The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

(Sneaks in whilst America slumbers)

The long lean Rooski is the Bolkhovitinov S - the single-engined version, the other being a tandem-engine contra-prop job. Both failures.

[srgalahad]

when ya got it, ya got it!

[lefty]

Here's neat wee twinny - can't find it in a search so maybe it hasn't been posted before.

[Moses03]

Casmuniz 5-2 of 1952. Based on the Aero 45.

[lefty]

Indeed it is..... - or maybe that should be coffee..........

[Moses03]

Thanks for the java.

Submitted: One large twin pusher biplane with rat-a-tat-tat...

[Dave_Kent]

Looks like the Dorand Armored Interceptor

[Moses03]

Spot on Dave.

Over to you-

[Hurricane91]

...the Dorand Armored Interceptor

They just don't make pursuit ships like they used to.

[Dave_Kent]

for your consideration

[Moses03]

Going with a NAF PT-1 here.

[lefty]

I will be naughty and suggest it is actually the PT-2 (four bay HS-2L wings - the PT-1 had three-bay HS-1L wings). But honours to the Texan sage, please.

[Dave_Kent]

My source says PT 1, (HS 1L wings), so I will go with that

[Moses03]

Thanks Dave.

I wasn't sure which one Mike until I found this snippet on another forum:

"NAF PT
The PT.1 was a patrol flying boat using the fuselage of a Curtiss R.6 and the wing of a HS.1L. 15 aircraft were built for the US Navy with serials A6034/6048. The PT.2 version had a HS.2L wing with a span of 74'1", 22.58 m, fitted and 18 were built with serials A6326/6343."

The serial on Dave's plane looks to be 6046 so I figured it fell into the PT-1 range.

Pressing on...

[lefty]

From the Putnam 'Curtiss Aircraft' by Bowers.......it seems the serial numbers are the issue here !