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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Hi Mike, Further East. The XL-17 Musang by ISTM from the Philippines :philippines:. Largely built from locally grown wood. Seems work was halted just prior to commencement of flight trials.
 
Woops ! Didn't fly ? I went by Jane's which said it was 'now being flight tested' - wishful thinking, perhaps.. I join Kevin in the hair shirt brigade to atone for my sins....non-fliers are taboo... :icon29:
 
Hi Mike, please donot take my word (on the XL-17 not having flown) for granted. Many moons ago I had some correspondence with a gentlemen (member of Air Britain) who knew a real lot of Philippine aviation and I am almost sure he wrote that the XL-17 did not fly. I will trey lo locate his letter and will revert (if successful). after I found the filing shoe box in question.

Next one is a floater again. My estimate is less than 2 hours for the right answer.
 
Most of your GA is difficult- at least to me. No need to dig out any tougher ones. :icon_lol:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
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Well those gentlemen have an American air about them - the one on the far left appears to be a Mohican - but apart from that, haven't a clue.

What an absolutely enormous prop - wouldn't fancy swinging that.......
 
She is powered by a Gnome-Rhone 9. From your side of the pond...


BTW- Checking to see if that tailess wonder is over at the local museum. It's not listed on the website.
 
Let's go ahead and move along. Need some fresh game for the weekend. The floater is a Focke-Wulf W.4 of 1927.

How about this one then?
 
D'you know, I had the Dornier and Heinkel books out - knew it wasn't French - BAH !!

Anyway I DO know this wee devil - it's the Andover Kent Langley XNL-1 monoplane - another wooden wonder.
 
KO on the Langley. :icon29: That was quick.

I really thought you would have spotted the Focke-Wulf straight away! You have the board-
 
Oh dear, it's been that sort of day. Off to bed now - got nothing else lined up - except this wondrous floater - carry on, chaps. I expect it'll still be here in the morning.......
 
This one needs a hint or two. Think of a country that might just design an ugly aircraft.
Then think of another country which produced the aircraft from which this was derived - the wings, tail and and upper part of the fuselage are intact. A widely produced type (1000+) which served in WW1.
 
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