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SOH-CM-2013

Hi dan_pub :salute:It is the CH-3 (aka ck-1) but with a fully covered fuselage. Attached photo shows it with registration and also a b/w picture uncovered showing more tail details etc. The CH-03 was on the forum (in bare form) a couple of weeks ago. Sorry I caused confusion. With the nudist colony I meant uncovered and memory because it was on not so long ago, the little bird is the Colibrie as dan-pub mentioned and Messi is a soccer player from Argentina.

It seems highly unfair to post this challenge. But no clues at this stage. Please use your imagination (think of it in a nudist colony), use your memory and also vision a honey-sucking little bird (and Messi if you like football).

Thank you Baragouin Next challenge is a neat 2/3-seat light helicopter by a designer/company still in business.

Hi Baragouin, a very good day :salute: A longshot: An Aero Model 2 from Yugoslavia ?

sGentlemen! Excuses for late reaction on the Sipa S-70. Seems the S-70 is indeed surrounded by mysteries. It is NOT MENTIONED in the book Les Avions Francais de 1944-1964. The mock-up surely was at the 1946 Paris Salon (without registration?) and in my notes I found that the S-70 was finally flown in July 1949, but only briefly tested. I wonder why Sipa would put a registraton on a mock-up after they had shown it at the Salon. This could indicate that the S-70 was actually built and this then would coincide with the fact that the Observers Book of Aircraft of 1949 has the S-70 listed. Engines of the S-70 are usually reported as two 205hp Mathis G-8R, but I have also seen reference to the 240hp Argus As-10C or even 150hp Potez 4D (Wikipedia, which seems dangerous for a 8-passenger aircraft). It seems to me the engine nacelles on the 2 photos are quite different. On a site on model aircraft I found the registrations F-WCZA as well as F-WCZI. So Please remove the tarpaulins, drag it out of your barn, put some air in the tires and tell us the real story on the S-70. The only other pic I found is attached (from the Observers Book of Aircraft?)