The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**lefty** · April 25th, 2009, 02:38

The spinners are a dead giveaway - this is Madonna's personal transport.

**wout** · April 25th, 2009, 03:23

Recognized the pilot as Mr. Mortensen which almost certainly excludes it from being the Madonna plane.

***Moses03*** · April 25th, 2009, 08:53

Open mic night at the comedy corner I see.

Well, is someone going to spot the thing? I need a make and model (for the accounting dept). And please press on when you do, I will be out most of the afternoon.

***srgalahad*** · April 25th, 2009, 13:23

Ok.. ok so it's an Angel 44

and since I'm attachment-deprived for now I'll throw it open.. first one in has the floor

***Ferry_vO*** · April 25th, 2009, 15:02

Well I still have a few (f)lying around..

**lefty** · April 26th, 2009, 22:30

Everyone's obviously taken the weekend off - Ferry's mystery sitting there neglected !

This one is a Heinrich Victor.

***Ferry_vO*** · April 27th, 2009, 01:21

for Lefty!

**lefty** · April 27th, 2009, 02:19

Several themes recur in this wee forum - East European Horrors, French ditto, floaters, pushers, and twin-boomers.

Here's one of the latter..

**wout** · April 27th, 2009, 03:50

Tom Dempsey's unique TD-3 Beta Lightning. Registration N138P and first flown September 1969.

**lefty** · April 27th, 2009, 05:34

Nicely spotted, Wout. Over to you.

**wout** · April 27th, 2009, 06:26

Still cannot upload photos. Lefty, Ill be obliged if you can look for a new one.
Thanks

**lefty** · April 27th, 2009, 06:44

OK - for the '30's fans amongst us (actually I think he's away just now) how about this overpowered-looking craft ?

***Moses03*** · April 27th, 2009, 09:05

Looks like a Kreutzer at first glance but the fuselage is more slab sided than rounded. Hmm.

Edit: Maybe the K-1 which I can't seem to find a picture of?

**lefty** · April 27th, 2009, 09:22

Nope, she's no Californian girl.

**Ralf Roggeveen** · April 27th, 2009, 21:36

SURELY it's a Fokker - but I can't find it in my big book!

**lefty** · April 27th, 2009, 22:27

Sorry, Ralf, it's from Moses' side of the pond - I know there were Fokkers made there but this ain't one of them !

**Sopwith Chameleon** · April 28th, 2009, 00:10

Stinson Trimotor

**lefty** · April 28th, 2009, 00:50

Not a Stinson.

***Moses03*** · April 28th, 2009, 05:17

Other than a Corman 3000, did not run across any high wing tri-motors of this size. You got me!

**lefty** · April 28th, 2009, 05:32

OK, let's move on. This is a Saul Triad, from deepest Indiana, 1930. (Woops, sorry, Iowa !

)

Here now, going back, is a truly lovely floater

. An extra

if you can tell me where it gets its power from !

***Moses03*** · April 28th, 2009, 06:52

Lefty has mistakenly posted a pic of the Picadilly fishing pier!

**lefty** · April 28th, 2009, 07:04

This pier, I can assure you, did get off the ground. (or rather the water).

**lefty** · April 28th, 2009, 15:34

I feel a hat-trick a-comin' on here...... (My next one is a real stinker ..)

***Moses03*** · April 29th, 2009, 05:42

I can't figure out how the thing is powered, let alone the make and model. It looks like a buried prop in the pontoon but there are hydrofoil looking extensions as well. Even the large monoplane design is a bit unusual for this apparent vintage. Odd enough to be French!

Or maybe a submarine is towing it? Oh the humanity...:isadizzy:

**lefty** · April 29th, 2009, 06:33

OK, time for the humane dispatch - don't think it will be guessed.

It is an Italian Pateras-Guidoni torpedo plane (!) from 1912, believe it or not.

The motor arrangement is explained here

http://www.finemodelworks.com/arizon...s_Guidoni.html

All very advanced !

Here's one more - not quite so ancient