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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Had to be a Nieuport. Sure enough a Nieuport 15.

Pressing on, what is this early airliner? (The plane is bigger than it looks in this shot).
 
Yup, it's a USA one-off that had a tragic ending. There is even a book entirely dedicated to the designer and this one airplane. It was ahead of it's time.

Not any of the names Hurricane mentioned however...
 
If you were to lose the wing struts and the wing taper you'd have yourself a Dornier Komet I, but the actual identity of this one escapes me
 
Ran across this the other day....don't think it's been posted here yet.....

[EDIT] Admittedly this thing looks like an RC model, but it's not. :)
 
This one has a Eastern European feel to it. Flash paint, lawn mower engine, wind swept field...
 
Eastern Europe would be a long ways off from it's home, a country not well known for aircraft design/production. This one is unusual in that it has no ailerons, but instead uses a variable camber wing. First in a series of 3 aircraft with the same name.
 
:icon29: You got it. This is the V1. The V2 was almost identical except that it had 3/4 span flaperons with a 40hp ABC scorpion up front. The V3 was a low wing with a geodetic monospar wing. Good job, I thought this would be a show stopper.
 
Bit of research required there !

This is a lot easier - a neat little aerobatic/trainer job. Not a homebuild...
 
Someone had an AISA I-11 sitting in the corner when they designed it methinks. Kinda Zlin-ish, in a round-about way too.
 
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