The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***Moses03*** · December 17th, 2009, 19:54

Has a French feel. Not sure at all.

**lefty** · December 17th, 2009, 23:43

Close, but not French.

**lefty** · December 18th, 2009, 11:52

This one is very obscure. It is from a country which shares a border with France.

And it's not Andorra.

***Ferry_vO*** · December 18th, 2009, 12:21

Originally Posted by lefty

It is from a country which shares a border with France.

So that only leaves Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain.

**lefty** · December 18th, 2009, 16:04

And Monaco...

Think Benelux.

**lefty** · December 18th, 2009, 23:59

OK, I think I detect white flags on the ramparts, so will reveal that this is the Mulot AM-20, a neat little Belgian number from 1925.

This will not last long in the shark pool.......

***Ferry_vO*** · December 19th, 2009, 01:31

Originally Posted by lefty

And Monaco...

I doubt you will find a piece of land flat and long enough in Monaco to land a plane on.. Helicopters only!

**lefty** · December 19th, 2009, 02:11

You don't necessarily need terra firma to land on, Ferry ! (I think they held the first Schneider Trophy in Monaco.)

**DHC2Pilot** · December 19th, 2009, 14:19

Would probably be safe to assume this one is from France, eh? Looks like a Caudron stepchild.

**lefty** · December 19th, 2009, 14:53

Not French..

***Moses03*** · December 19th, 2009, 20:04

Racer from the UK?

**lefty** · December 19th, 2009, 22:52

Not a racer - trialed by the military. The story of its designer, his exploits and subsequent fate would make a good movie. Continental Europe.

**fasm** · December 20th, 2009, 10:37

Irbitis C6 (bis?) from Latvia

***Moses03*** · December 20th, 2009, 13:29

I think fasm is correct on the C6bis. I found it in my archives (after fasm spotted it) as the Cukurs C6bis.

**lefty** · December 20th, 2009, 13:43

C6 it was - either Irbitis or Cukurs. Herberts Cukurs' story is quite bizzare, culminating in assassination in Argentina by Mossad !

Over to fasm.

**fasm** · December 20th, 2009, 14:21

Some nice little plane and a less slick face of the C6bis Cukurs with his 280cv hispano-suiza 6 cyl eng

**lefty** · December 21st, 2009, 20:55

Fasm, I think your neat little French lady is the Guerchais Roche T.35

***Moses03*** · December 21st, 2009, 22:27

Good show Lefty.

The mysteries are really going off the beaten path of late. Since the Avro it has been; Equator, Citroen, Mulot, Cukurs and now a Guerchais Roche! Sounds like we are touring the wine country instead of spotting aircraft.

**fasm** · December 22nd, 2009, 02:13

Hat off Mr Lefty

nice find for this local jewel

**lefty** · December 22nd, 2009, 03:35

I agree with Moses, although Guerchais Roche sounds more to me like something my good lady might dab behind her ears prior to a party !

This has a much more prosaic name and should present no difficulty to all you 30's freaks....

**DHC2Pilot** · December 22nd, 2009, 09:01

I believe this would be the Avimeta AMV-92 (sometimes designated as the CM.92) from 1928.

**lefty** · December 22nd, 2009, 10:03

That's the one.

Over to you....

**DHC2Pilot** · December 22nd, 2009, 10:21

Not sure how long this one will last.....probably an easy one for the WWI buffs out there.....

***Moses03*** · December 22nd, 2009, 20:26

Looks like the Astoux-Vedrines Triplan. Variable incidence wing. Interesting for 1916.

Feeling pretty confident so I will move along here with a new one-

**lefty** · December 23rd, 2009, 03:33

Hmmm, looks like one of those American 'one-offs' again..... Something about it looks a bit more modern than it at first appears - the tyres, for instance. This could be a creature of the sixties....