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  1. #18126
    Absolutely correct, Mike!
    A rather untypical design from the Bellanca factory.

    Over to Scotland.

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    Thank you, Robert. Another floater......
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    ....from Western Europe.

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    An SPCA .....

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    SPCA ? Isn't that an animal charity ??

  6. #18131
    Morning all - one final clue - while this may not be an SPCA job, its makers are also known by initials. In Roman letters.....

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    OK, that's enough. It's the C.N.A. Eta, from the 1930's. Carlo, where art thou ?? OH, please.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    OK, that's enough. It's the C.N.A. Eta, from the 1930's. Carlo, where art thou ?? OH, please.
    Hello Mike!
    I must confess that my thoughts were a bit distracted over the last few days because I made a short trip to Rome to enjoy my granddaughter who just graduated in nursing sciences with an excellent record of a beautiful 110 "cum laude"

    (the best of her course ) but I promise that I shall be more diligent in the near future if..if...
    Cheers
    Carlo

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    Light sport reportedly only built in 2 examples (I have been told). Know of 2 registrations.
    As answer two names/designations are accepted. I am very interested to find ourt in what engine is in the subect aircraft.
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    It's white (surprise, surprise...), it's plastic, it has an opaque canopy, no wheels, and a prop that seems to be an afterthought, at a weird angle. We await with interest, Walter......

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    Hi Mike
    Maybe that is why she is on poles?? (BTW in front of the manufacturer`s factory)
    The same aircraft, albeit with different nose, in more natural surroundings. I left the clue in.
    Offer still stands. Two names/designations acceptable.
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    Don't know what your 'clue' is, Walter. That engine installation makes it look very motor-glidery. Can we assume it is European ?

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    Hi Mike
    Sorry, not European. The clue about her birthplace is the one-of low wing taildragger parked behind.
    Wingspan some 35ft and I understand she was advertised as a JAR/VLA at the time.

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    Think Australia!

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    That clue was worth gold!

    It is the Buchanan BAC-204 Mosquito alias Ozzie Mozzie currently registered as VH-MOS and VH-OZE before.

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    Hi fabulousfour
    That is the one! Understand the project started as the CADAM (Composite Aircraft Design And Manufacture) Mosquito. The aircraft in both pictures I submitted is VH-OZI and on both photos the aircraft carries markings/advertising as the CADAM Mosquito. It seems that Buchanan Aircraft Corporation goty involved and that a second aircraft was then built as VH-OZE (BAC-204, Ozzie Mozzie) with a much recontoured and longer nose (Rotax 912 engine).
    I still did not find details on what engine was in VH-OZI with the short nose. Anyone???
    Here is the original photo of VH-OZI on the poles, in front of the Buchanan Aircraft Corporation plant, but still marked as the CADAM Mosquito. .

    Your turn please!
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    I wonder, whether the designer of the original Mosquito had a bad day when he designed the nose of that plane...

    Back to something older again, sorry for the grainy picture.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fabulousfour View Post
    I wonder, whether the designer of the original Mosquito had a bad day when he designed the nose of that plane...

    Back to something older again, sorry for the grainy picture.
    This reminds me of a Caproni Ca97c Monomotore.....except for the wingtips!
    Cheers
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  19. #18144
    Carlo, you are in the right track, but it is not the Ca.97.

    Only one or two of this plane were built, depending on the source.

  20. #18145
    Thanks to our Tuscan friend, I found the Ca.105. Robert, please let Carlo proceed with the next one !

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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    Thanks to our Tuscan friend, I found the Ca.105. Robert, please let Carlo proceed with the next one !
    Thanks Mike!
    I also looked into the Ca105 (only two of them were built I-ABCE and I-FOCO) however the pic in my possession shows a rather different wing but the large dorsal fin was a giveaway and I didn't pay attention to that detail!
    I will submit shortly a new mystery….
    Cheers
    Carlo

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    Oh, heavens. No SPCA obscurities yet, then!

  23. #18148
    Good teamwork, it is indeed the Ca.105

    So a pint for Mike and half a pint for Carlo for putting Mike on the right track.

    If he likes, over to Carlo.

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    https://imgur.com/a/OIDowrp
    Thanks to all of you!
    I don't think that the above was shown here till now….
    Cheers
    Carlo

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    No takers yet? Maybe it will help to know that the man at the controls is Prince Cantacuzino (from Romania)…
    Cheers
    Carlo

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