The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

***Moses03*** · April 3rd, 2009, 18:24

White flag goes up here. I think only a lucky troll of aerofiles would turn this one up!

:friday:

**Ralf Roggeveen** · April 3rd, 2009, 23:16

Looks a bit like a Riley Twin Navion. might be the same trick of converting a single-prop into a twin? Probably a one-off. Maybe French?

***wout*** · April 4th, 2009, 01:32

It is US made. And for sure, lots of headroom in he cabin. A final hint...
think of a streamlined cabin and a longer nose.

**Ralf Roggeveen** · April 4th, 2009, 06:01

Thought of those sort of things already! Some kind of Beechcraft or Cessna? It's the tail that really worries me...

***wout*** · April 5th, 2009, 03:01

It is the Courier of the Monocoupe Aircraft of Florida company (formed in 1946 and successor to the original Monocoupe Aircraft).
Built around 1950. Further development (why should that be?) resulted in the
Meteor 2 and finally to the 1960 Meteor II of Saturn Aircraft & Engineering, Inc. (it was reworked by Mr. C.G. Taylor, yes the one of the Taylor Cub, Piper Cub). Attached A picture of the Meteor II just to see how a design can evolve.

***wout*** · April 5th, 2009, 03:03

The new one is a twin again

***Moses03*** · April 5th, 2009, 14:44

Thinking Eastern Europe here possibly...

***Ferry_vO*** · April 5th, 2009, 15:38

Looks like a mini Bf-110..

***wout*** · April 5th, 2009, 15:53

It's West-European. The pre-war company changed names after WW2 (like so many firms in that country). Two were built. Design work started 1939, but first flight was only in 1948 .

***lefty*** · April 6th, 2009, 01:23

Would this be the Bloch MB-30/Dassault MD303 ?

***wout*** · April 6th, 2009, 04:36

country yes, type no

**fasm** · April 6th, 2009, 11:19

There is an Hanriot very similar but not exactly... but I don't know all types...

***lefty*** · April 7th, 2009, 01:04

We're getting bogged down here, Wout -the more you dig into pre- and post-war French aviation, the more contradictions you find !
I'll have one last stab - the early version of the Bloch MB-800 ??

***Moses03*** · April 7th, 2009, 07:10

Haven't had much time to research this one. No excuse though. I think wout will be going for the hat trick here.

***wout*** · April 7th, 2009, 10:11

The twin is the M-300 designed in1939 by Ets. Les Avions Mauboussin. However,construction only started after WW2 by Ets. Fouga & Cie (Mauboussin had been renamed) and first flight was in JUne 1948. The 4-6 seat M-300 was intended as air taxi, light transport, postal aircraft and had two 220-240hp Renault 6Q-10/11 engines.

new one is not Grumman, not Lake, not Goodyear, not Colonial, not Thurston, but its Amnerican and just after WW2