The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***Moses03*** · January 5th, 2009, 05:11

Well, you got me stumped on the jet. Anyone else?

**lefty** · January 5th, 2009, 06:53

This will give you the answer (surprise score, that one)

***Ferry_vO*** · January 5th, 2009, 07:21

Saab 210:

Reduced copy of "Draken"</B> buit to test its double-delta wing. First flown on February 21, 1952.

**lefty** · January 5th, 2009, 07:23

You got it, Ferry :ernae:

***Ferry_vO*** · January 5th, 2009, 08:05

Interesting: The guy is holding a model of the first version of the 210 with the intakes extending all the way to the nose; the aircraft in the background is the second version with the shorter intake ducts.

Another jet for y'all:

***Moses03*** · January 5th, 2009, 09:07

Now this one I know! It's the Ikarus 452M. :mixedsmi:

***Ferry_vO*** · January 5th, 2009, 09:28

to Texas!

***Moses03*** · January 5th, 2009, 09:52

Thanks!

Here is the next one-

**lefty** · January 5th, 2009, 10:22

Well it looks like a Makhonin 123 but the gear is wrong ?

***Moses03*** · January 5th, 2009, 11:12

Guiness for Lefty on the Makhonine!

Not sure about the gear. Maybe a 2nd version?

**lefty** · January 5th, 2009, 13:44

Thanks Kevin - but will have to decline the Guinness in favour of a Diet Coke.
New Year Resolution and all that - not so much to do with the alcohol, but more its tendency to load on the poundage !

The Makhonin 123 pics I have seen show bulbous appendages to presumably house the forward-retracting gear. Even the cowling doesn't look right - another mystery here. Have a Google and you'll see what I mean.

Back to something a bit more venerable.

***Moses03*** · January 5th, 2009, 16:48

Interesting mystery there. Has bits from a few different companies...

About Makhonines: Turns out the one I posted was the Mak.10?

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/xplane/mak10.html

***Moses03*** · January 6th, 2009, 09:18

Morane-Saulnier Type S/T?

**lefty** · January 6th, 2009, 12:19

Not Morane-Saulnier - but it is French.

***Moses03*** · January 6th, 2009, 13:03

You got me on this one. Thought it might be a one-off Caudron but the trail went cold.

Need some help! Where is everyone?

**lefty** · January 7th, 2009, 01:50

It indeed looks Caudron-y but is in fact a Ponnier P.1 from 1916.

Let's get more up-to-date and see how quickly someone can grab this portly wee fellow.

***Ferry_vO*** · January 7th, 2009, 02:08

Taiwanese AIDC T-CH-1 "Chung Hsing".

**lefty** · January 7th, 2009, 02:21

All yours, Ferry

sandar · January 7th, 2009, 07:23

Thank for the info on the De Marcay. Sorry to be so long acknowledging it, but my PC motherboard fried and for some reason the computer wouldn't work until I fitted a new one :angryfir:. Hopefully all is working OK now. I still come across the odd glitch. Haven't tried FS9 yet, but I am hoping for an increase in frame rates.

***Ferry_vO*** · January 7th, 2009, 12:47

Here's something colourful for a change:

**Ralf Roggeveen** · January 7th, 2009, 21:28

Caudron C277 Luciole? Not sure.

Was that quote from Sir Terry Pratchett said before or after he got Alzheimers? :bananapowerslide:

sandar · January 7th, 2009, 22:54

It does look like a Caudron C277 Luciole, but with faired in undercarriage and re-engined with a Continental flat four (A-65?) from the original Renault Bengali

***Ferry_vO*** · January 8th, 2009, 02:52

Not a Caudron, but it is French (Though the name would suggest otherwise) and the colours are not historic! I've editted out some german iron crosses, but it's not German and not used in either war.