Thanks Robert, but I have nothing lined up, so let's have an OH, please......
Postscript to the last one - couldn't find the C.51 in Aviafrance, checked elsewhere and found that it changed its designation to C.125 ! Vive la France......
Thanks Robert, but I have nothing lined up, so let's have an OH, please......
Postscript to the last one - couldn't find the C.51 in Aviafrance, checked elsewhere and found that it changed its designation to C.125 ! Vive la France......
Mike, I assume that you have seen this.I even checked out the prices of Les Avions Caudron, by Hauet. Vol 1 £260, Vol 2 a staggering £860. Silly prices - and not for me !
Very familiar with that site, Mike, but you can't actually purchase from it. I use Amazon, Amazon France, Abebooks, for a guide to prices, which I think are driven up by Americans.
The first Savoia-Marchetti SM.85
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out of the (hopefully) never ending floater theme
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From a well-known, old company.
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Franco British Aviation FBA 17 HE 2 Hydravion Ecole ?
Had to have a look at this one, being a floater !
No answer - the wing float shape looks CAMS, but can't find a suitable model, Prototype or one-off ?
Is that a radiator mounted on the central leading edge of the upper mainplane?
it is a one-off in the best sense:
Interestingly, this company never built any other flying boat after this one (nor did they before)
I would also interpret that cage on the leading edge as a a radiator, but historic confirmation is lacking
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The famous company produced more than 100 different models from 1909 to 1944
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the penny refused to drop
Look for Caudron C-87 (F-ESAC)!
Open House please
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According to Pascal Brugier ('Registre France 1920-1991') F-ESAC initially was a Caudron C.27 and subsequently a Caudron C.92, which became F-AICY. Neither of these Caudrons was a flying boat. However the Secret Projects website (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr...gnations.9745/) says that the Caudron C.87 was a '1924 experimental single engine pusher floatplane, F-ESAC'. Thus one must assume that the registration F-ESAC was used at least thrice on different aeroplanes!
The Caudron C.87 was a tough nut.
No mention at all of that plane at aviafrance. It is listed at airwar.ru, however, I tried a search with Uli's clues like
"Страна: Франция" "Первый полет: 1924" "1 ПД" site:airwar.ru
which should have shown each French aircraft first flown in 1924 with a single engine on that site.
The C.87 resisted to appear in the result, no idea why.
To keep things going here is a biplane that should be much easier.
It is the LACAB Doryphore from
Over to Chris.
Not from the usual suspect countries.
Chris
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Sorry your right just double checked. I had it as NU-50 which I find out is a 2 seater so I had it wrong and you were right.
Chris
No need for an apology - how about this chunky fighter ......?
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