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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Correct, of course, Walter, although I think Sud-Ouest, or perhaps S.N.C.A.S.O., rather than Sud ??

I am also a bit confused - I thought the 7050 was tricycle and the 7055 was the tail-dragger - now I find out there was a 7050 identical to the latter ? :dizzy:

One of these days I will read an in-depth study of the pre- and post-war machinations of the French aircraft industry !

Over to the flatlands......:very_drunk:
 
Hi Mike :encouragement:
I made a mess of it calling it the SE-7050. Of course the Sud I meant is SNCASO or Sud Ouest and this first Deauville is the SO-7050 and not SE-7050.
Understand that only 2 aircraft were built as:
SO-7050 (F-WDVZ) with tri-gear and 75hp Mathis 4-GO engine
SO-7055 (F-WEAA) with tail wheel and same engine
SO-7056 the second aircraft re-engined with 75hp Minié 4DC-32
SO-7060 both the SO-7050 (now sporting a tail wheel and registration F-BDVZ)) and the SO-7056 having received a 105hp Walter Mikron 4-III. Reportedly both aircraft also featured increased wingspan of 37ft (some 3ft more). Could not find whether F-WEAA ever got another registration as SO-7060.
Always happy to receive comments on the above.

New one is for the aquanisticians among us.
 

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It's a conspiracy ! While I work on this big ugly floater, let me throw a small French spanner in the works...
 
Walter's floater of size is the ill-fated Sundstedt-Hannevig "Sunrise" of 1919. It crashed during trials and was beyond repair.

Some info and a nice 3-view here.
 
Sorry for the delay. Had to wait for the Sunrise. Kevin is of course correct. Mike thank you for the clear pic of SO-7050 no.1. Seems it was F-WDVZ with trigear and tailwheel and that that it changed to F-BDVZ when flown by the aeroclub. For those interested, some (more) info on the big floater. Click here. My Icon function seems to be on strike
 
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Walter, I fixed the link above. Some good additional info there, thanks. Figured Lefty would have had us all beat but he might have been a little modest here.


You know how I like the wacky oddballs. This is one of those and yes it did fly....barely!

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'Festus, wha'cha gonna do with that ol' chicken shed ?

Well, Marybelle, ah'm gonna make me a airplane.......'


Please don't tell me it flew! (maybe he left some chickens in it.....)

(By the way, didn't know the Sundstedt-Hannevig. You're never too old to learn :wiggle:)
 
Lefty is not too far off with his Festus assessment.

Here is the original version before he added onto the airframe. Circa 1930.

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Well, I do declare, I found this lil' ol' rascal.

Scragg's Last Laugh - and he wasn't joking ! Doubtless fuelled with finest Mountain Dew, it apparently did stagger 10 feet in the air...or maybe it was off a cliff......
 
Mike has the last laugh!:very_drunk: Interesting shape to say the least.

FYI, this is also listed as Scroggs across the net.


Fire away-
 
Re; Scroggs.... there are some interesting photos on airwar.ru of it without the fins. One can now see that it was based on the folded paper dart model aircraft. Very interesting......
As for the pusher...no idea at the mo.
Keith
 
Hi Mike :encouragement:
Your Wee Pusher is a design by Stelio Frati. Named the Movo FM-1 Passero and already flown 1947, driven by a 20hp Macchi engine.
 
That's the one, Walter. Some more modesty from other regulars, I think - we are a bashful lot ! :very_drunk:

Jane's 1949/50 has it as the MF-1, and mentions the MF-2 , a two-seat version with 4-cyl engine. Did that ever leave the drawing board ?
 
It is paramount that I point out that the plane in the foreground is the subject for the next round.
 

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