The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[wout]

Lefty, WARM, not to say VERY WARM!
However, not related to the Kanya.

[lefty]

Only other Hungarian reference I can find is the Daru (Crane) which has a similar spec to the Kanya.

(Incidentally the Kanya was designed by Erno Rubik, daddy of the man who invented the Rubik Cube !)

I think we have to surrender (yet again) here. The auntie who gave you the Boys Book of Wee Aeroplanes has a lot to answer for.............

[wout]

Lefty, donot wave the white flag too soon. :ernae:
You guessed right with the Dahu. To be more precise, the aircraft is the Dahu II which stemmed from the 1944-1945 Dahu project. Development of the Dahu II was under leadership of Mr. Manfred Weiss (the name should ring a bell!) and it was a 3-seat utility/liaison aircraft. Engine was a 240hp Argus As-10C and the first flight took place on 4 November 1949, after construction had started the previous year. The Dahu II (Registration HA-DAR) was built by Sirály Repülogepgyar Kft and the sole example was distamantled in the late-1950s.

As to the book you refer to, it was not a gift from my favourite aunt, but I
wrote most if it myself knowing it would be useful in case someone stsrted a forum on internet.
Congrats!! and the ball (cricket, soccer or rugby) is in your court and I hear a lot of people asking "" can I get my ball back, please Sir""

[Moses03]

Well that explains why Wout seems to know every GA we throw out here! Care to enlighten us on this rosetta stone book of aircraft? I might need a copy to keep up.

Well done Mike. I could not find anything related to this obscure STOL number.

[lefty]

No, even Jane's, as inaccurate as ever referred to it for several years as the Daru, but failed to come up with a pic. Wout's sources must be arcane indeed....

Here's something much easier.

[wout]

The Onera Deltaviex, outside the windtunnel

[lefty]

Hmm, we're going to have to get nasty, I fear..... :icon_twi:

You are of course correct, Wout - the SNCASO Onera Deltaviex.

We await the next flivver..

[wout]

A nice whirlybird for a change.

[lefty]

Haven't had much time to look this one out - appears to be one of those compressed-air jobs? Looks French, or possibly American, but not an obvious one.

Maybe have time tomorrow if our resident chopper man doesn't get there first. James, where are you ????

[Hurricane]

I'm here. Not seen this one before though!

I'm quite busy Whirlwind painting at the moment.

It does look like a tip jet type rotor. Can't remember seeing that on a contra-rotating rotor before.

[wout]

Some hints on the heli. It was built in 1948/1949. According Aerofiles
Igor Sikorsky made at least one flight in it. For travel he could stay on the East Coast and the manufacturer name is still around in aviation and is well-known for major turning parts for aircraft (though I am pretty sure it is not the same company that built this heli.)
Final clue. It was called Model 1 by the manufacturer, so that must be a big help. :isadizzy:

[Moses03]

With all the hints ands clues I uncovered your Hamilton Helicopter.

Pressing on with an unusual pusher biplane...

[wout]

Moses03, Bingo. Maybe I gave too many hints.:ernae:

[Moses03]

I think we needed those hints!

Here is a rear view of the mystery bipe-

[wout]

Moses03, not my territory, but (a long shot) Callaudet?
I know Enzo Callaudet did build a somewhat similar pusher a/c in 1915, albeit this was not a biplane.

[Moses03]

Not familiar with Callaudet. I know of a Gallaudet? Not either though.

This one hails from a cold Eastern country...

[lefty]

'Tis a Kasyanenko 5.

[Moses03]

That would be it. Over to the highlands-

[lefty]

Thanks, Kevin - actually Fife still counts as the Lowlands !

Your hint helped a lot - the A-frame building in one pic had me convinced it was one of yours, and Aerofiles took a hammering......

Anyway, here's a quirky quad for you.

[Moses03]

Savelyev-Zalewski S.Z. Quadruplane No. 1.

[lefty]

You got it - although this is actually #3.

[Moses03]

Thanks. I had conflicting info on that one so I went with the #1.

How about this curious number?

[lefty]

Looks very homebuilt, this one........

[Moses03]

Not homebuilt. This was a post-war concept that didn't pan out.

[wout]

The Aernova AER-1 ""roadable"" of Luigi Pellarini?