The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

How about another genteel touring aircraft...

 

[Moses03]

Post war design from Western Europe...

 

[wout]

Hi Kevin :salute:
maybe the Brochet MB-60 Barbastrelle ?

 

[Moses03]

Right on Walter. Didn't think you would let it get away.

 

[wout]

Nice floater.

 

[Baragouin]

Good afternoon gentlemen!
This is the romanian S.E.T.7 hydro version of 1935
Cheers
Baragouin

 

[wout]

Hi Baragouin :salute:
I expected this one to last a little longer. Well done and your well deserved refreshment

Your turn again, Sir

 

[Baragouin]

Hi Baragouin :salute:
I expected this one to last a little longer. Well done and your well deserved refreshment

Your turn again, Sir

Thanks Wout and good morning to all forumexes!
Although only a fuselage is shown I'm sure this is not going to be a hindrance for guessing to which (French) aircraft it belongs.....
Cheers
Baragouin

 

[Baragouin]

Gentlemen
since there's no reaction to my enigma I think it is high time to carry on therefore I reveal the name of the aircraft to which this fuselage belongs, i.e. the Dyle&Bacalan DB20....
OH for me this time
Cheers
Baragouin

 

[Moses03]

DB20.....gosh. "Smacks my head".

 

[Moses03]

Here is a big contraption...

 

[Moses03]

This bomber was underpowered, aerodynamically challenged and not very successful.

 

[Moses03]

Here is a frontal view. However, this version appears to be a little different...

 

[lefty]

Ahhh, that's better - from the first pic it was very difficult to tell even how many engines it had.

Now, where is the spiritual home of the trimotor ?? Yes, of course - it's the Caproni Ca 95

With 3000hp (same as a SM 79) you wouldn't think it would be all that underpowered, but I suppose it was a very large crate.

 

[Baragouin]

Here is a frontal view. However, this version appears to be a little different...

Hi Moses
thanks for the very nice pics of the Caproni Ca95 unfortunately although I'm pretty conversant with the features of this particular aircraft I just got in too late when Lefty was through with his job!
BTW in checking my file concerning this Caproni I noticed I didn't report date of her first flight and in spite of my researches I haven't been able to find out as yet.
Would you have this information that you might like to share with me?
Cheers
Baragouin

 

[lefty]

Can't find a date for that first stagger of the Caproni, Baragouin....

Time for a floater - here's a tidy one.

 

[Moses03]

Well done Mike on the Caproni.

Nothing on first flight here. My question to you both is, was there a different designation for 2nd version? The tail section was redesigned and there seems to be no info out there.

 

[lefty]

I suspect, unless anyone can come up with a (very rare, and very expensive) copy of 'Gli Aeroplani Caproni', we may never know the answer to these questions !

 

[Moses03]

Well, here is an online version (pdf) of GLI Aeroplani Caproni. (Takes awhile to download). Anyone read Italian?

http://www.avia-it.com/act/bibliote...ani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935 - Caproni G..pdf

A quick check (starting from page 254), just shows the first version.

 

[lefty]

No takers for my elegant water nymph ? She is west European, mid-twenties. Motor by a company still going today..........