The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

Hi Mike
As so often with beauties, she goes under different names.
Rutan (Scaled Composites) Model 120 or more commonly ATAC Predator 480 (ATAC for Advanced Technology Aircraft Company Ltd).
An accident at early age prevented N480AG from presenting us with, no doubt,even more blinding siblings.

[lefty]

I reckoned you would be waiting to pounce, Walter ! - Have a nice day - election time here.....

[wout]

Thank you Mike. May the best one win the elections!
I have not removed the registration since it had not yet been applied at the time the photo was taken.
If you have been at this airfield, you may recognize it. Most of the time there is no snow.
And always keep in mind: Every aircraft is a mystery until you find out the name.

[pomme homme]

Presumably Russian, if the flag on the tail of the aeroplane behind is a clue! And if the airfield is usually snow free, are we looking at somewhere down in the Caucasus?

[wout]

Hi PH
Absolutely correct on the country. However, not the Caucasian region. I maye have caused confusion on the snow, but I know from experience that the region has long spells with snow,
but also temperatures that can rise high!!
A very big city is around the corner.
The plane is number 10 in a series and a two-seater with aerobatic performance.

[pomme homme]

Well, Walter, the aerodrome looks suspiciously like the location of the Delphin 3, whose picture you posted on 17 February (do you know how many pages back through which I had to trawl before I found that!). If so, was this one too photographed at Kronstadt (which is just around the corner from St Petersburg) and might it be another creation of Peter Lyavin? Or maybe, as you say that the club there is pretty active, there's another club member who's pretty handy, design wise, and perhaps is responsible for this one? I've failed to get beyond this.

[wout]

Hi PH
Very good memory!. Indeeed a further product of the Kronstadt group, the Delfin 10. Have not yet found out many details (designer etc.), but seems the guys are already working on an improved Delfin 10M.
This one flew 2010 and here is a pic of her in flight.
Its all yours, sir!

[pomme homme]

I feel that you've been a little too generous to me, Walter, but I thank you nonetheless. Now here's a perky little biplane .....

[giruXX]

The Chapeau CB.10 No 01, F-WDVL methinks

[pomme homme]

Youthinks correctly, sir. Over to you!

[giruXX]

This shouldn’t challenge you for too long.

[lefty]

I think that might be the Agusta P.111 ?

[giruXX]

Yes that's the bird I-RAIA

[lefty]

Here's a cheeky little floater -

[wout]

Hi Mike
Could this be a Murphy Renegade?

[lefty]

It is indeed - photographed at Biscarrosse -

[wout]

A twin in several aspets. Twin seats, twin engines, twin floats, twin tail booms.

[fabulousfour]

That should be the Canaero Toucan, a push-pull ultralight.

[wout]

Hi fabulousfour
Ganz richtig!
You are cordially invited..........

[fabulousfour]

Prost!

Here's only a detail of an aircraft, an extra-beer for the name of the pilot.

[lefty]

Looks like an A-20C -with a famous pilot - film star ? Van Johnson ?

[fabulousfour]

The A-20 it is.

Have another guess for the pilot. He's no actor but got his fame, when he - presumably by purpose - flew the wrong direction.

[wout]

Would that be Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan?

[fabulousfour]

That's him!

Here's the caption of the photo.

[lefty]

On the basis that Walter is correct, I'll leave the next mystery to him as I have nothing available just now and my scanner has packed up !