The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[fabulousfour]

Fantastic pictures of the RFS-1!

Many thanks for sharing them!

[wout]

The aircraft was lost in a (non-fatal) accident. The designer is famous for designing/producing a vital component of many airplanes.

[wout]

Think of a vital rotating component and the designer is also known for several early ultralights.
And it is not Hegy.

[giruXX]

Still no taker(s) for Craig Catto’s (known for Catto propellers) unfortunate Acro-X which crashed on 29 August 1983. I am wondering why it is described in JAWA 1986-87, i.e. years after its loss?

[wout]

That is the one . Registration N83AX and Rotax 503 engine.

giruXX, please open your vaults

[giruXX]

Here is a floater for some change

[lefty]

Looks like the Towle WC to me.......

[giruXX]

... to me as well. Cheers Mike

[lefty]

Always like it when somebody throws in the Towle.......(sorry...)

Have tried a search- don't think this one has been here before, but it is pretty easy -

PS Aviafrance playing up again? -is it just me ?

[lefty]

Anyone in ? I'm off to a Wild West party tonight (doing my best Gabby Hayes impersonation..) so won't be around to confirm answers - pray continue.. Till then, Yippee-ay-yea, or whatever (should have got some tuition from Kevin, methinks...)

My wee mystery didn't fly over Texas, but a bit further east.......

[Moses03]

We have the high-wing loaded Dayton-Wright RB-1 from 1920.

Since Lefty is off at the rodeo, will press on with a very curious design.

[pomme homme]

That appears to be the Bergonzi "Ardea" canard fighter (which recently put in an appearance elsewhere!).

[wout]

A pre-prototype of the Catto Acro-X?

[Moses03]

You got it Mike!

It might be the older inspiration for the Acro-X.

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Kevin. As I'm going to be occupied all day and haven't got a next challenge readily to hand, rather than delay matters I think it preferable to call 'open house'. So over to someone else who is better prepared than me!

[giruXX]

I do have something at hand:

[pomme homme]

Is that the Miles M.100 Student?

[giruXX]

Yes, that's her. Presented at Le Bourget 1963.

[pomme homme]

Thank you, giruXX. As I don't think that I can justify declaring 'open house' twice in a day, I'll try to find and post something new in the course of this evening.

[pomme homme]

Here's something that might vex a few of you for five or ten minutes!

[lefty]

Not easy to see from that photo, Mike. Does it possess some means of propulsion ??

[Moses03]

I have this one in my "for further review" archive. In the attached it is referred to as the Beslin B-3, but like Lefty, not sure of the propulsion if any or the year for that matter.

Afraid I cannot decipher Yugoslav text!

[lefty]

According to a Yugoslav (Serbian?) site I found, it was due to have two Walter Mikron 60hp motors, but the war got in the way !

http://www.paluba.info/smf/index.php...=12186.0;imode

Google Translate works....

[pomme homme]

I believe it to be Serbian. But I have to say that I was going to ask you the question that you've posed to me, namely did it have some form of propulsion and, if so, what was it? However it looks as if Mike has resolved that issue. But as Kevin had the same make and model as I do, it looks as if we're going over to Texas for the next challenge. How does it go - yippie yi ooh, yippie yi yay? Oh, Mike will know as we went to the Wild West party on Saturday!

[Moses03]

Lived most of my life in Texas but never really assimilated into the "cowboy" culture.

Anyhoo, here is a speedy looking parasol to consider.