The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

Busy morning in the mystery thread. I like that.

Cheers to BG on the SM.84 We need one for FS!


As far as Lefty's latest putt-putt, hmm...

[Moses03]

Ha! Knew it was German. It's the Wagener HW4a with the...wait for it...Festenberg-Pakisch engine. Nice of Lefty to leave that arcane clue in there.

[lefty]

Good spotting there, Moses - over to you sir ( you've got to appreciate a man who knows his Festenberg-Pakisches....) Stein of Schottenhamel for the Texan, please......

[Moses03]

Thanks and with Schottenhamel in mind, on to our next contestant.

[Baragouin]

Thanks and with Schottenhamel in mind, on to our next contestant.

I have in mind a certain Letov S328 quite a few went to the Luftwaffe....
Cheers
BG

[lefty]

And there was me thinking it was a Fokker C.V-E.

[Moses03]

We may set the record for planes in one day. Over to Lefty.

[lefty]

We may set the record for planes in one day.

Better make it another easy one, then...(with a rather extravagant exhaust pipe)

[lefty]

Looks American, but isn't.

[Ferry_vO]

Koolhoven F.K.43 PH-AJJ.

[lefty]

Hi Ferry - well you of all people should have got that one - and you did !

[Ferry_vO]

Well, the two-tone pre-war KLM colour scheme was a giveaway.

Here's a nice photo:

[huub vink]

Hi Ferry, I know what it is and I know where you found the picture. But your secret is safe with me

[Ferry_vO]

Maybe you should give the answer Huub, as the others seem stumped...


Hint: Dutch, didn't make it to production as a product from a bigger name was chosen in stead.

Hint 2: It may be hard to tell from this photo, but it is a two-seat trainer (Side by side configuration).

[lefty]

Assumed it was Dutch and had a good old search - only description anything close was the NVI F.K.32 but that was supposedly a tandem-cockpit job. Give in !

[Ferry_vO]

So close Mike, but my mystery is the NVI (Nederlandse Vliegtuigindustrie; Dutch aircraft industry) C.III, which lost the competition to the Fokker S.II. The S.II was a side-by-side trainer so I assume the C.III was as well, but I can't be sure. After the failure of the C.III the designer Joop Carley sold his company to a certain Frits Koolhoven (Who had returned from England where he worked for BAT).

His F.K.32 does bear a resemblance to the C.III..(And not just on the outside, as the F.K.32 was also a one-off that failed to attract buyers!):

Anyway, OH gents!

[lefty]

Hmm, no wonder I couldn't find it - can't find a reference to it anywhere ! Can you put a year on that, Ferry ??

[Ferry_vO]

The first flight was on September 13th, 1922 from Waalhaven and was done by Joop Carley himself.

[Baragouin]

Hello boys and girls!
Since Ferry declared OH may I pop in and submit to your attention following brute

Cheers
BG

[Ferry_vO]

That's the Richard-Penhoet 2.

[Baragouin]

That's the Richard-Penhoet 2.

Yessir that's what it is!

Your turn please
BG

[Ferry_vO]

My next offering, shouldn't be too difficult:

[lefty]

This chunky chappie is the Cessna 620 - odd concept..

[Dev One]

Beat me to it by 1 minute!!!
K

[Ferry_vO]

This chunky chappie is the Cessna 620 - odd concept..

According to an old joke it was called the 620 because it was twice the aircraft the Cessna 310 was...