The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**fabulousfour** · June 11th, 2020, 21:52

It is the Stampe & Vertongen SV.5 with a Lynx engine!

Over to you, Jim.

**Sopwith Chameleon** · June 12th, 2020, 04:58

Thanks ! Here's a sporty little number ....

**lefty** · June 12th, 2020, 06:46

Well the horizontal stripes on the tail sure look Russian, but that,of course, could be a Red herring.......

**Sopwith Chameleon** · June 12th, 2020, 14:28

.........or they could be American .......

( clue : Anzani engine )

**Sopwith Chameleon** · June 12th, 2020, 22:27

........ Its a precious little thing ....

**rlucas** · June 13th, 2020, 00:29

The Williams Gold Tip, build by the Niles Aircraft Corporation? Forerunner of the Szekely Flying Dutchman

**Sopwith Chameleon** · June 13th, 2020, 08:40

Exactly !

your turn Sir .....

**rlucas** · June 14th, 2020, 04:23

Ok!

I don't think this one has passed here, could not find it, so here goes:

**pomme homme** · June 14th, 2020, 07:09

Shades of Koolhoven, but it doesn't seem to fit any of his known designs.

**rlucas** · June 15th, 2020, 03:13

Originally Posted by pomme homme

Shades of Koolhoven, but it doesn't seem to fit any of his known designs.

Wrong continent; it's homecountry is USA... 😊

***Moses03*** · June 15th, 2020, 07:21

Certainly does not look American. I spent a chunk of time thumbing through German/Austrian/Swiss candidates...oops.

**rlucas** · June 15th, 2020, 10:08

I understand yes, that wing indeed has a european look to it, the rest of the plane maybe a bit as well... But American it is! But there was something european about it: the powerplant!

**fabulousfour** · June 16th, 2020, 23:51

Some more clues could be helpful to solve this mystery

**rlucas** · June 17th, 2020, 06:20

Originally Posted by fabulousfour

Some more clues could be helpful to solve this mystery

Maybe a another clue; the name of the american designer sounds like the capital of germany... Partly the name of the plane too

**pomme homme** · June 17th, 2020, 09:21

Surely that European powerplant isn't a Merlin!

**rlucas** · June 17th, 2020, 11:47

It would have been way ahead of it's time then yes :P But no, the engine was a BMW

**rlucas** · June 17th, 2020, 11:53

And operated by the world famous Potomac Flying Service!

**fabulousfour** · June 17th, 2020, 12:30

In which case it should be the Berliner(-Joyce) SCM-2.

https://books.google.de/books?id=NY8...ice%22&f=false
Apart from the registration nothing at all at aerofiles.

Nice find, albeit a bit lengthy

**cthornburg** · June 17th, 2020, 12:51

as an aside Hoover Field is where the Pentagon is located now.

Chris

**rlucas** · June 17th, 2020, 22:39

fabolousfour, completely correct yes! It is indeed Berliner SCM-2

**fabulousfour** · June 18th, 2020, 00:56

Thanks. Here is a nice picture of a floater.

**fabulousfour** · June 18th, 2020, 08:22

From a well known - but not very big - company.

**fabulousfour** · June 18th, 2020, 12:31

From Europe.
The fame of the company bases largely on a single type which was built in larger (and in considerable) numbers than all other types of that company combined.