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Thread: The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

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  2. #6627
    Here is an interesting pair of floaters.

    (Beware - the float isn't really that shape - it's partly obscured by the wingtip of the photographing aircraft !)

    An extra wee dram if you can tell me who the operator is....

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    Thank you Mike, for the info in N83W (Barr Six)
    I had from the net info that in November 2006 Morrison Aircraft in Australia acquired the Barr Six project and that the prototype (N83W) was shipped to Australia. From your link it seems evident that N83W was lost one year earlier (damaged beyond repair), unless the remains were shipped overseas?

  4. #6629
    Nobody biting at my wee floatplanes ?

    The country for which they are flying is in Europe, but the aircraft are manufactured elsewhere ! (i.e. not in Europe !)

  5. #6630
    This is going to be one of those mysteries that we all should probably know. Just can't seem to get a fix on it. That birdie insignia looks familar though...

  6. #6631
    OK - Two more hints - you have to get this...

    (1) These machines would be more familiar with an engine other than the Gipsy Major

    (2) The swallow is actually the badge of the base - here is another floater wearing it.

  7. #6632
    OK, enough.

    These are Fleet 10G's of the Portuguese Navy. The black swallow was the insignia of the Sao Jacinto- Aveira seaplane base.

    OH please.

  8. #6633
    Blast! I scanned Fleet up and down but never made the connection.

  9. #6634
    Here is one to get things going again. She is a bit cold and frosty.

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    Hi Kevin :salute:
    is this an airy plane or a WIG?
    Could it be a FW-189 starting with speed skating lessons?

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    Yes, a Fw.189 in the ice!

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    Thanks Kevin,
    this twin is not a ultralight (twin engine ultralights were/are not legal in the country of origin), but strictly speaking it was a ultralight. However, since it was not, it carried a registration. Confused?

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    Only clue I have is the Farah Fawcett stand in. So we are looking at something around 1978-79?

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    Hi Kevin :salute:
    First flight in November 1981, so you are close
    This is the Mohawk by Warpath Aviation Corporation. Initial tests were with two 10hp McCulloch MAC101 screamers, then re-engined with two 20hp Cuyuna 215s. But alas......
    May I ask you to continue, please

    PS: registration was N1381T

  15. #6640
    Our Moses is obviously a bit preoccupied, so I'll dive in with this one - a beer for the aircraft, chaser for the air force.......should be easy meat for you lot :mixedsmi:

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    Hmm, those head on views can be tough. My gut reaction is something from the UK in service over in the Middle East...

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    I'm thinking it's not British forces despite the battle dress tunics being very similar to the British standard issue for WWII and the pilot's 'wings' being very similar to the RAF one. The RAF never had forage caps for officers ('other ranks' wore them prior to and during WWII) and they certainly never wore jodhpurs nor carried cavalry swords except for ceremonial purposes.

    I'm thinking India maybe either just prior to WWII (although it would still have been under British rule then) or just after.

    As to the aircraft, it has some similarities to the Swordfish but I think it's earlier than that.
    Larry


  18. #6643
    Well you are both on the right track - this next pic should give it away although I've removed one bit of insignia.

    By the way, Larry, I don't think they actually wore the swords in the cockpits..........

  19. #6644
    Hawker Nisr (Audax) with the Iraq Air Force.

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    Salaams, oh wise one.... of course alcohol is forbidden in Iraq so it's a sarsaparilla for Texas..........

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    Pretty much everything is forbidden in Iraq!

    Papa has a brand new pair of pants...

  22. #6647
    First reaction is that this pantalooned project is French, but I can't find it.....

    The beaming tanned gentleman is a sheet-metal-working apprentice who hasn't yet been told that he has failed miserably.

  23. #6648
    France is always a safe bet, but in this case.....nope.

    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post

    The beaming tanned gentleman is a sheet-metal-working apprentice who hasn't yet been told that he has failed miserably.

  24. #6649
    Is it some sort of Caproni nightmare ? Or a Transylvanian horror ?

    No American panel-beater would be seen dead beside a mess like that, surely.....................

  25. #6650
    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    Is it some sort of Caproni nightmare ?
    Hmm...

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