The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**lefty** · September 5th, 2020, 00:42

Not European, Robert

***Moses03*** · September 5th, 2020, 16:31

Mike has lost faith in me.

Here you go Sir.

**lefty** · September 5th, 2020, 22:35

Lose faith, Kevin ? Never, but in this instance you merely intensified the mystery !

Search back to post #1475 and you will find Walter's explanation - the only other picture appears in 1000 Aircraft Photos as the Monocoupe Courier. It is not in Aerofiles or anywhere else for that matter !
To add to the confusion, a register search reveal N64000 as a Cessna 180K....

Have the beer anyway

and hopefully someone can untangle this one - and I thought French mysteries were problematic

I'm off for a couple of weeks to somewhere hopefully a bit cooler than Texas but a lot warmer than Scotland ! You will never guess where..

**pomme homme** · September 5th, 2020, 23:48

Ah, so he'll have some Madeira, m'dear - but will he have to quarantine on his return?

**lefty** · September 6th, 2020, 01:42

I presume so, but the wee s**** is just as likely to change her mind as the bunch in Westminster. It's all about being seen to be different. Pathetic.

***Moses03*** · September 6th, 2020, 08:00

Enjoy your vacation Mike.

Here is one that hopefully is less confusing.

**fabulousfour** · September 6th, 2020, 08:18

Found that very picture on a nice website just yesterday.

That is the Carley C.II in Soesterberg, Kevin.

***Moses03*** · September 6th, 2020, 09:17

Right on Robert. Have at it.

**fabulousfour** · September 6th, 2020, 10:27

Thanks Kevin!

On with another biplane.

**fabulousfour** · September 7th, 2020, 04:13

A European one-off built for aerobatics.

**fabulousfour** · September 7th, 2020, 10:20

Not from a country with a big aircraft industry.

**pomme homme** · September 7th, 2020, 10:47

..... it looks Hopfner/Hirtenbergerish ....

**fabulousfour** · September 7th, 2020, 10:48

Not from Austria, Mike, but you are not far away.

**pomme homme** · September 7th, 2020, 12:43

Then staying within the empire, perhaps the MSrE M-21 Harag?

**fabulousfour** · September 7th, 2020, 13:18

Indeed, Mike, it is the MSrE M.21 from Hungary.

Next clue would have been the colours on the rudder.

Over to "Down by the Sèvre", please

**pomme homme** · September 8th, 2020, 04:23

Thank you, Robert. I was surprised to find the Harag via wikipedia!

Now here's something that's not a pretty sight ..... !

***Moses03*** · September 8th, 2020, 07:05

Was looking at this one the other day. It's not French!

**pomme homme** · September 8th, 2020, 07:10

Bother, my curve ball has been exposed!

**lefty** · September 8th, 2020, 08:39

Sadly, my Ord-Hume is at home while I swelter in Funchal ! (Maybe it's cooler in Texas......)

***Moses03*** · September 8th, 2020, 08:44

I wish Mike. We are still hitting the 32-34C range daily. Need a nice strong cold front to get us down to 15C!

**pomme homme** · September 9th, 2020, 04:13

It shares a name with an airline that must be close to lefty's heart!

***Moses03*** · September 9th, 2020, 05:01

No takers? This is the Angus Aquila of 1931. Sadly, the designer lost his life testing it in March of that year.

**pomme homme** · September 9th, 2020, 05:25

Sadly, Kevin, it seems not!

Yes, it is the ill fated and inappropriately named Angus Aquila. The only thing aquiline about it was its nose profile, which suggests some semblance of a eagle's beak. Certainly there was nothing aquiline in its flight performance.

I thought my clue might provoke a reflex response from lefty, as he sat on the balcony of his hotel, looking out to sea and, after a good well watered lunch, dreaming of an Aquila Airways Short Solent gently cleaving the waters of Funchal Bay as it touched down .....

Over to a hopefully tepid Texas!