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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

The rudder tells me immediately that it is a De Havilland design, so my instinct tells me it's a De Havilland DH.34. :)
 
Very, very close, but it's not the DH.34...............:mixedsmi:

(Welcome to the forum, by the way ! :applause:)
 
There was a time, long long ago, when this forum frowned upon GA aircraft.

Now, it seems, we've descended to microlights............(at least it's not ruddy gliders, like a certain other forum..:banghead: )
 
lefty said:
There was a time, long long ago, when this forum frowned upon GA aircraft.

Now, it seems, we've descended to microlights............(at least it's not ruddy gliders, like a certain other forum..:banghead: )
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I kind of look at it this way....
There are a finite number of aircraft models out there. The ones on this forum have for the most part been very difficult, obscure types. We will run out eventually, probably sooner rather than later, of these. So, in the effort to keep types coming which we haven't seen before, or those that are just plain obvious (i.e. P-51, Piper J-3), we will at some point need to stray into the forbidden territory of general aviation types, gliders, and forgive me for saying it...homebuilts. We already have helicopters as regulars here (I personally don't believe that a device which is continuously trying to tear itself apart should be considered an aircraft in any sense of the word), so why not venture to the dark side from time to time. :applause:. {Stepping down from my soapbox now}. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming......
 
Kevin, your pusher looks like someone used the front portion of an old glider, a lawn mower engine, and whatever tubing he had lying around to build......THAT.
 
I pretty much agree with what John said but until we start running low on proper mysteries, let's steer clear of homebuilts and gliders.

Anyhoo...

Two built of the lawn mower pusher. The company designed several models in the 1920's and into the 1930's. This one I think was evaluated by a large city's police force as a possible "eye in the sky".
 
Better post a new one before angry villagers show up with pitchforks and torches. The little pusher is a Lincoln Playboy.

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