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Thread: The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marijn View Post
    Thanks giruXX!

    What about this peculiar floater?
    Hello there!
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    CXheers
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    You are getting to good at this BG

    right!!! Cheers!!<strike></strike>

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    Quote Originally Posted by marijn View Post
    You are getting to good at this BG

    right!!! Cheers!!<strike></strike>
    Thanks Marijn...but it's just a matter of luck...I feel like a schoolboy attending elementary school in a bunch of university scholars.
    Anyway let's try our luck with the following:

    Cheers
    BG

  4. #14079
    Single boom pusher is the Ackerman JDA-8 powered by a notoriously unreliable Szekely radial.

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    Curious, I checked this one out - once I discovered that there is no 'c' in Akerman ! Even more puzzled to discover that I correctly guessed it in this forum back in 2011 - can't imagine how.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moses03 View Post
    Single boom pusher is the Ackerman JDA-8 powered by a notoriously unreliable Szekely radial.
    Quite correct Moses and yes it is Akermann (without C). I read some place that the guy was born somewhere in Latvia and his Birth name was Janis Akermanis (or something similar) which became later americanized as John D. Akermann...
    Your turn naturally
    Cheers
    BG

  7. #14082
    Oops on the typo! As noted there is no "c". In my excitement to post an answer I got a little sloppy. Have only seen one other photo of the pusher so BG's find is appreciated.

    Will have a new mystery along soon. Sorry for the delay.

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    The <small>PSE Racer</small><small> [R10358], perhaps?</small>
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    gX

  10. #14085
    The Pacific School of Engineering or PSE Racer it is. I guess the class graduated and nothing more was built!

  11. #14086
    That might have been a pitty

    Here comes the next wee challenge.
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    gX

  12. #14087
    Built by a famous company, modified by/for a famous aviator, used for "sky writing" during its last days.
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    Not from Eurasia. The company still exists nowadays. This particular aircraft started life as a two-seat version of an aircraft that has been built four times. The picture shows it in its final configuration after two major modifications.
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    gX

  14. #14089
    Howard Hughes' Boeing 100A ?

  15. #14090
    Yes, for sure. Cheers Mike
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    Thanks, gX - no apologies for going back to the water - here's a speedy number making a splash.....
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    ..........
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    gX

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    I think gX knows this, but will give one more clue anyway - it was an unsuccessful entry for one of the great aviation competitions.....(hint- it's on water !)

  19. #14094
    Putting the clunker out of it's misery. The Latham L.1.

  20. #14095
    Yup. One of the two unsuccessful Latham entries for the 1923 Schneider Cup.

  21. #14096
    Continuing the theme, here is an unsuccessful fighter.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Moses03 View Post
    Continuing the theme, here is an unsuccessful fighter.

    SAECA De Marçay 4C-1 (1923)...have you more pics of her?
    Cheers
    BG

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    Impressive BG, and without any hints!

    The only other photo I have is WWI French Ace Albert Deullin standing by the slightly modified version that he lost his life in during a May 29, 1923 test flight.


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    This one from the Green/Swanborough book....(M. Duellin's version appears to have dispensed with the wing struts - may this have contributed to his demise ?)
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    Quote Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    This one from the Green/Swanborough book....(M. Duellin's version appears to have dispensed with the wing struts - may this have contributed to his demise ?)
    Thanks very much to both of you for the pics!
    Here goes my today's offer
    Cheers
    BG

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