The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***lefty*** · June 17th, 2010, 00:59

Originally Posted by Moses03

Otherwise Lefty will be grumpy in the morning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8339647.stm

***lefty*** · June 17th, 2010, 21:59

Moses' machine is one of those Russkis with a bewildering number of sources, designers, manufacturers, etc. I have it as the Lig-6 or LEM-3 designed by a Comrade Dormachev of the Leningrad Institute of Civil Aircraft.

It is also according to one source, a powered glider. Will someone explain to me the difference between a normal high-aspect-ratio aircraft and a powered glider, please ? (One of Wout's recent posts also called itself a powered glider). Do powered gliders always have to be towed into the air, like this one? I think not.

Non-grumpy Lefty

***lefty*** · June 18th, 2010, 02:53

Here's another farmer's runabout.

***Moses03*** · June 18th, 2010, 05:49

This the HAL Agri plane prototype?

on the LEM-3!

Not big on Wikipedia due to all the misinformation but this entry seems decent enough on the LEM:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIAI_LEM-3

***lefty*** · June 18th, 2010, 06:37

You got the Injun, sir.

of Cobra for you.

***Moses03*** · June 18th, 2010, 07:58

Thank you Sir.

I have a trimotor...

**DHC2Pilot** · June 18th, 2010, 21:29

A Hise Trimotor Monoplane. Open board.

***Moses03*** · June 19th, 2010, 11:31

Indeed the one and only Hise A Trimotor. Well done John.

***lefty*** · June 20th, 2010, 00:04

Whilst snores thunder over the U.S., and it's open house, I'll sneak in with a biplane...

**DHC2Pilot** · June 20th, 2010, 22:23

I can tell when this one is revealed it's going to be one of those "DUH" moments. I've seen this bird many times, but I'll be buggered if I can pin it down. Ughh.

***lefty*** · June 21st, 2010, 03:55

Originally Posted by DHC2Pilot

I've seen this bird many times,

You've been in some out-of-the-way places, then, John........

***Moses03*** · June 21st, 2010, 05:53

I woke up this morning with a clue in my head. This is another Bulgarian horror! A Dar-3 "Garvin-II" LZ-DIN.

***lefty*** · June 21st, 2010, 06:40

You sussed that one out -just as DHC2Pilot was about to pounce - (or was he ?).

***Moses03*** · June 21st, 2010, 06:52

Not sure, but the way you Gents have been picking off everything there was no time to spare!

Here is a curious one...

**DHC2Pilot** · June 21st, 2010, 15:27

Yes, a DUH moment indeed. I also have that bird as a LAZ-3-3 from 1936. Probably would have taken me another day, but Moses happily put me out of my misery.