May I dare to post a mystery floater here which has not been identified yet? You people here are “my last hope”. If nobody finds it I’ll declare open house after 24 hours.
May I dare to post a mystery floater here which has not been identified yet? You people here are “my last hope”. If nobody finds it I’ll declare open house after 24 hours.
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gX
That is the Miller MC-A1 amphibian of 1929.
Have attached another photo.
great
your reply looks convincing! Thanks a lot, Moses03!
Over to you
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gX
Thanks GX.
Here is a somewhat grainy stylish tourer to consider. (I don't think it has appeared before but my memory sometimes is a little wonky).
The C.N.A. 25 high-wing cabin monoplane, perhaps?
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gX
I am extremely happy with yesterday’s fast identification of the Miller MC-A1. As I have about a dozen of still unidentified flying objects in my files, I am asking for further assistance with this one.
I thought it should be easy because of the monowheel. But so far I failed to identify it.
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gX
I think it's the Dayton-Wright TA-5, gx
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4564639036
Hi Gruxx
Your mystery aircraft should be the Dayton Wright TA5 with monotrace landing gear
Soon I'll send you a pic
Cheers
BG
Oops! ...too late...
Thanks, Gx - there is no real reason why a monowheel installation shouldn't work perfectly well - it just doesn't look right !
Here's something not on one wheel but two floats - a grainy horror* (Moses doesn't hold the monopoly on those......)
* this might indicate that it ain't American.........
Hi Mike
The unique Norge Model C (LN-14/LN-BWB) from Norway. She now resides in Norsk Teknisk Museum
As I suspected, Walter snapped this one up. One museum I probably won't get to......
In fact, apart from Luxembourg and Andorra, Norway is the only Western European country I haven't visited. I am ashamed.
Here is another high wing job, but now with skis instead of water shoes.
Sorry for the terrible quality of the picture, but it is the only one I ever saw.
Looks like a Fairchild 24W to me
Sorrt Marijn, not Fairchild and not US.
She is European and the enigne was a Warner Super Scarab.
The Norge A of 1938 (registered LN-FAM), perhaps ??
Here is a photo of LN-FAM with skis: http://digitaltmuseum.no/02101569583...y=LN-FAM&pos=1
There is some agreement with wout’s rare picture but there are also differences. I can’t get any closer now.
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hi giruXX
What you need now is only maximum support from your grey matter, the cleverness of Holmes, some deduction/reduction to establish a connection between an earlier post and your Norge A .......and you will have the answer.
If it helps, she first flew 1945 and was lost in an accident in 1953 and was used for a brief period by the airline that helped built her.
I will post a picture later with all registration letters clearly visible.
hi BG
Donot worry about cutting a poor figure. Au contraire. Your way of thinking is brilliant.
Same country, same designer, same airline, but two years earlier, less powerful engine than the C.5 and, of course, a different registration.
what about Hønningstad Norge B ?
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hi giruXX
Bingo. Here is a picture (the same) without my artistic contributions. Since you guessed right, we all expect that you now open your files and post at least a better picture.
Seriously. This is the only pic I ever saw of LN-HAE. Surfing internet showed no results.
The text below is from by own database.
3-seat sport/utility
one 120hp Warner Super Scarab radial engine
max. speed 124 mph, cruise 112 mph, ceiling 14,000ft, range 465 miles
wingspan 32.25ft; length 21.25ft
DETAILS: The Norge B was developed from the pre-war Norge Model A and like the latter a design of Mr. Birger Honningstad. The aircraft was built by Mr. Aksel Kristiansen with assistance of the Widerøe Flyveselskap og Polarfly Company and was first flown late-1946, after construction had started during the German occupation of Norway. The single Norge B built was lost in an accident in 1953. The aircraft was powered by one 120hp Warner Super Scarab engine and could be operated on skis. For a brief period, the aircraft was leased to the Widerøe airline
Production: 1
Seems a company named Norsk Flyindustri may have been the builder (donow know whether that was a real company or a cover for the designer, buuiklder and Wideroe.
Walter, I never thought that I would come that far in a completely blind guess (i.e., without a pic). Luckily, there was no Norge Z!
In turn I ask you for help with this one (as before, I cannot check if this has already been shown as I don’t have its name yet)
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gX
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