The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

Don`t know what I was thinking of. Of course Noah did not build an Arch, but you know what I meant to say. :redf:

[srgalahad]

and sometimes status and credentials are misleading.. the Ark completed its maiden voyage..

Moraine-Sauliner MS.880 avec un moteur Continental O-200?

[DHC2Pilot]

Morane-Saulnier MS.880 prototype circa 1959? Almost certainly part of the Rallye series - the 880 is a scientific wild a$$ed guess.

[DHC2Pilot]

Blargh.....beaten by 3 minutes as I got my facts straight. BUT....the original pictured had a C-90, not an O-200. The O-200 was on the production version.

From WIKI:
In 1958, Morane-Saulnier designed a single engined light aircraft, the MS.880 Rallye Club,in response to a French government competition. The prototype, powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) engine, first flew on 10 June 1959. The first versions, the MS.880B and more powerful MS.885, were certified as airworthy on 21 November 1961

[wout]

Gentlemen, indeed the C90 powered MS-880 prototype and first in a long series. I never saw photo proof, but some sources claim it was initially fitted with a tail wheel gear.
Srgalahad, next test flight is yours please!

[Moses03]

Pay no mind to Mike. The Mrs probably had him out weeding the garden early this morning. Besides, I'm sure he has a few painfully rare French floaters queued up to exact revenge.

P.S. - we must restrict the use of the word "homebuilt" as it tends to upset the natives. [Shhhhhh!]<SHHHHH>

For the record my push-pull job is over at Aerofiles and was not a homebuilt. Hey, at least is it very unique. John's on the other hand...

[srgalahad]

A lot of the things posted here were home-built (without an aerodrome, where else would you..) but the post WWII ones do send a shiver up my spine.. and at the same time, are tempting to post... such fertile fields!

This is NOT post-WWII and likely easy, but at least I can try for the 2011 Grainy Award...

[Dave_Kent]

Hello:

The machine posted is a Morane-Saulnier Type H monoplane.

Dave

[srgalahad]

Welcome to the asylum Dave!

And for the Type H you get a and the joyful privilege of posting the next test.

(watch out.. it's a tough crowd :mix-smi:

[Dave_Kent]

Thanks SrGalahad., a pleasure to be committed with you. Before I post something, is there a master list somewhere of what has appeared before? I'd hate to look through all the machines to find a new one.

Dave

[srgalahad]

Thanks SrGalahad., a pleasure to be committed with you. Before I post something, is there a master list somewhere of what has appeared before? Dave

>>laughing insanely<< noooo.. well, buried in the minds of lefty and Moses there's a sort-of list but I don't think you'd want to be wandering about in there to try and read it!

I'd hate to look through all the machines to find a new one.

This is the third(?) incarnation of this thread over the last few years , reincarnated after each major forum disaster so a lot have been posted...

At this point, after several hundred (thousand) strange, weird, obscure aircraft, all I can suggest is to dig as deep as one can. There are a few basic rules -- it is supposed to have actually flown; kites, lighter-than-air, unpowered, unidentified objects are basically verboten; helicopters and "homebuilts" can incur snarls in some quarters;
beyond that, the other residents will fill you in, but have a go!

Rob

[Moses03]

Welcome Dave. :salute: (Knew that one was French-must be, they are wearing berets)

You can search the thread before posting a new one to see if it has appeared before. It's not the end of the world if one gets repeated though.

[Dave_Kent]

Understood

I hope this is something new to you.

Dave

[DHC2Pilot]

That sir is a Bancroft Tractor Biplane circa 1917. Open house if correct.

[Dave_Kent]

It certainly is!! Over to you.

Dave

[lefty]

Welcome, Dave ! Where are you based ? (There is an ever-growing conspiracy to post mysteries during U.S. waking hours, when Lefty is safely tucked up and pushing out the zzzzzz's.)

As Moses said, don't worry about posting machines previously covered. I do it all the time - usually with aircraft I already posted myself.......

I'm currently having a brief break in the Highlands - well away from my Boy's Books of Aeroplanes - so I shall observe from Inverness, where snow is lying on the streets once again.....Global Warming ? Rubbish !

[Dave_Kent]

Thanks all for the warm welcome!!

I am in Ottawa, Canada, and also in the snow. Perhaps, if I earn another chance, you will get to see a few Canadian machines. Then again, you may have already.

Dave

[lefty]

You a curler, by any chance, Dave ???

[Dave_Kent]

I have curled, but am definitely not a curler. Great game, but I seem to be a few brooms short on skill.

[DHC2Pilot]

I called open house, but since there aren't any takers yet, here's one....

[Dave_Kent]

Perhaps a Morane Saulnier MS 315?

[DHC2Pilot]

While the two birds resemble each other somewhat, this is not an MS-315. Wrong hemisphere.

[Moses03]

Yup it's from Mexico, the TNCA Balbuena 20 de Noviembre.

[DHC2Pilot]

Barrerra Balbuena it is.

[Moses03]

Thanks for the brew. Looks like we are crossing paths between here and the Wot thread. Ha!

I have this big manly biplane of curious design...