The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[cthornburg]

Hopefully last a little longer

Chris

[Moses03]

I have it as the Mercury Kitten.

[cthornburg]

That's it and it was quick.
Good work.

Chris

[Moses03]

Thanks Chris.

Something a little quirky...

[Moses03]

Designed by a German, powered by a French engine and assembled in America...

[fabulousfour]

Looks like the strange plane built by Adolph Schad in 1927.

Don't know of any designation.

[Moses03]

Good show Robert!

Here is a really detailed article about the unusual airplane if interested (and where the photo came from).

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67...h391539/m1/10/

[fabulousfour]

Great!
Many thanks for that article, Kevin, very interesting!

Here's a quick one (I hope). Must be solved in the next ~ 18 hours since then I will be offline for a short while.

[lefty]

The house was a good starter - surely Italian ! It's the Reggiane Re2000 Serie 1 Falco.

[fabulousfour]

That's it, Mike!

Hadn't thought that this could be solved by the architecture

[lefty]

All clues are helpful, ff ! Here's another radial job - not much Italian design flair here, I fear......

[Moses03]

Mike has gone Brit on us with the Folland 43/37 testbed fitted with the Centarus engine.

https://www.scalemates.com/products/...0-pristine.jpg

[lefty]

That's the one - - also described as the Fo. 108 - over to the Wild West....

[Moses03]

Thanks. Here is an overly braced monoplane that I don't think has appeared before.

[Baragouin]

Hello everybody!
She looks like an overly modified McDonnell "Doodlebug"...
Cheers
Carlo (BG)

[Moses03]

Nothing related to McDonnell. This was a late 1930's design.

[Moses03]

From a small design team. There are a couple of photos that can be found on the web.

[lefty]

It's an awfy big web, Kevin ! Can't find this in the usual places - it looks a flimsy effort indeed - wouldn't fancy a heavy landing on that gear - and very dated for late 30's......is that a Kinner up front ?

[Moses03]

Velie up front Mike. First flown in late 1938 I believe.

Here is an earlier photo of it. Looks like an open cockpit at first.

[giruXX]

Could it be the Shepard Krum SC-1 Sportcraft ?

[Moses03]

You got it Uli. A lot going on in Oregon about that time.

[giruXX]

Thank you Kevin! What I like most in this thread is that so many shape-less (aerofiles, etc.) entries now become a face.

Hélas, I couldn't find any visual proof of the Shepard Krum on the web.

Here is another but better documented exotic.

[wout]

hi giruXX
The Farnham FC-1 Fly-Cycle N201A. She had a control bar like that used on a motorbike and the pilot rode the FC-1 astride (is that the proper word?).

[giruXX]

Right on the bike, wout

Would be nice to have one on a hot summer day

[lefty]

'hot summer day '

What are those, please ??