Thanks Uli.
Don't know just a whole lot about this interesting effort.
Thanks Uli.
Don't know just a whole lot about this interesting effort.
Did M Botali have a hand in this?
Mr. Botali was not involved as far as I can tell.
The designer was involved with other designers in the early 1930's. This solo build was tested at Orly around 1935/36. It had a small Poinsard engine.
It's André Jacquemin's 1934 'ailes vivantes' monoplane.
I figured Mike would be the one to crack this nut as he thrives on those obscure grainy French types! Variable wing?
I typed some of the text into a translator but wasn't entirely successful deciphering. Note to self: Learn French.
Thank you, Kevin. I had to plough through a lot of Poinsards - they seem to have been attached to every other pou de ciel of the same period - before I found M Jacquemin's baby. But at least it was a little more conventional than the aircraft that emerged when he was working with Marcel Leyat! Anyhow, there's no Poinsard powering this odd looking bird .....
The S. Poite Type 3 with Renault 4Pb perhaps?
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Not perhaps, but exactly so. The 1931 S.Poite Type III. But I wonder, was there a Type I or II? Whilst I'm wondering, over to Allemagne.
Here we move on with an interesting twin.
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Tough angle...maybe the North American XB-21 prototype?
I was thinking more Martin 139 ?
you are on right trace
Mike is closer than Kevin
Sorry for the angle. It is necessary to identify the bird.
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OK, Martin 146 ? (finally found a good pic of the 146 - I'm pretty sure that's the one !)
Indeed
Here is the aerofiles entry:
Martin 146 1935 = Enlarged B-10 with two Wright R-1820; span: 75'0" length: 50'0" load: 5057# v: 234/170/x range: 1237. Widened fuselage, first large airplane to use Fowler flaps. POP: 1 for Wright Field testing [X15550], plus exports of B-10B. Licensed production in 1936 to Fokker Netherlands was never implemented , and was replaced by an order for Model 139WH to use in the East Indies.
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Here's the photo I found -
..and here's a busy-looking floater -
Might be the Romano R-4.
I couldn't find a picture of it.
It's not a Romano, ff, although it looks like it ought to be ! (Has anyone a photo of the R-4 ? Don 't think I've seen one either....)
Hi Lefty and FF!
you will find hereunder a pic of the Romano R4...concerning the mysterious item I think I've seen her before but right now can't place it...
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
http://imgur.com/a/O9UzP
It's not French, it is Italian!
This wee floater is the CMASA MF.6.
Neat challenge!
Thanks for the Romano, BG!
Well done,ff, perseverance pays off... Carlo, thank you for that pic of the Romano !
This one was probably quite a lot faster...
Robert,
you should have posted this post after 32 other posts
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Sorry, Uli, you have to explain that.
BTW, you got mail
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