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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

This one is for the specialists. I think it qualifies for the forum, it left the ground under own power and in controlled flight.
Examples of such VTOL test rigs were built in at least 5 countries. Which one is this?
 
Right, this one is powered by a Briggs & Stratton engine no doubt.

Lefty posted this not too long ago:

"He's always been a bit of a sadist, that Texan. 'Lefty's got nothing better to do on a Saturday, so we'll just get him to look up all the low-wing fixed-gear monoplanes.'

All 4000 of them............"



At least my plane was a lot bigger!

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Kevin, I think you are wrong on the engine. It seems a Righter
Could it be the IPT Bichino from sambaland?
 
Bichinho (Portuguese, Walter, the second 'h' is so important - just imagine Astrud Gilberto singing it)

Little Bug from Brazil it is. :icon29:

(Kevin , re small aircraft, I decided, if you can't beat 'em...... I have a whole hangar full of Miles clones.)
 
Hi Mike. Sorry about my pronounciation. I only speak the Portuguese of the Mata Grosso region:icon_lol:

If I am not wrong, you may have not seen this one from this angle before (or in colour)
 
Hi Mike, Yes it is the Aeronca Model 12 Chum
Aeronconca`s first metal aircraft and first with tri-gear.:icon29::icon29:
 
Moses contributed a butterfly-tail job recently.

Here's another - from the 50's. (Kevin - I promise my next will not be a GA specimen)
 
Well everything screams America here - general configuration, tail shape, loud paint job (what is that tail motif ?). But the fact that Moses hasn't pounced on it may be significant (?) The strutting and gear are very similar to the Inland Sport series but this looks a lot bigger and that tail ain't right. Hmmm......
 
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