The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**wout** · August 16th, 2009, 03:49

:ernae:
Lefty, S.C.A.N. it is.
Of course the trainer boat was the SCAN-20 and the US twin amphib the Widgeon with French engines was the SCAN-30.
The twin boomer was designed by M.Roussel (Roussel 30 light fighter 1939) and construction of a prototype was started by SCAN around 1947. Plans existed to market it as the SCAN-40 Scanton. When SCAN lost interest the project lingered on till around 1952 when M.Roussel completed it as the Roussel Model 40 Hirondelle. Trials started in 1953, but it seems the aircraft was not really flight tested. The engine was a 1600cc unit designerd by Mr. Roussel.

New one is a whirly bird

**lefty** · August 16th, 2009, 05:01

S.N.C.A.S.E. SE.3120 Alouette F-WGGE. (2nd prototype)

**wout** · August 16th, 2009, 06:12

Bingo!. The thottles are yours

**wout** · August 16th, 2009, 06:13

Bingo!. The throttles are yours

**lefty** · August 16th, 2009, 06:39

OK. Enough Frenchmen and floaters - here's a nice easy one.....

**Sopwith Chameleon** · August 17th, 2009, 00:01

I can do the easy ones..............Curtiss XP-31 "Swift"

**lefty** · August 17th, 2009, 00:50

I'm going to be pedantic here - this particular aeroplane was not the XP-31.

withheld and getting warmer by the minute........

**Sopwith Chameleon** · August 17th, 2009, 02:33

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk914...7603571184372/

**lefty** · August 17th, 2009, 02:58

OK - my point was that the XP-934 was not designated XP-31 until after it had been re-engined with the inline engine ! Told you I was an old pedant.

You have the beer - now over to you, sir.

**Sopwith Chameleon** · August 17th, 2009, 03:20

Thank you - most refreshing (englishmen like warm beer)

What about this portly fellow ?

***Moses03*** · August 17th, 2009, 12:09

The shoulder wing monoplane looks European. The background looks like the USA. That is all I have.

**lefty** · August 17th, 2009, 13:33

Yep. Whitewall tyres (sorry, tires - on the car) are a bit of a giveaway..

***Moses03*** · August 18th, 2009, 09:58

I think I found your tin can. Maybe a Stout Air Sedan?

**Sopwith Chameleon** · August 18th, 2009, 14:26

- yep - the clue was in the question ...............

Fire at will .......

Jim

***Moses03*** · August 18th, 2009, 16:54

Thanks for the "stout".

Let's skip ahead into the jet age-

**wout** · August 19th, 2009, 01:01

Hunt-Hammer HH-1 Zipper.

***Moses03*** · August 19th, 2009, 04:45

The GA kraken strikes again. Wout.

The Zipper seemed like a promising light jet. Sadly, on a test flight in 1979 it stalled out and plunged into Puget Sound, killing Mr. Hunt.

**wout** · August 19th, 2009, 07:03

Not a homebuilt and not a sportplane, but developed for a military customer.

Only a handful was built, it only served brieffly and sorry for the grainy picture.

**lefty** · August 19th, 2009, 07:22

Oh gawd, Wout, another Taylorcraft clone ??? Oh dear......

**lefty** · August 19th, 2009, 22:08

Not getting any further with this, although one of the few distinguishing points is the vertical tail surface - very Auster/Beagle-like.

Can I infer that this was designed in one country for use in another ??

**wout** · August 20th, 2009, 08:54

This type was designed and built in a country of which I posted an aircraft earlier. The aircraft has a Indian name (indigenous to the country) and was for the wet feet section of the armed forces. I guess Moses03 is closest in a geographical sense.

***Moses03*** · August 20th, 2009, 10:55

Don't look at me!

**wout** · August 20th, 2009, 15:24

It is the MX-1 Tonatiuh developed for the Mexican Navy as a utility vehicle and a prototype two-seater with a 150hp Lycoming O-320 flew in 1980. This was followed by six examples as 2/4 seater with a 230hp Continental O-470.

Try this one. Postwar, European and donot blame me that it looks like a clone of the..... and the.....and the.......