The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

we are in the murky waters of Gallic designations once more, I fear...

[pomme homme]

Mais pourquoi, mon ami, parce que sur l'aile bâbord il a dit .....

[lefty]

c’est pour brouiller les pistes, mon ami.....

[pomme homme]

Me, lay a false trail, Heaven forfend .....

[Moses03]

Bassou FB.30 with a UK reg?

[pomme homme]

I won't prolong the agony, Kevin. It's G-AFCD, the second SCAL FB.30 Rubis (a name that Félix Bassou seemed to like for his aeroplanes), which took its pilot's life when it stalled, and dived in, on take-off from Hanworth Aerodrome on 12 June 1938. Its predecessor, F-PFOL, survived until 1955, when it was destroyed in an accident when its engine suffered power loss due to carburettor icing. A flowing tankard to Kevin and it's over to the lone star state!

[giruXX]

Sorry, I have sad news for all of us: https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contr...ilborgInfo.htm

[fabulousfour]

Very sad news, Uli.
Walter for me was the one person with the biggest knowledge on earth in light/experimental aircraft who could identify types which I had never heard of before.
He will be missed dearly.

Hopefully his vast knowledge will be preserved somewhere.

[pomme homme]

I shall be diminished by his passing.

[lefty]

Rest in peace, Walter. Never had the privilege of meeting you, but consider you a friend lost. A gentleman, no longer bound to the earth.

[Moses03]

I had so hoped he was away for other reasons.

Not sure when Walter first showed up here, it was a long time ago but as Robert mentioned he seemed to know every aircraft no matter how small or amateur built from 1945 on.

Walter will be greatly missed. I am so sad for the loss of our friend. RIP Sir.

As much as we probably don't feel like finding planes right now, I think he would have wanted us to continue as usual. I humbly submit.

[pomme homme]

Whilst not wishing to interfere further in the ongoing search of aeronautical identities, I do hope that we're not going to find similar news concerning Carlo.

[lefty]

Pretty convinced this was an A.20/A.26/B.26 conversion (Tail, engines, gear) but took a while to work out which one !

It's the Rhodes Berry Silver Sixty, N5510V.

thanks to http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id156.html

[Moses03]

Mike is spot on.

[lefty]

Thanks Kevin. We had something on skis just recently - here's another -

[fabulousfour]

Would a Potez 25 be to easy, Mike?

[lefty]

Well actually it is the L-25 A-2, with Hispano-Suiza engine for Switzerland - but I didn't ask you to be specific, so off you go !

[fabulousfour]

Thanks, Mike.
So here we go with a grainy picture of a monoplane.

[Moses03]

My guess is a Bleriot 111.

[fabulousfour]

It is the Bleriot 111 in its fifth disguise.

Over to Texas

[Moses03]

Thanks Robert.

A twin.

[cthornburg]

Couzinet 10 with mod. nose.

Chris

[Moses03]

You got it Chris.

Not sure if the Germans tried to fly it.

[cthornburg]

I asked a friend about it. With the military markings was it impressed or does anyone have more info on it.
Just got more info.
The Couzinet 10 carried civilian registration F-AQCD (not visible in the photo). It was a postal aircraft for Air France and was abandoned at the outbreak of the war.

Chris

[cthornburg]

A new one.

Chris