The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**pomme homme** · February 7th, 2018, 23:59

A one-off, dating from 1998, designed, built, owned and flown by the same person in Western France.

**wout** · February 8th, 2018, 01:27

Hi pommehomme

Sorry, but I honestly have no clue about the parasoled seahorse. Could not find any info on the AFCO Shipyard, although it may be connnected with the designer Renato Levi.
Both Indian aircraft showed le logo.

Talking about logos. Any idea what the one (which you skillfully removed) on the Guicheney FG-1 Startrap (F-WTAH/F-PTAH) represents?

**pomme homme** · February 8th, 2018, 02:05

It is the FG-01 Startrap F-PTAH but no, Walter, I've no idea of what is represented by the logo on its fin. It looks like someone engaged in weightlifting or flying a strange hang glider - but I doubt that it's either - or it could be a stylised representation of the Rochefort transporter bridge! If I visit la Rochelle or see it out and about this year, I'll try to remember to ask the question. In the meantime, over to you.

**wout** · February 8th, 2018, 15:39

Sorry for the delay!
This one was finished 59 years ago.

**fabulousfour** · February 9th, 2018, 03:00

That is the Trefethen Sport-Aire originally built as the Salvay Stark Skyhopper.

**wout** · February 9th, 2018, 10:06

Hi fabulousfour

Very correct, a two-seater derived from the Skyhopper.
I know of 3 examples, N3113G (the photo), N1031Z and N311DR

Your turn, sir!

**fabulousfour** · February 9th, 2018, 11:41

Thanks, Walter.

Here is a rather racy looking biplane as my next mystery.

**lefty** · February 9th, 2018, 22:13

If I'm not mistaken, this is the (Blériot) SPAD 91-C1

**fabulousfour** · February 9th, 2018, 23:07

It is the SPAD 91, here in its first version with leg-mounted radiators.

Over to you, Mike.

**lefty** · February 10th, 2018, 02:06

Thanks Robert. This one has appeared here before, but quite a few years ago, and after all, you can never have too many floaters......

**giruXX** · February 10th, 2018, 06:04

That looks like a real lot of water: Aquaflight Aqua I from Wilmington, DE

**lefty** · February 10th, 2018, 07:29

That's the one, Uli -

**giruXX** · February 10th, 2018, 07:54

My latest discovery: This red rooster!

**giruXX** · February 11th, 2018, 04:26

This elegant two-seater is not a home-built but it comes from a University. Several pictures and some text appear on the web.

**giruXX** · February 11th, 2018, 21:07

Where is wout with his birds?

**giruXX** · February 12th, 2018, 07:03

The red bird is the KTH Osqavia, SE-XYP

Open House

**wout** · February 12th, 2018, 09:41

Hi giruXX

Could not combine your picture and my upper room. Whatever I tried, I always came up with 1+1 = 3
Next challenge is a pulsejet heli. Never heard of it till today!

***srgalahad*** · February 12th, 2018, 13:39

OK, cheating a bit here but Walter was so kind as to leave the source of his photo undiguised in the image.

With some wandering about it is the "Contraves" - by Slenzel/Heller
"The helicopter (which apparently never received an official designation) had a 6 meter twin-blade rotor driven by two pulsejets developed by Contraves."
It did fly, albeit tethered.

As I have other fires to tend for the next few days, if wout approves the answer, I'll make it OH.

**wout** · February 12th, 2018, 14:44

hi srgalahad

A combination of bad eyesight on my part and goodwill because I know some help is needed every now and then

In following link is some more info on this unnamed heli, which had some tethered tests and there is a photo of that on the site.
hxxp://www.heli-archive.ch/en/people/swiss-builders/contraves

OH as suggested by srgalahad