OK, first come first serve: Chris
Apparently your posts c(h)ris-crossed the Atlantic
OK, first come first serve: Chris
Apparently your posts c(h)ris-crossed the Atlantic
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I agree entirely it is Chris' go, but I still think I got the model number right ???
sorry my fault
indeed its a Rumpler C.IX (7C1)
the beer should go to lefty !!
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Thanks, but please let Chris proceed - I've run out of mysteries for the moment.
This is what I have for the Rumpler 7C1/C.IX and 7D1
Maybe like French aircraft?
I still don't have my library back with me. I think the new series on Germany WW1 aircraft is where I got this.
Chris
Hi Chris
according to Gray & Thetford's Putnam tome, your left-hand photo is the C IX (first version) with the second photo being the 7D1 - very similar in appearance to the CIX (second version) but only a single-seater !
But you may well be right - the French didn't have a monopoloy in obfuscation - they just developed it into an art form.......
Look forward to seeing your next puzzler
regards Mike
Nice little biplane.
Just to let everyone know after 2 years finally got a flying job again part time. Flying Cessna 402 weighs less than my old aux tank. Then again small is more fun to fly. Hard part finding something was getting something here in Boise.
Chris
Beautiful pic Kevin! Out of curiosity is she the L-BALK with Walter engine?Originally Posted by Moses03
Thanks. In return you guys quickly pick off ones I think are tough and might last a few hours.
This one will probably last about 30 min before being identified!
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
You're wicked, Chris. That picture will cause Lefty apoplexy in trying to decide whether the top surface is a parasol wing or not!
Chris' parasol (just kidding!), is the Gasuden Model 1. That distinctive black cowling usually points to the far east. And congrats on your flying job
Carlo: It is indeed L-BALK with the wout engine.
Last edited by Moses03; November 26th, 2017 at 08:14.
I knew it was fairly easy. Over to you
Chris
A Sunday floater.
Er, would this be another non-flyer, by any chance ?? With Isotta-Fraschini motors ??? Those props must have been perilously close to the waterline.....
Mike, you are correct on the engines. A well-known site says it might have not flown but I thought it managed a hop or two on a test flight. Circa 1921.
In which case it's the Cox-Klemin CK-2A1.
Strange that there is very little on the web at all about this, flyer or not....
Suds for Lefty.
Agreed, there is little information out there. I thought I came across a technical journal some time ago that explained how they launched the flying boat with little or no success but can't seem to dig it up now. It was underpowered and suffered from directional stability. Something like that.
Ah well, another one that vanished into obscurity.
Here's something smaller and speedier..
Bee Line BR-1 or 2 probably 1 and the picture is backwards BR-1
Chris
Just a note as I looked up the Cox-Klemin it should be the CK-1 not CK-2 which was a 2 seat open cockpit biplane. They labeled it wrong in Aerofiles at least the pix was.
Chris
Chris, you are right on the Bee Line -according to Larkins this is the BR-2.
As for the Cox-Klemin - sloppy of me to copy in the wrong Aerofiles designation. It is of course the CK-1.
There was apparently another Cox-Klemin amphibian (CK-18)- are there any photos of this one?
Something more up to date.
and a pix of the CK-18 requested.
Chris
The Airplane Factory Sling 2, OO-SON ??
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Looked it up looks like it. I had it as Sonaca 200 OO-NEW
Chris
I just read that Sonaca is a joint venture with The Airplane Factory from South Africa.
Now I understand that SON in OO-SON already stood for Sonaca. The repainted aircraft is here: https://image-store.slidesharecdn.co...-original.jpeg
My next mystery is a red one:
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Googling "little red plane" is just not working for me...
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