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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

It's the Comper Fly, prototype for the Scamp (which would have been a two-seater). It was supposed to be registered as G-AFPV, but this was never taken up, and it emerged as the Heston HAC-7, s/n T1788.
Which serial, to further muddy the waters, was subsequently also applied to another aircraft.

OK ?

(The Wikipedia entry is misleading - the Fane F1/40 was a quite different machine, seen below)
 
From a company that also designed more warlike machines and, er, important bits for aircraft later on.......:jump:
 
Thanks for the double. Going to hit 101F this afternoon so we are sensibly heading to the pool with the kids.


Here is a grainy tractor floater. The wing pontoons were made out of rubber. Ouch!

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Close enough. :icon29:

This is the postwar Applegate-Piper Clipper. Applegate sold the design to Piper who reengined with a continental tractor and intended on mass production, but in the end only the one was produced and the plan was dropped.
 
Don't see why the rubber floats should be a problem - there are enough rubber boats around these days !

I feel sure this grainy twin must have been posted before, but can't find it, so........
 
lefty said:
Don't see why the rubber floats should be a problem - there are enough rubber boats around these days !

I feel sure this grainy twin must have been posted before, but can't find it, so........
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I'm not sure either whether I've seen it here or on another thread however it is for sure the Chicago-Midwest X101 of 1929....
Baragouin
 
lefty said:
Of course it is, BG - over to Italy - I'm guessing it's pretty warm there too ??? :icon29::icon29:
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Hi Lefty!
Well it is a very strange summer over here with some sun drenched days and high temperatures and some very stormy spells with lots of heavy rain...well we are going tropical!
Anyway here's my next rather non descript offer....
Cheers
BG
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Hi Baragouin :salute:

This one-off is the Barbaro RB-50 from France (1965). Unless it is the RB-51, because the aircraft was reported as having been modified from RB-50 to RB-51 in 1969.
Anyone able to enlighten me on the nature of the modifications??

My own (uneducated) guess is that it was the RB-50 when fitted with a 65hp Continental A65 engine (allegedly taken from René Barbaro`s earlier RB-30, together with the wings) and that it became the RB-51 when the Continental C90 was installed.

Any votes from the jury ??
 
wout said:
Hi Baragouin :salute:

This one-off is the Barbaro RB-50 from France (1965). Unless it is the RB-51, because the aircraft was reported as having been modified from RB-50 to RB-51 in 1969.
Anyone able to enlighten me on the nature of the modifications??

My own (uneducated) guess is that it was the RB-50 when fitted with a 65hp Continental A65 engine (allegedly taken from René Barbaro`s earlier RB-30, together with the wings) and that it became the RB-51 when the Continental C90 was installed.

Any votes from the jury ??
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Hi Wout
thanks for your as usual pertinent and wise comments.:salute:
The picture of my enigmatic aircraft is tagged as René Barbaro RB50 fitted with a Continental C90. If it may be of any help it bears the registration F-PLUD. Practically that's all I know about it ( I have never understood why Aviafrance makes no mention or reference to any aircraft by René Barbaro a great character in french aviation history! ).
Now please surprise us with a real mystery craft from your apparently bottomless cache....
BG
 
This design is a mix of existing parts/components combined with new features. Several have been completed so far, mainly for use as glider tug/club aircraft
 
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