Don't know either, but that propeller makes me think there is four or more huge rubber bands running down the middle of it, and you have to wind it 10 million times before takeoff....
Don't know either, but that propeller makes me think there is four or more huge rubber bands running down the middle of it, and you have to wind it 10 million times before takeoff....
Maybe too much of a mystery aircraft.:ques:
This biplane is the Kuhelj KS-1b Janez from Slovenia (YU-PDF). The only time I saw it in a "Western" publication is the 1953 edition of the Green & Pollinger`s Aircraft of the World". They had the KS-1C version under Letov.
Suggest OH please
Slovenia? Boy, was I on the wrong trail.
From one obscurity to another, a push-pull wingie...
(Lefty is going to let me have it on this one).
From the 1940's.
Happy Thanksgiving! We are off to stuff ourselves silly over at my brother's place with their family.:mixedsmi:
I like the idea of the guy firing his 'high power machine gun' through the rear prop. Must have been spectacular.
This is comic book stuff, surely ?
Granted, this one is on the fringe of what we post here but thought it was interesting. It's the McKellar M-1 from 1940. It was a testbed for the larger fighter that never materialized.
Moving along with something more conventional...
Could that be a Japanese uniform ?
Could this be the Mitsubishi 1MF5A (Navy designation Type 10-2); Carrier trainer version with jettisonable wheeled undercarriage and floats under wings to allow safe ditching.
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Looks likely Ferry. One thing not mentioned in the references I found is what appears, in Moses' picture, to be a "boat hull" addition under the forward fuselage.. another possible flotation mod?Originally Posted by Ferry_vO
If it is the 1MF5a then it has another interesting bit in it's history...the original model was: "One of three types designed by Herbert Smith, formerly of the British Sopwith company, to meet requirements issued by the Imperial Japanese Navy for aircraft to equip its first aircraft-carrier"
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Wrong part of the world. Not of the Orient...
Had them going a bit with my Japanese sailor !
Could this be a Levasseur PL.4 ?
Sooo close! Can't serve a beer just yet...
OK, it's the PL-10 R3b !
I have that photo as a PL.7, but close enough. Over to the lowlands.
Nah, PL.7 was almost a sesquiplane, and had squared-off upper wingtips ! Attachment 53101Attachment 53102
Anyway, after that Gallic digression, - see post #6165 - on to a nice grainy monoplane, with an extra pic to make it even easier...
(By the way, sorry for the delay - internet connection down all night - weather, methinks)
If I translated correctly, Aichi K-12.
'Translated' ?? Hope not ! Good spot anyway......
A little bird.
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I defer to Mike on the PL.10. Had a tough time trying to sort those out anyways.
BTW- Heading to Las Vegas tomorrow and will be gone until the weekend. Please keep it civil in here while I'm away.
...anyone?
The little bird is a Dewoitine D-7.
Open house please...
Here's one:
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Was the mother a J-3?
There is a relation, yes..
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