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Thread: The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

  1. #18351
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    This is an Austrian design by Robert Frauwallner and Michael Berkmann named RF1.
    First aircraft (OE-VRF and later OE-CRF) had a 118hp Lycoming O-235. Number 2 (OE-ABM) with 160/180hp Lycoming O-320.
    Marketed by RF Aircraft for amateur construction.

    Open House, please

  2. #18352

    Something Different

    The make and type is obvious but there is something really unusual about this aircraft.

    Care to hazard a guess? The more info the better.


  3. #18353
    Had/has no registration.
    It was Braniff's test mule for the single colour block paints.

    Ttfn

    Pete

  4. #18354
    Pete, you are correct on the test mule / no registration. Are you sure about the single color?

    A keen eye...

  5. #18355
    What I was going for here is that this test DC-6 was painted red on the port side and blue on the starboard side. Half and half!

    Yes technically it was to test solid colors but hoped that someone would spot the dividing line.





    Interesting to note that when Braniff was unveiling the Flying Colors, the lavender example had to be quickly phased out as it was considered an unlucky color in the Latin culture and they feared traveling on it.


    Pete- the board is yours if you want to post a new mystery. If no response in a reasonable amount of time, it can be an open board.

  6. #18356
    I'll see what I can find.

    Ttfn

    Pete

  7. #18357

    Probably not so much of a mystery

    Carrying on from Moses' er, lateral thinking question

    who ,where, and what links these two craft:






    ttfn

    Pete

  8. #18358
    Sopwith - Saunders of Cowes - speedboat and batboat?

  9. #18359
    Quote Originally Posted by pomme homme View Post
    Sopwith - Saunders of Cowes - speedboat and batboat?
    On the right lines there; but not 100% correct.

    ttfn

    Pete

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    The only other possible common factor immediately apparent to me is that both were costructed by Saunders using Consuta?

  11. #18361
    Quote Originally Posted by pomme homme View Post
    The only other possible common factor immediately apparent to me is that both were costructed by Saunders using Consuta?
    You're probably over thinking this, only 1 is Saunders built, with Consuta ply. I'll leave this up overnight for any of our transatlantic cousins to have a go at before revealing the answer.

    Ttfn

    Pete

  12. #18362
    The boat is the Batboat III, designed by John Montague Batting...

  13. #18363
    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    The boat is the Batboat III, designed by John Montague Batting...
    That and part of pomme homme's reply basically covers it,
    the aeroplane is Sopwiths Bat Boat.

    Who: John Montague Batting, designed both hulls.

    Where: Cowes. One hull built by Saunders, the other by J S White (White's were building aeroplanes under the name of Wight Aircraft at same time)

    What: The name, both are named Batboat after the hull designer, strictly speaking T. O. M Sopwiths design should be written Sopwith-Batboat. Both are a stepped hydroplane hull.

    Over to you.

    Ttfn

    Pete

    Ps. We used to keep family boat in JS White's former aircraft shed over winter

  14. #18364
    Please continue here, Mike - you set me on the right tack....

  15. #18365
    I hardly deserve it. What I did identify was probably apparent to most of the 'usual suspects' on this forum. But rather than argue the toss, I'll offer the following oddity which, I suspect, will be susceptible to rapid identification!


  16. #18366
    That looks very much like the LWF J-2.

  17. #18367
    ..... which is because it is! And in the unlikely case that it's unknown to others, it's a US D.H.4, with twin engines, which proved to be a resounding failure in both postal and military service. Your turn, Robert.

  18. #18368
    Thanks, Mike!

    Here is a parasol from the same era.
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    That's the bird

  21. #18371
    Cheers!

    Couldn't see this listed when searching...



  22. #18372
    First glance was...ooh, something Junkery but then that tail!

    It's the Thomas-Morse MB-10.

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  24. #18374
    Thanks Green.

    Onward with a flying boat.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Moses03 View Post
    Thanks Green.

    Onward with a flying boat.

    Could she be one of the diminitive floaters built in the early twenties by Fratelli Ricci (Ricci Bros) in Naples?
    Cheers
    Carlo

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