The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[DHC2Pilot]

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

[lefty]

That's the one. Over to you....

[DHC2Pilot]

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

[Moses03]

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]

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....

[DHC2Pilot]

Looks a little bit like a pregnant Norseman.

[Moses03]

Not a one-off. Actually, while the tires are modern, the aircraft is not!

Here is a shot of her in action-

[lefty]

A bit snookered here - it looks like basically a Fairchild/Pilgrim 100, but re-engined, and the window configuration is wrong.

[DHC2Pilot]

I think you nailed it Lefty - Looks like the A model to me, but as you said, possibly re-engined with a 600HP P&W R-1340 instead of the original P&W Hornet.

[Moses03]

A dark ale for Lefty.

This is listed as a Pilgrim 100B "NC709Y" but it's lineage is a little confusing. Built in 1931 and was still doing bush work in Alaska into the 1990's I think. It is now being restored for a museum display.

[lefty]

Yes it has certainly been modded over the years !

Here's a oddball twin..

[Moses03]

Wickham Model B methinks.

[lefty]

Well done - thought that one might have been a stranger to the Moses vaults !

[Moses03]

Thanks. One of the benefits of being home sick is plenty of archive time.

I will see your twin and raise you 14 (Edit) wing struts...

[lefty]

Have a feeling Moses has hit us with another Balkan Bomber here -the murky photo and clumsy design tend to indicate that - mind you, I've been wrong before.............

Almost looks like one of those wooden decoy jobs.