The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Thanks Uli.

Don't know just a whole lot about this interesting effort.

[pomme homme]

Did M Botali have a hand in this?

[Moses03]

Mr. Botali was not involved as far as I can tell.

[Moses03]

The designer was involved with other designers in the early 1930's. This solo build was tested at Orly around 1935/36. It had a small Poinsard engine.

[pomme homme]

It's André Jacquemin's 1934 'ailes vivantes' monoplane.

[Moses03]

I figured Mike would be the one to crack this nut as he thrives on those obscure grainy French types! Variable wing?

I typed some of the text into a translator but wasn't entirely successful deciphering. Note to self: Learn French.

[pomme homme]

Thank you, Kevin. I had to plough through a lot of Poinsards - they seem to have been attached to every other pou de ciel of the same period - before I found M Jacquemin's baby. But at least it was a little more conventional than the aircraft that emerged when he was working with Marcel Leyat! Anyhow, there's no Poinsard powering this odd looking bird .....

[giruXX]

The S. Poite Type 3 with Renault 4Pb perhaps?

[pomme homme]

Not perhaps, but exactly so. The 1931 S.Poite Type III. But I wonder, was there a Type I or II? Whilst I'm wondering, over to Allemagne.

[giruXX]

Here we move on with an interesting twin.

[Moses03]

Tough angle...maybe the North American XB-21 prototype?

[lefty]

I was thinking more Martin 139 ?

[giruXX]

you are on right trace

Mike is closer than Kevin

Sorry for the angle. It is necessary to identify the bird.

[lefty]

OK, Martin 146 ? (finally found a good pic of the 146 - I'm pretty sure that's the one !)

[giruXX]

Indeed

Here is the aerofiles entry:
Martin 146 1935 = Enlarged B-10 with two Wright R-1820; span: 75'0" length: 50'0" load: 5057# v: 234/170/x range: 1237. Widened fuselage, first large airplane to use Fowler flaps. POP: 1 for Wright Field testing [X15550], plus exports of B-10B. Licensed production in 1936 to Fokker Netherlands was never implemented , and was replaced by an order for Model 139WH to use in the East Indies.

[lefty]

Here's the photo I found -

[lefty]

..and here's a busy-looking floater -

[fabulousfour]

Might be the Romano R-4.

I couldn't find a picture of it.

[lefty]

It's not a Romano, ff, although it looks like it ought to be ! (Has anyone a photo of the R-4 ? Don 't think I've seen one either....)

[Baragouin]

It's not a Romano, ff, although it looks like it ought to be ! (Has anyone a photo of the R-4 ? Don 't think I've seen one either....)

Hi Lefty and FF!
you will find hereunder a pic of the Romano R4...concerning the mysterious item I think I've seen her before but right now can't place it...
Cheers
Carlo (BG)
http://imgur.com/a/O9UzP

[fabulousfour]

It's not French, it is Italian!

This wee floater is the CMASA MF.6.

Neat challenge!

Thanks for the Romano, BG!

[lefty]

Well done,ff, perseverance pays off... Carlo, thank you for that pic of the Romano !

[fabulousfour]

This one was probably quite a lot faster...

[giruXX]

Robert,
you should have posted this post after 32 other posts

[fabulousfour]

Sorry, Uli, you have to explain that.

BTW, you got mail