The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Thanks - how bout this elegant lady ....

[fabulousfour]

I think this is the Swanson-Fahlin SF-2.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

I have it as the "Plimo-Coupe" ( with a Plymouth automobile engine ) but close enough ! - have at it ....

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Jim.

Here is another high-winger.

[Moses03]

Hi Robert, SAB DB-80 there.

[fabulousfour]

I was just about to give a clue but Kevin was faster.

It is the SAB DB-80, one of the lesser ugly French planes of that era.

Over to Texas, please.

[Moses03]

Thanks Robert. Looks a little Junkery.


Back to the water with a one and done flying boat.

[lefty]

From upstate Rhode Island , it's the Stevens flying boat from 1915.

[Moses03]

Mike with a direct hit. Have to love that curvy 3-bladed prop!

Hope things are cooler in Fife. We are going to be blistering at 38C by tomorrow afternoon.

[lefty]

Thanks Kevin - it's been very pleasant here for a few weeks but is now a bit cooler and some much-needed rain. 38C sounds murderous !

You have been regularly posting floaters to see if I am still alive and kicking - so far. so good ! Here's a wheeled machine - which looks a tad over-engined ?

[giruXX]

pretty French: Nieuport-Delage Ni-D48bis, if I am right

[lefty]

Well, Uli, I think the 48bis had a V12 Hispano-Suiza, which this ain't, so it is actually the 481 with the Lorraine Mizar 9-cylinder 240hp engine.

Well aware of the vicissitudes of French appellations, I am braced for a challenge on this, but anyway, have the beer !

[cthornburg]

Essentially, the Nieuport 48 was a 5/6 scale version of the Nieuport 42. The prototype Nieuport 48 was a parasol monoplane powered by a 400-hp Hispano-Suiza 12 Jb, while the second prototype (Nieuport 48 bis) used a 500-hp Hispano-Suiza 12 Hb. Both engines had a the 12 cylinders in a “V” shaped arrangement and used a Regy-Sabbah propeller.
The first Nieuport 48 was used for static testing, while the second was tested at Villacoublay by adjudant Millo from May to August 1927. The Nieuport 48 benefited from the concentration in mass due to the smaller airframe and the elevators and rudders were enlarged. The ailerons occupied the entire trailing edge of the wing. The third aircraft was the Nieuport 48bis which had the 500-hp Hispano-Suiza 12 Hb. By this time the lightweight fighter program had proved to be unsuccesful, failing to yield a single useful aircraft which compared poorly with types already in service; the Nieuport 48 series being no exception. The second Nieuport 48 ended its’ days as a trainer at Etampes used to train military pilots who would be participating in the Schneider Cup races.
The Nieuport 48bis was tested by Capitaine Joublin and on its’ third flight the wing struts became deformed, moving back 10 centimeters. After being repaired it was finally struck off charge at Villacoublay in early 1928. Redesignated the Ni-D 481 when it was fitted with a 300-hp Lorraine 9 Na engine, it was subsequently used as an aerobtic trainer and carried registration F-AJTC. It was struck of the civil register in 1936.

[lefty]

Comprehensive stuff, Chris. You obviously have a Nieuport 'bible' ? Anyway, thanks for that...it is always hazardous quoting model numbers from old Jane's as they were often a wee bit unreliable !

[giruXX]

Very interesting, Chris!

Let's continue with another parasol

[cthornburg]

Looks like a modified Tiger Moth. I wouldn't want to fly it with the wing strut like that.
Did it fly?

Chris

[pomme homme]

I wouldn't want to fly it with the wing strut like that

..... and the seemingly eccentric spinner!

[giruXX]

Here is the answer:

[cthornburg]

Uli

I believe my answer good enough to do next challenge.
Here's one who's had it's brothers on here but this is a one off.

Chris

[cthornburg]

it's related to a recent post of mine.

Chris

[Moses03]

Chris, not getting any kind of vibe here. Thought maybe something Russian but the underwing reg makes me say no to that.

[fabulousfour]

Maybe the Aetna Aerocraft?

[cthornburg]

I have it as the 1941 Aetna-Timm Aerocraft. Hence the Timm tie in with my post a month ago.
Good catch Robert.

Chris

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Chris!

Back to biplanes again.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

I think this is the Stampe-Vertongen SV-5