The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**giruXX** · October 7th, 2020, 00:56

an unexpected product of that company at that time

a pint for Mike

**lefty** · October 7th, 2020, 02:41

Thanks Uli. Now back to a small monoplane in a bit of a flap...

**pomme homme** · October 7th, 2020, 02:55

I had to go and find Don Brown's book for that one. It is one of the two experimental RAE Miles Sparrowhawks, either U-3 (G-AGDL) or U-5 (G-AGBI), with its wide-chord flaps deployed (thus necessitating the tail being raised and supported off the ground).

**lefty** · October 7th, 2020, 06:44

Very brisk response, Mike. Your library must be close at hand.......over to Gaul....

**pomme homme** · October 7th, 2020, 09:01

Thank you, Mike. Here's something viewed from a similar angle but with less of a flap on and of a later vintage.

**fabulousfour** · October 7th, 2020, 10:11

Could that be a Linn Mini Mustang?

**pomme homme** · October 7th, 2020, 13:04

Not according to my records, Robert. You're a continent and several decades away.

**lefty** · October 7th, 2020, 14:25

Something by M. Jurca, perhaps ?

**pomme homme** · October 7th, 2020, 22:27

No, there are far fewer of these in existence than there are Marcel Jurca's designs. But at least you're in the right country, Mike.

Addendum: evidently great minds think alike, Mike. This is what the designer/builder of the aeroplane said about it in 2006:

'..... is a plane I drew 15 years ago,with my experience of the CP80.
length:6,60m
wingspan:6,70m
wing area:7,6 m
empty weight:450kgs
gross weight:580 kgs
engine:lycoming O320(160 cv)
first flight in summer 2000(200 hours of flight now)'

**fabulousfour** · October 8th, 2020, 02:47

I think I have it. Not a scaled down Mustang but a Spitfire.

Perhaps the Kurun JPR-01, Mike?

**pomme homme** · October 8th, 2020, 03:01

You have it, Robert -

- the one and only Regnault JPR-01 Kurun F-PNJP. Its fuselage is Spitfire like but the wing is a 64% scale Mustang wing. Best of both worlds, perhaps? Over to you, sir.

**fabulousfour** · October 8th, 2020, 04:03

Thanks, Mike, the wings were indeed very confusing. They HAD to belong to something like a Mustang.

Here is a variation in the Mignet theme.

**pomme homme** · October 8th, 2020, 04:47

Is that the 1954 TC-1 Flea that, I think, was designed by Lillian Holden, originated as a kit pre-WW2 and evolved to become the American Flea Ship?

**fabulousfour** · October 8th, 2020, 04:59

It is indeed a Flea from the other side of the pond, the American Flea TC-1.

Well done, Mike!

**pomme homme** · October 8th, 2020, 07:34

Thank you, Robert. There aren't many triplane poux - and this one certainly was a curious variation on the Mignet theme.

Now here's something that can be thrown around a bit .....

**pomme homme** · October 9th, 2020, 05:19

A one-off that dates from 1999. There are lots of pictures of it on the internet, but no technical data (at least, none that I can find).

**pomme homme** · October 10th, 2020, 01:13

As I have no more information about it to furnish another clue and no-one has taken a stab at the identity of this aeroplane, it is time to reveal and move on. This aerobatic single seater is the Mazel Acrolaram F-PAHM. Open house, please.

**fabulousfour** · October 11th, 2020, 03:03

Ok, let's try this biplane.

**fabulousfour** · October 11th, 2020, 09:20

A one-off which could change its appearance significantly.
The operator could choose between higher speed and lower payload or more payload and slower cruise.

**lefty** · October 11th, 2020, 09:51

No takers, Robert, so I'll pitch in with the Fokker F.V in biplane mode.

**fabulousfour** · October 11th, 2020, 10:19

It is the Fokker F.V

I wonder whether there was ever a real successful plane that could change its wing configuration. Even the best designers seem not to be immune from strange ideas

Over to you, Mike