The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

OK - Two more hints - you have to get this...

(1) These machines would be more familiar with an engine other than the Gipsy Major

(2) The swallow is actually the badge of the base - here is another floater wearing it.

[lefty]

OK, enough.

These are Fleet 10G's of the Portuguese Navy. The black swallow was the insignia of the Sao Jacinto- Aveira seaplane base.

OH please.

[Moses03]

Blast! I scanned Fleet up and down but never made the connection.

[Moses03]

Here is one to get things going again. She is a bit cold and frosty.

[wout]

Hi Kevin
is this an airy plane or a WIG?
Could it be a FW-189 starting with speed skating lessons?

[Moses03]

Yes, a Fw.189 in the ice!

[wout]

Thanks Kevin,
this twin is not a ultralight (twin engine ultralights were/are not legal in the country of origin), but strictly speaking it was a ultralight. However, since it was not, it carried a registration. Confused?

[Moses03]

Only clue I have is the Farah Fawcett stand in. So we are looking at something around 1978-79?

[wout]

Hi Kevin
First flight in November 1981, so you are close
This is the Mohawk by Warpath Aviation Corporation. Initial tests were with two 10hp McCulloch MAC101 screamers, then re-engined with two 20hp Cuyuna 215s. But alas......
May I ask you to continue, please

PS: registration was N1381T

[lefty]

Our Moses is obviously a bit preoccupied, so I'll dive in with this one - a beer for the aircraft, chaser for the air force.......should be easy meat for you lot

[Moses03]

Hmm, those head on views can be tough. My gut reaction is something from the UK in service over in the Middle East...

[Tako_Kichi]

I'm thinking it's not British forces despite the battle dress tunics being very similar to the British standard issue for WWII and the pilot's 'wings' being very similar to the RAF one. The RAF never had forage caps for officers ('other ranks' wore them prior to and during WWII) and they certainly never wore jodhpurs nor carried cavalry swords except for ceremonial purposes.

I'm thinking India maybe either just prior to WWII (although it would still have been under British rule then) or just after.

As to the aircraft, it has some similarities to the Swordfish but I think it's earlier than that.

[lefty]

Well you are both on the right track - this next pic should give it away although I've removed one bit of insignia.

By the way, Larry, I don't think they actually wore the swords in the cockpits..........

[Moses03]

Hawker Nisr (Audax) with the Iraq Air Force.

[lefty]

Salaams, oh wise one.... of course alcohol is forbidden in Iraq so it's a sarsaparilla for Texas..........