The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[giruXX]

Cheers Robert

That's all right.

It went through the media as "Mike Wills Mazda 13B powered Van's RV4": https://sites.google.com/site/actualliga/motor-wankel

[fabulousfour]

Must have missed that completely. Maybe that I read the wrong media.

Here is a kite that is considerably larger.

[lefty]

That, sir, is the Packard-LePere LUSAO-11.

[fabulousfour]

That, Mike, is correct.

Enjoy your pint.

Strange, I did a search for this plane whether it had been shown here before and found nothing
When I was googling now for some hints, Kevin's mystery of 2014 (post 9458) popped up...

[lefty]

Thanks Robert. You just have to look at the number of posts, and how long this forum has been running, to realise it is very difficult to find something new !

At one time Ferry was keeping a track and cataloguing all the mysteries, but I don't know if he's still doing it..

Here's one that has been here before, but doesn't show up in the Search box...(some people would call this one a parasol....)

[giruXX]

For me that's a gull wing !

1957 Adkisson Head Skinner SJ-1, perhaps

[lefty]

Yes, the oddly named Head Skinner it is....

[Ferry_vO]

At one time Ferry was keeping a track and cataloguing all the mysteries, but I don't know if he's still doing it..

I still try, though real life is keeping me somewhat occupied these days (In a good way!).

[giruXX]

Our next candidate is a convertible, i.e., one that may fly with open or closed roof.

[wout]

hi giruXX
What a dilemma!. Is it a Morrisey Nifty, a Shin 2150 or a Varga Kachina?. My vote goes to the Shin.

[lefty]

Funny how the gear stays compressed when it's flying............

[giruXX]

I have it as Shinn 2150-A N5151V.

@lefty: look at the main gear: it’s de-compressed. There is a second unambiguous in-flight photo (with closed canopy) where the gear looks identical.

A pint for wout.

[lefty]

Sorry for being over-cynical, Uli !
This would absolutely confirm that it was possible to fly this with the canopy open - I would have thought it would part company with the rest of the aircraft quite quickly !

[wout]

Continuing with a V-tail

[wout]

Forget the V-tail, than the rest of the plane should look familiar

[wout]

.......then the rest.......

[Moses03]

Walter, is this the Greenapples AT-19?

See attached pdf for reference.


Good to be back from Las Vegas (business trip, not much fun). Been a long hectic week.

[wout]

hi Kevin.
That is the AT-19 by Gale Abels.
Thank you very much for the link, new to me and beautiful to see what can be behind a homebuilt story.
Hope the new owners get her back in the air soon!
If you need 2 weeks to recover from the LAS trip, please let usknow. Otherwise we expect you yo do your duty.

[Moses03]

I'm on it! How about a grainy floater?

[Moses03]

Obviously French, but the designer spent the first part of his life in Russia.

[Baragouin]

Obviously French, but the designer spent the first part of his life in Russia.

Hi Kevin!
She doesn't ring a bell to me but two names jump to my mind: Deville or Richard....
Cheers
Carlo (BG)

[cthornburg]

Bodiansky 30

Chris

[Moses03]

It is the Type 30. Note the similarity to a Villiers design. Bodiansky worked for Villiers for a time.

EDIT:

As it goes I found another photo from Sept 1932:

[cthornburg]

an easy one slightly different

Chris

[lefty]

Looks like an Argus motor - might be the Nardi FN 305D ?