The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Another Gipsy Major powered ship...

[lefty]

This is the Comper Mouse from 1933. Nice enough looking aircraft but not a success in a time when light aircraft were being churned out in surprising numbers in Britain.

Here is a machine from a wee bit earlier. I particularly like the somewhat animated conversation that seems to be going on in a rather overcrowded cockpit !

[Moses03]

Suds for the Mouse.

[fasm]

It looks like a caudron with a rather strange engine fitting. Something prior to the C59-C60, or a more basic version...

[lefty]

Not a Caudron................

[Moses03]

Looks Farmanish to me.

[fasm]

You were right Moses it's some kind of F71 with the Salmson engine

[lefty]

A fine Armagnac for our friend from the Périgord.

It is a Farman 71, F-AFHK, used as a workhorse and photographic aircraft, belonging to 'L'Avion Bleu'

[fasm]

Well all the merit belong to Moses but if you insist

Here's a nice twin boom that shouldn't last long.
He didn't meet success despite his plaisant lines...

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[DHC2Pilot]

Portsmouth Aerocar

[fasm]

indeed

[DHC2Pilot]

I am surprised that the Aerocar didn't catch on - I love the lines of it, plus it must have offered a fantastic panoramic view. Onward and downward....

[lefty]

Was this a flyer, John ??

[DHC2Pilot]

After looking into this one further, I can't say for sure if it ever flew. I have it as the Shavrov W3, but can't find any definitive information. I'm assuming this would also be labeled as the Sh-3 or She-3. Wiki states that the Sh-3 was 90% completed, so if it's the same as the W-3 then I concede defeat. Sorry, my bad. Here's one which did attain lofty heights.....

[Moses03]

Letov S-1 or Smolik SM-1. Not sure which is the correct designation?

http://avia-museum.narod.ru/czech/letov_s-1.html