The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

I gave deep consideration to posting a drone - the difference here is that this one was capable of, and was occasionally, flown by a real live pilot like the one in the pic !
Pure pilotless drones are off-limits, I fear.

As for your latest, well, bow ties and huge floppy caps = American, I fear.

This one looks like a Junkers food mixer.

[jhefner]

(Jumps up and down, raising his hand)

I know, I know! The Stout Dragonfly

Ford-Stout Dragonfly (Brian Baker coll via Avn Heritage)
Ford-Stout Dragonfly

-Stout Dragonfly (Stout) 1927 = 2pOmwM*Am; two 32hp Bristol Cherub. Short-coupled canard design with *two tandem wings, one tail-mounted and the other on the nose; triple tails; truss-mounted motors. POP: 1; all-metal corrugated experimental was badly damaged in hitting a bump during high-speed taxi tests and was scrapped.

[Moses03]

James scores a cold one! Well done.

Over to you-

Edit: I'm out of town until late Saturday. Internet access will be iffy at best.

[jhefner]

Thanks Moses; a nice cold drink just when I needed it.

Can I do something a little different? If the answer is no; then I will submit another, and move this picture to a seperate thread. But you guys are something else; I didn't know if I could submit a "stinker" that you could not guess; but at the same time; I thought you could figure this real mystery out.

A co-worker to a member of the "The Old Hanger" website was given this picture, and asked what it was. So, let's see what you all think; the thing that makes my submittion different this time is that I am not sure what it is.

Here it goes:



-Thanks;
James

EDIT: I think everyone; including myself, thought the engine on the right belonged to this plane, and that it was a twin engined plane. But, studying it a little more; I think it is another example of the same plane facing the opposite direction; you can barely see the cockpit glass on the right edge of the picture. It must be another fusalage, sitting on a trailer.

[Hurricane]

Loire-Nieuport L.N.40?

Small Canopy and gull wing look very similar. Engine would seem right too assuming both are the same type of aircraft.

http://www.aviastar.org/air/france/loire_ln-40.php

Edit: a bit more googling would suggest its a 401 not a 40.

[lefty]

Yes, James (the Yorkshire one) has it - a 401.

Here is one from the same unit - Escadrille AB2.

[jhefner]

Yes, I noticed in the color picture at the bottom of the link James sent, you can see the angled firewall and the track for the canopy as well.

I said you guys are awesome, and I am sure the person who shared it will be thank you as well. A for the Yorkshire James. Over to you.

[Hurricane]

Typical, I finally win one and I've volunteered myself as driver tonight! (Nevermind, always tomorow)

This one isn't likely to last too long.

[lefty]

Could it be a Hawker Heron, James ??

[Hurricane]

for Lefty.

[lefty]

Thanks, James.

Here is a neat little post-war number.

[wout]

My points go to the Hodek HK-1 (or HK-101) from the CSSR.

[lefty]

Absolutely right. Over to you.

[wout]

A teaser. Two examples were built under that name.

[lefty]

Well, Wout, you won't be getting any answers from me today - off to take the mother-in-law out to lunch.

All I can say is that your mystery is a low-wing two-seater with fixed undercarriage and a Continental/Lycoming engine.

That narrows it down to about 2,000 types. Over to you, Moses03 !