The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***Ferry_vO*** · February 2nd, 2010, 01:59

Here's something interesting on floats:

**lefty** · February 2nd, 2010, 02:07

Dammit, I just found the Spartan, Ferry !

**lefty** · February 2nd, 2010, 02:28

Reminds me of this.....

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**lefty** · February 2nd, 2010, 02:40

Vultee V-11GB2F

***Moses03*** · February 2nd, 2010, 04:57

To Ferry on the Spartan elder.

**DHC2Pilot** · February 2nd, 2010, 09:46

Blargh.....I was looking at the 7W and completely neglected to look at the 7X. That cowling had me thinking more and more towards Russia. Chalk that one up to tunnel vision.

***Moses03*** · February 2nd, 2010, 09:49

Originally Posted by DHC2Pilot

That cowling had me thinking more and more towards Russia. Chalk that one up to tunnel vision.

I posted that particular photo for exactly that reason. Needed a hint of ambiguity there to try to throw you all off.

Edit: Lefty, you are right of course on the Vultee. How about posting a new one? Ferry seems to be away.

***Ferry_vO*** · February 2nd, 2010, 12:05

Originally Posted by Moses03

Edit: Lefty, you are right of course on the Vultee. How about posting a new one? Ferry seems to be away.

Just got home from work, but of course Lefty is right about the Vultee.

P.s. Mike: Aeroplane, January 2010, page 35.

***Moses03*** · February 2nd, 2010, 13:27

I had this photo in my queue. Might as well post it now.

The Vultee sure is a sleek floater. Would like to see a FS version (doubtful).

**lefty** · February 2nd, 2010, 14:29

Ahhhh, floaters.... you wouldn't expect me to deviate from this theme, now, would you ?

I could bring the thread to a halt with this one....

**lefty** · February 2nd, 2010, 14:31

But I'll take pity and offer you something much easier. A large Calvados for the earlier one, though !

**DHC2Pilot** · February 2nd, 2010, 15:59

Calvados - a brandy made from apples. I'm all over that.

**DHC2Pilot** · February 2nd, 2010, 16:02

Catapult launched Nieuport NiD-32 with ditching pontoons?

**lefty** · February 2nd, 2010, 22:59

Originally Posted by DHC2Pilot

Calvados - a brandy made from apples. I'm all over that.

Yessir - delicious - I believe they make something similar in Canada, and I've even had an Aussie apple brandy.

You are, of course, correct with the Nieuport. A

of the stuff that passes for beer brewed in your neighbour state, sir.

**DHC2Pilot** · February 3rd, 2010, 04:49

I'll take a frosty St.Pauli Girl, thanks! (Can't stand American brewed swill, except for Samuel Adams). Since you posted 2, and I only got one of them, not sure what the protocol is to proceed here. We'll just call open board then. Can anyone ID the floater?

***Moses03*** · February 3rd, 2010, 05:53

I gave the first floater a cursory look last night. Probably some obscure French number that isn't listed at Aviafrance.

**lefty** · February 3rd, 2010, 06:05

Originally Posted by Moses03

Probably some obscure French number that isn't listed at Aviafrance.

Naturellement ! It's another of those Alerte jobs, the Rousset Sénemaud 1.

Pray continue, DHC2............

**DHC2Pilot** · February 3rd, 2010, 09:51

Open board as I'm at work - don't want to hold up progress. :mixedsmi:

***Moses03*** · February 3rd, 2010, 11:48

Okay, I will bite-

**lefty** · February 3rd, 2010, 13:21

Are you seriously telling us that this thing actually flew ?

***Moses03*** · February 3rd, 2010, 16:42

To be honest I'm not sure. This one is a bit on the "for fun" side as I don't know much about it.

It hails from a country that has not been represented in here before...

**DHC2Pilot** · February 3rd, 2010, 20:27

I have yet another picture of this oddity, but don't have a manufacturer or model number....simply labeled as the RingWing.......

**DHC2Pilot** · February 3rd, 2010, 20:38

Found it......appears to be named after it's designer from Belarus

The Narushevich.....no other information

***Moses03*** · February 4th, 2010, 04:53

That's about all I had DHC2.

Have at it-

**wout** · February 4th, 2010, 04:56

DHC2Pilot is correct. I also have it listed as aircraft by Mr. Arkady Narushevich. I understand the aircraft had a 260hp Ivhcneko AI-14 radial and was built/flown in he period 1995-2000. Designer reported as a Mr Alexander Anokhim (retired Belarus AF colonel) and as builders Messrs. Narushevich and Anatoly Gushkin and also saw the name of the SKB Kamerton organisation. The aircraft is possibly now in storage (or in as museum?) in Borovaya, Belarus.
Registration or model designation was/is EW-067 LL