The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Can't recall seeing this one before. The tail and 2-bladed props rule out the USA I think.

Hmm...

[wout]

You are correct Moses03. But...you are close

[Moses03]

My initial reaction was that it was from South America somewhere.

[lefty]

Moses is the expert on tequila-powered machines !

[wout]

Closing in Moses03, but nearer to Texas.
Sadly this one-of aircraft crashed in the year it first flew (1957), killing the crew which included the designer. Engines were two 245hp Jacobs R755.

[Willy]

The engines and fuselage sides keep making me think it's a one off mod of a Beech 18. There is just something very "Twin Beechish" about it.

[lefty]

But how thick are those wings ????

[Ferry_vO]

Not a clue here...

The big wagon in the background made me think it had to be American..!

[Moses03]

White flag goes up.

I will be in the bar downing tequila shots if anyone need me.

[lefty]

I'd love to join you in the cantina, Kevin, but I'll be on the ice instead of watching it swirl round my glass.

Last game of the season. Missing the rugby, too.

Wout, you got us all here - time to reveal, please.

[wout]

Moses03, hope the tequila tastes!. Origin of this twin is Mexico.
It is the Lascurain Model 4 Aura (XB-ZEU). Design by Mr. Angel Lascurain y Osio. First flight Febr. 1957, lost later the same year.
wingspan 68.241ft, length 40.092ft, height 14.747ft.
max. speed 134 mph, cruise 124 mph, range 497 miles.

Right now my PC refuses any co-op so cannot upload new picture.
Suggest Moses03 takes turn after sobering up.

[Moses03]

Of all things, there is some color footage of the Aura at youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zFHDyMYV0


Okay, here is a much easier twin.

Hic...hic.

[wout]

1946 Zlin Z-20

Thank you for the youtube link on the Aurora. Very nice

[Moses03]

for wout on the Zlin. Hope you can upload the next one okay.

[wout]

PC works again. My stupidity, but easier to blame the computer.

Staying with twins. Although picture looks somewhat of that of a model, its a real aircraft. Four prototypes were built, but no production.

[Tako_Kichi]

My first post in this thread despite reading it every day, but that looks very Piper-ish to me. The nose and engine nacelles look very similar to the Twin Comanche but the cabin and tail don't look like any Piper I've seen.

[lefty]

Well against my better judgment I entered the world of GA aircraft (I'm not going to make a habit of this) and came up with the Simmering-Graz-Pauker M-222 Flamingo.

The later prototypes were modified to look even more like a Cessna/Piper. (Yawns..........)

[wout]

Lefty is correct . One of the first SGP-222s built by Austrian company of Simmering-=Graz-Pauker AG.

[lefty]

Thanks Wout. Here's another twin, but it is no Cessna !

PS Kevin - another supermarket trolley undercarriage !

[wout]

De Havilland Canada/Defense Research Board (Canada) modified Otter, usually known as STOL Otter. This was the second configuration with the two PT6A engines. Initially flown with the more standard P&W R1340 radial engine.

[lefty]

Yup.

[wout]

Sorry but a twin again. However, from an older shoebox found in the basement.

[wout]

Sorry but a twin again. However, from an older shoebox found in the basement.
(better include the photo, sorry)

[lefty]

I thought all the grainy old pics were stored in a Texas basement.............

[Moses03]

You have a proper photo of the twin wout? Not that it would help much as I can say right off I haven't a clue. Something post-war France maybe...