warming. At least this winter so far.

How about this portly airliner? Apparently the passengers had plenty of room but the flight performance suffered.
 
This is a stinker. One built to accommodate 6 passengers in luxury. Flight testing proved it was a unwieldly mess and nothing more came of it.
 
That Sir, is a Dewoitine D.35.

Off to bed but before I go I leave you all with this pushy amphibian...
 
Likely a homebuilt from the US - looks like it has the wings, struts, and tail from an Aeronca Champ. Hmmm, digging through my Sport Aviation pile......
 
I'd say you deserve a :ernae:,
but what do i know?
The Volmer VJ22 Chubasco (later renamed the Sportsman) is an American two-seat light amphibian aircraft first flown in 1958. The Volmer VJ22 is a braced high-wing monoplane of mixed construction originally powered by a Continental C85, later amended to take a Continental O-200-B four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 153 kmh and a range of 480 km.

If I hadn't gotten distracted by some ugly ducklings I might have beat the wily Scot:icon_lol:

Rob
 
Lefty scores the frothy brew.:icon29:

I was prepared to take my lumps on this one being close to if not a homebuilt which of course is verboten in these parts.

Time to brace for the stinker...:monkies:
 
I would have nailed it if I had only googled "flying boat with Aeronca Champ wings" - found it on page 5 of the search results - a long article published by the Seaplane Pilots Association. I'd give you the link but it doesn't come out correctly once I hit REPLY. <banging head on desk><BANGING desk on head>
 
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