The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux. - Page 867

Thread: The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

  1. #21651
    It is indeed, Robert. The XF7B-1. The canopy abandoned because, surprise, they couldn't see anything out of it !

    Over to you -

  2. #21652
    Thanks, Mike.
    Must have been one of the rare occasions where a closed cockpit was converted into an open one.

    Back to biplanes again, obviously not a one-off.
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  3. #21653
    Snooty fellow is an ANEC III converted into a Lasco Lascowl.

  4. #21654
    Correct on all accounts, Kevin!

    Refreshment to Texas.

  5. #21655
    Thanks Robert.

    From biplane to monoplane...


  6. #21656
    First registered in 1927, was last seen in 1934. A one-off.

  7. #21657
    A novel feature was folding wings for storage in tight places.

    The designer had aircraft related patents issued as early as 1919 but this seems to have been his only full project.

  8. #21658
    Is it in Aerofiles ?

  9. #21659
    Yes, there is an entry but no photo.

  10. #21660
    Dunham 1927, X2469 ???
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    gX

  11. #21661
    It is the Dunham. Later N2469.

    I found this photo a few months back and have not been able to find another since. Bit of an elusive ship.



    Suds for Uli.

  12. #21662
    Excellent find, Kevin!

    On with a biplane
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    gX

  13. #21663
    Bristol Taxiplane?

  14. #21664
    yes, indeed
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    gX

  15. #21665
    Thank you, Uli. Let's stay with biplanes - but of a variety less pleasing to the eye.


  16. #21666
    Knowing Mike's nod to Gallic flying machines, not getting much of a vibe from it.

    Big wheels!

  17. #21667
    Ah, that's my curve ball. You're looking in the wrong country, Kevin. But the designer of this biplane did have French connections.

  18. #21668
    ..... he also had a connection with a well known London department store.

  19. #21669
    He claimed Russian Imperial origins but some said that he was of Bulgarian extraction.

  20. #21670
    You're milking it, Mike.......

  21. #21671
    I wouldn't have to, Mike, if someone put me out of my misery!

    Last clue in the hope of eliciting an answer. This biplane had a 200hp Curtiss up front and it hailed from Sevenoaks.

    If this doesn't produce an answer, I'll throw the towel in!

  22. #21672
    In this case it should be the De Bolotoff SDEB 14.

    Never got even the idea that this plane could be British

  23. #21673
    Hooray - and thank you, Robert. May your thirst for more obscure aeroplanes be quenched!

    Yes, this is the De Bolotoff SDEB 14 - although I'd have thought that someone might have watched the 'Mr Selfridge' television series and thus got its identity sooner by virtue of the second clue. I sourced the photograph from https://archives.imeche.org/archive/...t-de-bolotoff? and I'd be most interested to know where the InstME sourced that collection of photographs.

    Anyhow, away to Germany.

  24. #21674
    Thanks, Mike, very interesting link!

    I don't know about the Selfridge TV series, probably never aired here in Germany, so the clues were quite mysterious to me.
    But with the last clue google gave me the solution within minutes.

    Here is a mystery which is lacking its wings, hope it is not too obscure.
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  25. #21675

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