The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Spot on DHC2! Was starting to think I had you all on this one. Silly me.

[DHC2Pilot]

This may play right into the hand of our resident floater XPERT, but I'm gonna give it a shot anyhow.....

[lefty]

Well well, an aquatic glider - now there's an interesting concept..... (almost as interesting as what appears to be a thatched hangar in the background !)

[DHC2Pilot]

I wasn't too sure whether a glider was considered a 'no-no' here as I don't believe we've touched on the genre before. If so, please let me know and I'll post a different powered selection for your enjoyment and bewilderment.

[lefty]

Up till now, gliders have been taboo - there are some very interesting ones, e.g. some of the military gliders, but there are a zillion which all look basically the same..

Will have a stab at this - never checked out any historical glider sites !

I presume this got towed behind some very fast oarsmen for take-off ?????

[Moses03]

Nikitin PSN-1.

Thinking this one falls under the "interesting" category and not taboo.

[DHC2Pilot]

Correct on the Nikitin - I also have it catalogued under "Fellings PSN" - not sure how the second name comes into play, but then again I never could get the Russian designation system under wraps.

Over to you sir

[Moses03]

Up next, one tractor and two pusher engines...

[lefty]

Blast ! Having spent 5 minutes navigating my way to this post ( I think Ickie forgot to wind up the server when he put the cat out last night) I find my smartass answer, well, isn't right !

You will understand when I post my pic of the Breguet XI Corsaire -

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The military gentleman in Moses' pic looks a lot more Russian than French, so it's back to the books, Michael.....

[Moses03]

Very similar layout but not a Breguet. (I do like the wing notches in your version for the guns to shoot upwards!)

[Moses03]

One built, crashed on landing and they decided not to pursue the design...

[Moses03]

Looks like we need to reboot. Lefty was on the right track. This is the Russki Anatra DE.

Something not so obscure maybe?

[lefty]

ER, well I'd like to have a go at this but, sadly, can't see it ! (Attachments seem to have gone walkies ?)

[Moses03]

Hmm...try logging out, deleteing all SOH cookies and logging back in.

Edit: Will embed the photo in the post above. See if that helps.

[lefty]

DoneAttachment 1755 all that -there's summat else wrong- look at the page header.