The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

I wondered about it too Mike. A feathered flyer! There are some Russian birds with paint like that but the location does not make sense.

[fabulousfour]

Could that feathered bird be a Monospar?

Here are two pictures from a similar angle (the first one is mirrored). The Danish Monospar seems to lack the small strut from the rudder to the elevator.

[pomme homme]

..... if anyone else can hazard a guess as to the machine with the gaudy plumage, pray proceed ! (It has twin -tail empennage...)

Like Kevin, I have a recollection of a rather oddball Russian flying machine having been painted in similar fashion, but I'm afraid that I can recollect no more than that and utilising that slight recollection has produced nothing on the subject by way of online searching!

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Like Kevin, I have a recollection of a rather oddball Russian flying machine having been painted in similar fashion, but I'm afraid that I can recollect no more than that and utilising that slight recollection has produced nothing on the subject by way of online searching!

I think you have the Kalinin K-12 in mind ......

[pomme homme]

I think that you're right, Jim, but evidently that's not the 'bird' which was next to the Farman at Hendon in the late thirties.

[lefty]

No, I think Robert has hit the nail on the head ! Look at the horizontal tail surface that can be seen in both photos - the central hinge, and trim tab, are unique to the Monospar.
As for the paint job, I have searched to no avail !

[fabulousfour]

So let's go on with this bird, no need to look at aerofiles.

[pomme homme]

Is it the Gazuit-Valladeau GV.1031 Gazelle?

[fabulousfour]

Indeed, Mike, it is the Gazuit-Valladeau.

Enjoy your beer or cider, whatever you prefer.

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Robert, but at this time of the day I think that I'll stick to coffee!

Now here's something that served the same purpose as the Gazelle but a couple of decades earlier.

[pomme homme]

From a famous manufacturer. There was a small production run for this model, which spawned something much better known and extensively produced.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Miles Mercury ?

[pomme homme]

Indeed it is. The prototype M.28, photographed in 1941. Well done, Jim, and over to you again.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Thanks ! On with a Bipe ( obviously there were more than one ! )

[Moses03]

A flock of Ansaldo A.300's.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Indeed they are ( in Polish Service ) - over to you .....

[Moses03]

Thanks Jim.

Not Polish...

[fabulousfour]

Methinks this is the Texas-Temple Sportsman.

[Moses03]

Very good Robert. I took the photo myself several years ago. There is one survivor hanging in a Dallas museum.

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Kevin, it was a bit of luck that I found the Sportsman. Interesting that of only three built aircraft one still survives.
On with a flying elephant

[Sopwith Chameleon]

......... or an elephant fly ..........

[pomme homme]

Surely it's not a Dumbo Jet ..... ?

[fabulousfour]

From a famous manufacturer.

[cthornburg]

at Farnborough

[fabulousfour]

at Farnborough

...in 1950.
So who dares to solve the mystery?