The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

. where's my beer?

Well it's far too early in the morning for a beer - at least it is here - but maybe not where you are - wherever that is !

Anyway here's a Scottish pint - and it's OK, I won't breathe a word of your whereabouts to the IRS.

Over to your mystery - looks suspiciously like a light aircraft to me but we'll have a go...............

[lefty]

Yup, it's a Miles M13 Hobby.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

..........thanks for the Beer!


& here's your of Pedigree for the Miles


OK - I'm in England - on the edge of the Peak District.............


Over to you..................

[lefty]

Thanks. It's nearly lunchtime so a Marston's will do nicely.

Here's an interesting one.

[Hurricane]

Is it a more common type which has been modified?

The fuselage has a look of the 504N about it.

And whats the marks on top of the wing, is it just stitching or are they bits of wool to show airflow?

[lefty]

You're right about the airflow tufts, James, and the thingy on the tail houses a camera.

But it is a specific type and not modified from anything else.

[Moses03]

I'm back in action with Lefty's Parnall Parasol.

[lefty]

On the ball, Moses.

[Moses03]

Thanks for the lunch hour brewski.


I'm afraid I have to get a little revenge on the Seversky.

Have at it-

[Moses03]

This one is a bit obscure, and not from Eastern Europe.

[Hurricane]

I was thinking of a western european country which seems to specilise in ugly aircraft!

[lefty]

I have a feeling that is the trap Moses is corralling us into.................

[Moses03]

Not a trap, just trying to save some research time. Actually it's not European at all...

[Ralf Roggeveen]

The guy in the straw hat does look rather like Marcel Proust... He seems to be saying "But I thought you said we could get a skinny latte and pain au chocolat if we landed 'ere, Gaston! Sacre bleu, it is ze midi of nowhere. Tiens, tiens, tiens!"

Could the aircraft be South American? Perhaps a bit late for old Santos Dumont, but maybe still from Brazil or Argentina?

[lefty]

I think it is Mexican. Could be the 6-E-136 Quetzalcoatl-Liberty ?