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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

The tail in the second photo made me think Heinkel. The location of the third photo seems to support this. The closest I can get is the He 7 with similar configuration, but it was a twin engine torpedo bomber according to John Turner's Heinkel album. No mention of a third motor.
 
Right. This is the Gerbrecht W.3, built at Arado in 1926. Quite the obscure one!


Let's see if Wout is lurking in the weeds...
 
Hi Kevin,
even in my country you have to be careful with the weeds nowadays.....

First reaction... I know that plane, second stage.... I can`t come up with the name, third stage... going to bed feeling stupid. If there is a fourth stage I`ll probably wake up in the middle of the night, switch on the PC and ....
 
Time to move along. This is the McWhirter Skyrider of 1946. Reg #NX4D000. Don't know too much about it other than it was powered by a 185 hp Continental and was built in Grand Rapids, MI.

Going for the hat trick with a hefty machine...
 
The legend on the tail of this one was 'ALL METAL - but the tires'. The spelling might give a clue as to its nationality !
 
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