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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Dang Lefty, where in the heck did you find that?



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I know the feeling, Kevin. I've met a man, he was able to give you the latin name of any bug crossing his field of vision - pretty scary ;)

Thanks for the vocabulary lesson, by the way. Not that the Mauboussin was anything near "flivverish", mind...
 
Well I posted a French tandem-wing job a wee while back, and discovered there were lots more, including this one !

Something much easier to soothe the savage Texan breast.

What are these smart fellows ? (No photoshopping - I'm in a generous mood)
 
Moses03 said:
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.35?

Savage Texan "breast"? Hope that is a typo! :caked:
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...in Norwegian service.

No, he is quite right, the original line (Shakespeare?) is 'music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.' it is often misquoted 'beast'.

R.R.B.A. (Eng. Lit.) Hons.
 
Thank you, Ralf - we like to maintain an erudite level of prose in this forum!
However Kevin got in first with the A.W.35 Scimitar, so a glass of that awful Coors or something for him.....
 
Now personally I would have photoshopped out the berets - they are a bit of a giveaway !
What a monster - a Bernard V4 - must find out more about it. There is a nice tome about Avions Bernard, which I have considered getting from Amazon France, but I'm not sure my French is really up to it.
 
Avro 584 one-off fitted with floats for RAF seaplane training.

Edit: Feel pretty confident so I will go ahead with the next one. Going to be out of pocket all afternoon and possibly this evening.

Any takers on this unusual design?
 
Where did the barkeeper go?

This one has been around in mystery threads before. The origin should be pretty obvious...
 
Well I haven't seen it before. Obviously American, but whether I will live long enough to trawl through you-know-where is doubtful!

Landing must have been 'interesting'.
 
Look like a Fairchild 22 that has gone through some wild modifications.

Brian
 
Not a Fairchild but a Felio SP-2. An interesting stinker!


Doubtful if this one will remain on the board for long...
 
OK, it is a Boulton Paul P15 Bolton, a one and only.

As, I think, was this Cyrano de Bergerac special.......
 
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