Cowling doesn't look correct for an inverted in-line 4....... which threw me off the scent.
Keith
Cowling doesn't look correct for an inverted in-line 4....... which threw me off the scent.
Keith
Jumping in with this oldy then...
hoping its not been used before.
Keith
Thanks wout, that’s a really interesting aeroplaneand as the photographer writes: „This Autocar has been modified so much it is hardly recognizable as an Auster.”
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gX
What threw me totally off the scent was the tail - couldn't find an Auster or indeed very much else with the angled balance !
me too!Originally Posted by lefty
Back to your picture:
I see something like WO on the fuselage.
Would it then be either the Wong Tong Mei or the Wong two-seat biplane? (my source is again Putnam)
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gX
Gxx - you have it, it is the Tong Mei.so over to you.
Going back to the Auster floater, wiki shows the various different engines fitted & in Oz they have a few with Lycomings & some with Contis, so possibly the one in the photo has a Lycoming? Can one find the regn & check the aircraft fit?
Keith
At what are these people staring?
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gX
Good Morning gX, is that the Graham White "Lizzie" biplane?
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/...6763?s=594x594
Yes of course! I hope it's not too early for you for a trip to the bar
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gX
Maybe the milk bar!
Here is an interesting one partially because of the photo quality for the year. That and the wing shape is pleasing to me.
Wow! All aerodynamic surfaces anticipate the much later Spitfire
I'll guess it's the Piggott Biplane from 1910-1912.
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gX
It is the Piggott Brothers of London No. 1 from 1910.
Apparently the first known aircraft to have contra props, powered by a 80 hp Vivinus engine. Not sure if it managed more than a hop during trials as there is conflicting info. Nice piece of engineering for the time anyways.
Peter Lewis writes in British Aircraft 1809-1914: “The Piggott Biplane was tested at Hendon during 1912, but is not believed to have flown.”
Let’s try something completely different now:
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gX
Dassault Mirage G8 ?
Not sure about the landing gear, though. I am out of town without my files.
Which is why, in case it's right, OH please.
it's wrong(wrong country)
... the search must go on ...
Last edited by giruXX; October 27th, 2016 at 23:37.
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gX
A bit out of my normal zone, but we'll have a go at the XAC JH-7 from China ?
That's a wee, correct answer!
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gX
Thanks, Gx, it took a while to find something that size with 4-wheel main gear.......
Here's a floater that's not at all wee - not that difficult, but not the usual view -
No takers? The Richard-Penhoët 2, perhaps?
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gX
I thought you'd all gone away !...... yes, it's the oddball from St Nazaire.....all 18 tonnes of it, which came to a sticky end.
Back yet again to the Black For(r)est..
What about this?
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gX
Columbia CAL1?
Cheers
BG
If correct OH please
Fully correct. Cheers to BG
Open House, please.
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gX
Something different...
Hi Kevin
I think this is the Monte-Copter N68P.
If that is a turbine engine behind the pilots, I would call it the Model 10A (also referred to as Model 14) which had two of these French blowers.
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