The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**fabulousfour** · November 29th, 2018, 10:02

Big enough to hop over the ditches

**giruXX** · November 29th, 2018, 11:13

For sure

**Baragouin** · November 29th, 2018, 12:36

Originally Posted by fabulousfour

Big enough to hop over the ditches

Hi Robert!
You know of course that the italian name of this diminitive Aircraft was "Saltafossi" (ditch-jumper)….
Cheers
Carlo

**fabulousfour** · November 29th, 2018, 12:46

Definetly, Carlo.

That midget has burnt into my brain after it appeared at aviaquiz (which I didn't solve then)

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**giruXX** · November 29th, 2018, 23:25

The full designation is: Preti PR.2 Saltafossi

Over to a joint Robert&Carlo quiz, perhaps :

**fabulousfour** · November 30th, 2018, 00:58

I'll leave it to Carlo to show us a new mystery.

**Baragouin** · November 30th, 2018, 05:17

Originally Posted by fabulousfour

I'll leave it to Carlo to show us a new mystery.

Thanks Robert
Here my next mystery I'm cocksure that this one is pretty well known to the Whole gang but as we are about to talk about diminitive aircrafts….
Cheers
Carlo
https://imgur.com/a/mtbuXtm
By the way a bit of philology (my preferred subject): "saltafossi" has a double meaning the second being "urchin" (Spitzbube if you prefer)

**wout** · November 30th, 2018, 06:32

Hi Baragouin

A Frenchman in USA with help from Canada.
André Fauvel AV-60 Leprechaun (N602F) built by Wolff and Davidson.

***Moses03*** · November 30th, 2018, 06:54

I know Lefty is enjoying all these post war miniature "wee" aircrafts...

**Baragouin** · November 30th, 2018, 07:27

Hello Wout!
Hundred percent correct!
Cheers
Carlo

**Baragouin** · November 30th, 2018, 07:29

Originally Posted by Moses03

I know Lefty is enjoying all these post war miniature "wee" aircrafts...

Hi Kevin!
please tell Lefty that if he likes "wee" planes I have a couple more from Italy pretty Tricky….
Cheers
Carlo

**lefty** · November 30th, 2018, 07:33

It is Friday. Lefty has been in the pub sampling real ales with his pals. Lefty is fast asleep.........

Pray continue with the midgets and wake me when it's over...

**wout** · November 30th, 2018, 11:47

Do gliders still qualify?
This experimental one was best for pilots with feet last.

**fabulousfour** · November 30th, 2018, 12:11

Methinks this is the Lamson PL-1 Quark.

**wout** · November 30th, 2018, 15:11

Hi fabulousfour

Youthink right. Seen it called PL-2 on at least one site. Any idea?
For those interested, see wikipedia on this pronepiloted test aircraft (N44J)

Your turn, sir!

**fabulousfour** · November 30th, 2018, 23:02

Thanks, wout!

I've seen lefty awake, so here is a big airplane that might be of interest

**Green** · November 30th, 2018, 23:43

Breguet XI 'Corsaire'...?

**fabulousfour** · December 1st, 2018, 00:18

It is the Corsaire!

Over to Green.

**Green** · December 1st, 2018, 00:30

Cheers for that!
No mysteries where I am - soooo....OPEN HOUSE.

***Moses03*** · December 1st, 2018, 11:08

This one did fly. It had a tractor prop in the front compartment (not seen in this photo).

**giruXX** · December 1st, 2018, 11:55

A Koechlin tandem monoplane of 1908, perhaps

***Moses03*** · December 1st, 2018, 12:40

I have it as the Pischoff-Koechlin effort. Not to split hairs.

Over to Germany.

**giruXX** · December 1st, 2018, 23:44

An elder floater:

**giruXX** · December 2nd, 2018, 22:19

From a famous stable and from a time where aircraft designs gradually evolved from “type” to “type” (better “individual”). The peculiar craft is somewhat ill-documented in the monographs, but according to a later source must have existed as such and also flown. I know of two alternative type designations, so any of the three will do, unless somebody else knows it better.

**lefty** · December 2nd, 2018, 23:06

Looks like one of the early Short pushers, Uli. Maybe the S.27 or a variant of it ?

The rear end doesn't look right, but maybe that is because the photo seems to show the two rudder sections pointing in different directions !