The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

I think the heat's got to Pommehomme.......or the cider......

This is the De Havilland 82 Tiger Moth monoplane conversion, renamed the Muffin the Mule Special. In Zimbabwe. That fulfils most of ph's criteria....

[pomme homme]

It could have been the cider but not the heat. Out west, we're enjoying sunny days but temperatures only in the low to mid twenties. I prefer that to the weather that is being endured 'darn sarf'.

I think that lefty should be the victor ludorum for making the effort and getting one out of three. You'll find the whole answer at https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightP...20-%202027.PDF. Oh, and the television programme wasn't Muffin the Mule (isn't that illegal?) but Sara & Hoppity. See the connection?

I'll look forward to moving onto the calm sanity of Mike's next offering.

[lefty]

Thank you, Mike. However, I must claim 2/3 rather than the niggardly one that you offered - I did after all state Zimbabwe as the country of origin, and before Mr Ebagum took over it was indeed called Rhodesia !

As for Sara & Hoppity, never heard of it, probably because when it appeared in 1962, I was on an in-depth 3-year course of beer appreciation in the watering-holes of Leicestershire........

Here's a brave chap - hope he remembered to put in some ear plugs !

[pomme homme]

Ah, we return to the mysterious and fascinating world of Georges Sablier. This is the Sablier Type 1952, 00-28, the history of which I've never been able to fathom. Has anyone else succeeded where I've failed?

Oh, and Mike, I used to think that BA (Hons)(Leic) meant Bachelor of Arts. Now I know what the BA really stands for in Leicestershire! I congratulate anyone who achieves honours in beer appreciation. Was it a first?

[lefty]

FINALLY ! This is the fourth time I've tried to post a reply - getting really hacked off with this 'server busy' notice that haunts us nowadays......

Mike, I think an obscurity it will remain, unless anyone can track down M Spitaels of Ham-on-the-Hour.... Over to you, sir

[wout]

hi PH
Maybe you already know the site, but please see: hxxp//www.retroplane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4229&postdays=0&postorder=asc&star t=0

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Mike and Walter.

I was looking at the retroplane forum only this afternoon. That 20% scale model of the Sablier T52 looked to be a real labour of love. But what about its inspiration? Is OO-28 a Belgian microlight/ULM registration? Googling the relevant information produces nothing beyond the retroplane forum. Can you help, Walter, since it appears to have emanated from your part of Europe.

Manfully, I've resisted the temptation to post a picture of the Shoreham ATC Hoppity or the Bianchi Penguin as my next offering and have gone for something more prosaic but, in my opinion, a lot prettier. However I don't expect it to tax you greatly or last too long ...

[Baragouin]

Hello boys and girls!
In spite of the persisting heat wave and since my senses are not quite obnubilated yet I think I will quote her as a SETCA "Milan" of 1947...
Cheers
Carlo (BG)

[pomme homme]

Indeed it is, F-WCZZ. Over to the 40º plus Italy!

[wout]

Hi PH
The OO-... system is AFAIK only for homebuilt aircraft and possibly only started after WW2. I will contact some friends with Belgian connections and try to get some reliable info on the OO-... system.
Since it is vacation, mind you, that may take some time.

[lefty]

For some reason OO-28 is missing from this list, but you get the general idea - http://www.asa-be.com/photogallery_BCR_Homebuilt.htm

On another site http://www.brugier.com/n_oo.htm it is listed as a 'Sablier 4 Motorglider'

[Baragouin]

Thanks PH
I think I will proceed by sbmitting what might be euphemistically called a rather ugly continental liner!
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
http://imgur.com/a/wiOrK

[Moses03]

Hoo boy! That one is about as pretty as a pile of scrap!

[fabulousfour]

Methinks this beauty is the SRAP T-7.

[Baragouin]

Methinks this beauty is the SRAP T-7.

That's right fabulousfour (Bechereau) SRAP!
Your turn please....
Carlo (BG)

PS Yesterday Arezzo was hotter than Rabat at 42°.....

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, BG.

Here is something more modern.

[fabulousfour]

This is one of two built prototypes flown for the first time around 1960, but which were shelved since no buyers showed interest.
Later on a small series of a few dozen aircraft with a different engine were built.

[giruXX]

India? I see some resemblance with the HAL Krishak

[fabulousfour]

By the way, I doubt very much that any of these aircraft have ever seen European soil... or air if you wish

[fabulousfour]

Didn't realize gX's answer before my post

The Krishak it is

Have a fresh beer

[giruXX]

A blind chicken caught the worm.

Let’s try this “flying fish”

[fabulousfour]

After all quite nasty

[Moses03]

Looks like the single engine version of a Caproni Ca.97.

[Baragouin]

Looks like the single engine version of a Caproni Ca.97.

My my I got here too late! Of course Moses is right Caproni Ca97 Coloniale Monomotore I-AAQN...
Cheers
Carlo

[giruXX]

Yes, it is Caproni Ca.97 C-Tr. c/n 2992 I-AAQN reg. on 09.10.1933

A cold glass for Moses03