The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***Moses03*** · April 4th, 2017, 07:28

Okay, I have an inkling what this might be but won't be able to check until about nine hours from now after I'm home.

(Unless someone beats me to it!)

**Baragouin** · April 4th, 2017, 07:55

Your pic is awful but she looks a bit like the Mitsubishi Ki-157...but I'm not convinced I'll keep on trying....
Cheers
BG (Carlo)

**lefty** · April 4th, 2017, 08:02

No, Carlo, she's a girl from the sunny USA - just found it, but in deference to Moses whom I 'gazumped' last time, I'll leave it to him !

**fabulousfour** · April 4th, 2017, 08:21

Apart from the tail this plane has a striking similarity to a bird at aerofiles, but since I'm new here should I wait for Moses' answer or may I post my guess?

***Moses03*** · April 4th, 2017, 08:37

Please proceed fellas! I'm not even sure at this point.

**fabulousfour** · April 4th, 2017, 08:48

Thanks, so my guess goes to the Edwards XMBM-1.

The known photos show a twin fin, but the text at aerofiles says there must also have been a single fin version.

***Ferry_vO*** · April 4th, 2017, 12:36

Originally Posted by fabulousfour

The known photos show a twin fin, but the text at aerofiles says there must also have been a single fin version.

Found this photo:

**giruXX** · April 4th, 2017, 13:12

This one-off twin-prop flew with twin- and single-fins.

**fabulousfour** · April 4th, 2017, 20:32

So here is my new mystery.

**lefty** · April 4th, 2017, 21:54

I would say, FF, that is a Nakajima-Fokker Super Universal. I wonder what's in the crates ? Silkworms ?

**fabulousfour** · April 4th, 2017, 22:17

Could you please be a bit more specific?
The name Fokker doesn't appear in the designation.

I will tell you the contents of the boxes when the mystery is solved.

**fabulousfour** · April 4th, 2017, 23:11

I must apologize, but having checked my books I found that the answer I was hoping for is wrong.

The correct designation for the type is indeed Nakajima-Fokker Super Universal and not Nakajima Ki-6 which I wanted to read. The latter designation relates only to military aircraft and this one is obviously civil.

So lefty's answer is perfectly correct

I hope I didn't cause too much confusion.

The text on the back of the photo is as follows:

Fire-flies that were brought to the capital by an airplane

In order to gladden the eyes of H.I.H. the Crown Prince, the children of farming villages in Kyushu district gathered nearly 20.000 fire-flies which were brought to the capital on May 31.
Our photo shows the fire-flies that were brought to the capital by a plane.

Over to lefty

**lefty** · April 5th, 2017, 01:16

Thanks FF - the Ki-6 was a bit different anyway - 3-blade prop and fat tyres....

Here's a floater (amphibian) which may have been here before, but I can't find it - nice and grainy -

**Baragouin** · April 5th, 2017, 03:00

Originally Posted by lefty

Thanks FF - the Ki-6 was a bit different anyway - 3-blade prop and fat tyres....

Here's a floater (amphibian) which may have been here before, but I can't find it - nice and grainy -

Hi Lefty!
This is the Lioré&Olivier LeO H23!
Cheers
BG (Carlo)

**lefty** · April 5th, 2017, 04:36

Indeed, BG, the H23 - totally different from the H23/2 !

**Baragouin** · April 5th, 2017, 08:45

Thanks Lefty!
Here's my today's mystery and sorry for the delay boys and girls.....
Cheers
BG (Carlo)

**Dev One** · April 5th, 2017, 12:14

Probably wrong, but it looks very much like a Bristol F2B, in prototype form with Falcon engine.
Keith

**Baragouin** · April 6th, 2017, 05:19

Originally Posted by Dev One

Probably wrong, but it looks very much like a Bristol F2B, in prototype form with Falcon engine.
Keith

Sorry Dev One I'm Always late!
It is a Bristol but not a F2B and the engine is not a Falcon...keep on trying you're so very close!
Cheers
BG

**giruXX** · April 6th, 2017, 06:11

I thought it were solved

The right answer should be "The first Bulgarian Tourer B-BECA at Filton in April 1924"

Cheers gX

**Baragouin** · April 6th, 2017, 08:55

Originally Posted by giruXX

I thought it were solved

The right answer should be "The first Bulgarian Tourer B-BECA at Filton in April 1924"

Cheers gX

That's right Giru. it is one of the four Bristol Type 88 delivered in 1924 to the bulgarian Post Office and named "Bulgarian Tourer". The engine was a Wolseley Viper.
Your turn
BG (Carlo)

**giruXX** · April 6th, 2017, 09:08

Time for a more recent twin, perhaps?

**Dev One** · April 6th, 2017, 11:32

It's got to be a Ted Smith designed Aerostar, & probably a 600 from the grainy picture, but was it made by the original Aerostar, American Cement Co, Butler/Mooney or Piper?
Keith