The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Green]

Well done Mr Wout!

 

[wout]

Tp continue the light plane series.

 

[Dev One]

Looks like the progenitor of the L40 Meta Sokol, but its got a different tail & possibly eliptical wings. So dead end there!
Keith

 

[wout]

Hi Keith
Donot give up too soon. The L40 was from a neighbouring country which split while the originating country did the opposite.
The elleptical wing was the trademark of the design that influenced this one.

 

[Dev One]

Drawing a blank so far, but maybe I'm on the wrong track hunting for a Walter Mikron engined aircraft.
Keith

 

[wout]

Hi Keith
The engine is a Walter Mikron 4-III indeed. First flight October 1962. The country where the ...... was built, produced only few indigenous design aircraft and these included prototypes of an airliner of which 3 were completed and only 2 actually flown.
All aircraft designed/built in the country were strictly post-war.

 

[DHC2Pilot]

Pretty sure we're looking at the Flugsportschule Shönhagen FSS-100 Tourist, aka Höntsch FSS-100 Tourist

 

[wout]

Hi DHC2Pilot
The FSS-100 Tourist it is . One of very few light planes originating from East Germany (the GDR). Johannes Höntsch was one of the designers.
Story goes that basis for the design was a brochure of the Piel CP-30 Emeraude, hence the elliptical wing.
The airliner was the VEB (Baade) 152.

Your turn, please!

 

[pomme homme]

One of very few light planes originating from East Germany (the GDR).

It appears that many of the others had less well publicised development programmes and were used only once - to make flights "originating from East Germany" and heading in a westerly direction!

 

[Dev One]

I'd never have found that-theres nowt on Google except for his name!
Keith

 

[Moses03]

Test Post

The image posting site I have been using for a long time has cleaned out it's archives so most of what I have imbedded here is gone.

Trying a new one. (Flickr is too confusing to me!).

 

[DHC2Pilot]

Calling Open House

 

[lefty]

OK, and I can just about i/d Moses' mystery Growler too !

I wondered which desert this Shack was flying over, till I realised No8 Squadron was based at Kinloss, so those are the barren wastes of Aberdeenshire.....

Here's a neat wee flivver which you won't find in Aerofiles -

 

[lefty]

First flew in the '60's - several of these built - the prototype in a monastery !

 

[wout]

Hi Mike
Did not recognize the first photo, but the second one depicts the first I-66 San Fransisco (I-IANN) by Mr. Orlando Ianotto.
It was followed by at least to more I-66s and then the I-66L San Fransisco 2 (I-CAPJ and later I-8112 when re-registered in the ULM class.)
Does your first photo show the I-96 San Fransisco 3?
.

 

[lefty]

Hi Walter

here is the source of the first photo - http://www.aeromedia.it/lb1450.html which reveals it as I-8112. According to Wikipedia, there were about 9 built altogether.

The designer was actually Orlando Iannotta, who called it San Francesco after the founder of the Franciscan order - it was built in the Capuchin Friary in Naples ! Over to you sir.

 

[wout]

Thank you Mike
Still a light plane, but somewhat older

 

[Moses03]

Walter- This is the PZL 12 amphibian, although it never made it to the water testing portion of the program.

 

[wout]

Hi Kevin
Am somewhat disappointed you did not mention is was aka the PZL-H.

PS: Loved your photo of the Shackleton over the Scottish desert.

 

[Moses03]

Thanks W!

How about this somewhat curious biplane?