The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**wout** · April 10th, 2012, 10:48

Thanks Kevin
Sorry for the grainy photo.

**Baragouin** · April 10th, 2012, 12:42

Originally Posted by wout

Thanks Kevin
Sorry for the grainy photo.

The more I look at it the more it seems to me like being a polish bird....maybe an early PWS?
BARAGOUIN

**DHC2Pilot** · April 10th, 2012, 13:48

......Placing my marker somewhere in the USSR

**wout** · April 10th, 2012, 14:04

Sorry DHC2Pilot, not USSR. Baragouin is spot on with Poland.
But not PWS. It`s post-war, this particular example first flew December 1946.

**DHC2Pilot** · April 10th, 2012, 14:58

Must be the LWD Szpak-3 (tricycle gear)

**wout** · April 11th, 2012, 03:31

Bingo! The sole Szpak-3 prototype :ernae:.
All other members of the family (Szpak-2, -4 and -4T had a conventional (tail wheel) gear, while the Szpak-1 was not built.

Your turn, please

***Moses03*** · April 12th, 2012, 08:14

John has been away for a couple of days now. Declaring open house please.

**Hurricane91** · April 12th, 2012, 16:15

Let's try this one...

Attachment 63068

***Moses03*** · April 12th, 2012, 17:50

I knew it had to be an entry from the 1932 Touring aircraft challenge with those stripes. In this case a Praga BH-111. (Thought it was a Klemm at first).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challen..._Tourisme_1932

**Hurricane91** · April 12th, 2012, 19:06

It is the Praga. Good work Moses.

I thought it was a Breda at first.

***Moses03*** · April 13th, 2012, 04:27

Thanks John. Here is a floater.

Maybe Lefty is back from his safari?

**lefty** · April 14th, 2012, 00:47

Lefty is indeed back in Blighty after an amazing holiday..

It is exceedingly unfair of you to hit me with a floater that I can't recognise ! Vaguely Breda 25-ish - but could be American or French - don't think she's a Brit.

**Baragouin** · April 14th, 2012, 01:16

Originally Posted by Moses03

Thanks John. Here is a floater.

Maybe Lefty is back from his safari?

Just a stab in the dark....an earlish Curtiss used by some south american countries?
Baragouin

***Moses03*** · April 14th, 2012, 13:26

Welcome back Mike. Have a photo or two to share?

This one-off(?) floater did see time in South America. Not a Curtiss effort though.

**Hurricane91** · April 14th, 2012, 14:20

Looks a bit consolidated.

***Moses03*** · April 14th, 2012, 16:00

Not Consolidated but 'tis from the USA. Not a one-off but the floater version might be. Here she is plying her craft in the deepest steamy jungles of....

**lefty** · April 15th, 2012, 01:18

Guatemala ? Waco ?

***Moses03*** · April 15th, 2012, 15:17

That would be Peru.

**lefty** · April 15th, 2012, 21:31

I checked Peru before and could only find records of various Vought and Stearman acquisitions - all having N-strut arrangements. Surrender.

**Hurricane91** · April 16th, 2012, 07:37

Originally Posted by lefty

I checked Peru before and could only find records of various Vought and Stearman acquisitions - all having N-strut arrangements. Surrender.

Yes, looks like it could be Vought.

***Moses03*** · April 16th, 2012, 09:11

Keystone K-55 Pronto is the mystery floater.

How about this nifty tourer?

**Naki** · April 16th, 2012, 13:33

Looks a bit like a Culver Dart

***Moses03*** · April 16th, 2012, 15:02

You are on the right trail that has many forks...

**flyingbrian** · April 16th, 2012, 15:40

Culver Dart GC?

-Brian

***srgalahad*** · April 16th, 2012, 16:02

that cowl seems 'off' for the Continental [LINESTRIKE]O-100[/LINESTRIKE] O-200 GC but one of the forks in that trail leads me to wonder about the obscure Mooney M-6 with a Continental A-37