The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Dev One]

The name of the moment in F1 ----- Coanda?
Keith

[Moses03]

Not a Coanda design. More southwest from his area...

[lefty]

Which would make it Italian ? A predecessor of the Stipa, perhaps....

[Moses03]

It is Italian and from what I have read the Stipa might have been an extension of this design idea although not proven.

[Moses03]

Let's move on then. This is the Mattioni Botte Volante of 1923.


V-tail anyone?

[Baragouin]

Hi Moses
Fuselage and wings are identical to a Polikarpov R5: I wouldn't be surprised if your item could be a version of that same aircraft with a V tail!
Baragouin

[Moses03]

That is it BG. Just a garden variety R5 with a V experiment.

Have at it-

[Baragouin]

Hi Moses
What about a bulky monoplane in a wintery landscape?
and now nite-nite
Baragouin

[Moses03]

Looks a lot like a Hungarian Lampich L-9 except that the tail is not quite right.

[Baragouin]

Looks a lot like a Hungarian Lampich L-9 except that the tail is not quite right.

Well to be pedantic it is a Lampich L-9/II, i.e. the most powerful brother with a 62.5 Thorotzkay engine.
Your turn my friend!
Baragouin

[Moses03]

Try this motor-

[lefty]

Caproni Ca101 ?

[DHC2Pilot]

I think the 101 had a 7 cylinder radial up front....and the other 2 were mounted closer to the wing.

[Moses03]

Not a Caproni Mike. John is correct with his note.

My apologies if the edited registration is misleading. I didn't have time earlier to wipe it all away.

[lefty]

It wasn't the reg that made me pick an Italian machine - there is obviously a missing letter and perhaps some 'doctoring' to the others - (totally legit).

And I wasn't really happy about the Caproni - wrong engines, and the strutting was all wrong too - in fact a bit shambolic...

Finally, the happy gang don't look at all Italian - if anything they look like Brits, but I don't suppose they are.

The motors look like A/S Genets - that brings me to the Westland IV/Wessex - but the struts also aren't quite right, and the reg makes no sense at all. I surrender.

[Moses03]

One last go at it.

Not from the UK or Italian but those are Armstrong Siddeley radials. One built in the mid 1930's. She flew well but didn't see production.

[Hurricane91]

Aussie? Possibly the Lasconder VH-UMY, built by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Company of Melbourne.

[Moses03]

Indeed the Lasco Lascondor. Good show Hurricane.

[Hurricane91]

Thank you Moses. I'll try this stylish scout.

Attachment 76467

[Moses03]

I think this is the Curtiss-Orenco D.

[Hurricane91]

Curtis-Orenco it is. :ernae: I assume a cold one is appropriate (70* here). Over to you sir.

[Moses03]

Thank you Sir. It hit 83 yesterday and is nearing that again today. December bah!


Here is a seemingly easy trainer.

[lefty]

That's the Boeing XBT-17.

[Moses03]

Easy peasy pickings for the Scotsman. I also have it as a Stearman/Boeing effort.

[lefty]

Here's a grainy monoplane -