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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

The Lakester by young Tom Trefethen (18 years at the time, in 1970 ). Typical homebuilt with fuselage built from a composite float and wings/tail taken from a drone (thats called a UAV now). An then add a VW1200 engine.
 
Never seen that before - did it fly ? Is that really a prop at the rear ?

Walter - can you shed any more light on the SCAM ??
 
Hi Mike, the Lakester never flew. (Tom`s dad told me) and never saw a registration.
On the SCAM.50 have sent you an email.
 
Okay, bear with me here. I remember seeing a similar photo years ago labeled “Raymond Bastet monoplane” or some such. Mid 1960's France. Just a shot in the dark...<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
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Wout....I have my floater as the Mace-Trefethan Seamaster with a 100hp Continental from 1968. Registered as N90522. Same bird, or did one of us mis-identify? Any other pics of your Lakester to compare?
 
Hi DHC2Pilot,
the Lakestar and Seamaster are two different airplanes. The Seamaster (by Harvey Mace and Al Trefethen as you already mentioned) used the wings, tail section and rear fuselage of the 1940s Parks PAR-1 racer. It was almost complete late-1967, but did not fly.
 
Thanks Walter. Got lucky there as there is nothing on the net that I could find on the RB-1.

Art Deco anyone?
 
I'm assuming the manufacturer either starts with an "H" or has an "H" smack dab in the middle of their name with the rest being photoshopped out. Can you elaborate? Otherwise these stick and fabric eindekkers all look pretty much the same from this angle. Do you have a side view - perhaps the tail would shed a bit more light on it's origin.
 
perhaps it would, so..

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Then again, perhaps not...
a very prolific designer/builder and the aircraft once held a speed record. Reportedly a four-seater but may have only been two seats ( SOURCES VARY).
As far as I know, the "H" has no relevance and may have been used to cover some other name or was an old photo reference

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I realize the type is rather generic, but the photos have appeared in several places as it's one of a series of early aircraft by an historic builder.

The shots are from near the beginning of the end of WWI, but taken far from 'the front'.

Even with my twisted mind I can't imagine an other clues that wouldn't be a dead give-away Toto.
 
I had a feeling it was a US bird, and had you not said 'Toto' I'd still be clicking my way through Aerofiles. Onward and upward.......
 
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