The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**pomme homme** · January 5th, 2020, 12:15

Correct on all counts, Uli. I suspect that your source and mine are one and the same! Over to Germany.

**giruXX** · January 5th, 2020, 12:31

for sure

On with this:

**lefty** · January 5th, 2020, 22:41

Uli, I think that's the Pander Multi-pro from around 1932 ? Pobjoy engine unmistakeable...

**giruXX** · January 6th, 2020, 01:28

right on the Pander, Mike

**lefty** · January 6th, 2020, 03:02

Thanks Uli - here's my first floater of 2020!

**cthornburg** · January 6th, 2020, 13:18

Yokosho Ro-go Ko-gata Recon. Seaplane

Chris

**lefty** · January 6th, 2020, 14:04

Absolutely correct, Chris. Wish I knew what that name meant - over to you.

**cthornburg** · January 6th, 2020, 17:19

Don't know much about this one doesn't show up in forum.

Chris

**cthornburg** · January 6th, 2020, 19:46

Found a better picture of the aircraft.

Chris

**cthornburg** · January 6th, 2020, 19:57

Mike I found what the Yokosho means.

Yokoshô-shiki Ro-gô Ko-gata (Yokoshô-Type Reconnaissance Model A)

Chris

**cthornburg** · January 7th, 2020, 23:00

1st civilian aircraft made in this country.

Chris

***Moses03*** · January 8th, 2020, 07:35

From the deepest reaches of Eastern Europe methinks...

**fabulousfour** · January 8th, 2020, 08:42

I think this is the Vecihi XIV from Turkey.

**cthornburg** · January 8th, 2020, 10:26

Robert you think right over to Germany

Chris

**fabulousfour** · January 8th, 2020, 11:46

Thanks, Chris.

On with this "clone".

**pomme homme** · January 8th, 2020, 12:21

Brochet MB.71.

**fabulousfour** · January 8th, 2020, 12:46

That was fast, Mike

It is the Brochet MB.71

**pomme homme** · January 9th, 2020, 00:31

Thank you, Robert. Here's an unsuccessful oddity from an unusual background. I don't think that it's appeared here before.

**lefty** · January 9th, 2020, 03:27

Surprised it hasn't surfaced before - it's the Mann & Grimmer M.1

**pomme homme** · January 9th, 2020, 03:45

Indeed it is, Mike. I was also surprised when a search of this thread produced a negative response. I had thought that such an oddity would have been too appealling not to have made a prior appearance here!

**lefty** · January 9th, 2020, 06:37

Thank you Mike. Well if this one has been here before, I can't find it either !

**cthornburg** · January 9th, 2020, 19:35

While looking up info on the Mann & Grimmer M.1 found out that in 1914 the Edward brothers had patented a synchronizing gear to enable guns to be fired through the revolving airscrew of a tractor airplane, their Patent was No.23790 A.D. 1914. For some reason best known to the War Office, whence a working model of the gear was sent, no more was heard of the device.
Interesting you just hear about the Germans doing it.

Chris

**lefty** · January 10th, 2020, 00:46

I've been reading up about interrupter gears in the splendid 2-volume 'British Aircraft Armament' by R Wallace Clarke. Apparently the first of the Allies to come up with a system were Morane-Saulnier. Personally, I liked the idea of the triangular metal deflectors bolted to the inside of the prop. Must have been fun !

Anyway, my mystery is not British, although it is European. Here's a pic of the unarmed version -

**fabulousfour** · January 10th, 2020, 11:56

Looks Russian and there seem to be some Polikarpov genes inside but can't find anything similar.

**cthornburg** · January 10th, 2020, 11:58

Since I'm on a mini vacation while home get minor remodel. I'm in Sun Valley looking out for bad winter storm coming in. Anyway it's the
Caproni Ca.113/ CBSA KB-2 Chuchuliga

Chris