The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

**lefty** · October 7th, 2021, 13:40

That, Jim, is a mock-up of the Silvansky I-220. The resulting aircraft never really flew properly, due mainly to sloppy design !

**Sopwith Chameleon** · October 7th, 2021, 14:21

It is ! Mr Silvanskii must qualify as the most incompetent aircraft designer ever : the undercarriage was too long to fit into the wheel wells, and when shortened to fit, the propeller scraped the ground, when they hacksawed the required amount off the prop it did manage to get off the ground for one test hop, but never flew again .......
Over to you !

**lefty** · October 7th, 2021, 23:15

Here is a svelte floater with an impeccable design pedigree...

**Sopwith Chameleon** · October 7th, 2021, 23:26

............. a real cutie - a mach for anyone ......

**lefty** · October 8th, 2021, 01:06

Going out for much of the day, so if you know this (Jim does...) please post and continue !

It's Friday......

https://alberttavern.wixsite.com/albert

**Sopwith Chameleon** · October 8th, 2021, 12:04

OK, let's move on - it's the Macchi M33 Racing Seaplane - OH please ......

***srgalahad*** · October 8th, 2021, 13:06

OK, this is a mystery. There is an answer ( or many) but none provide a definitive solution, so I'll grant a lot of leeway.

***srgalahad*** · October 9th, 2021, 11:30

The photo is real, and was taken in the western USA.

At one time it was a resident somewhere in the Lone Star state

**fabulousfour** · October 9th, 2021, 13:44

Maybe the Texas Bullet aka Regent Rocket?

**lefty** · October 9th, 2021, 23:06

I think we need Kevin to step in here to give us the family tree of the Regent/Johnson/Texas Rocket/Bullet, 185/260/400 or whatever, built in Fort Worth/Tyler/McAllen/Edinburg TX !

(and I thought I/Ding French aircraft was bad.....

)

Only comment about this one is that it appears to have a non-retractable tailwheel, which would rule out most of the above !

***srgalahad*** · October 10th, 2021, 07:12

I told you it was a mess!
FF gets the slightly chilled

The photo is from an advert that had a lot of people wondering - it is a rename, a change of owners, a marketing gimmick? The ad can be found in the latter pages here: https://books.google.ca/books?id=_eU...page&q&f=false

From another source: https://imgur.com/3udND3I

It DOES get a mention in Aerofiles - very vaguely (under "Regent")

Texas Bullet 1950 = 4pClwM rg; 205hp Continental E-185; span: 28'0" length: 23'2" load: 950# v: 190/180/80. R S Johnson, from Johnson Bullet. All-metal. POP: 6. Advertised in 1960 as Sky Gem by Gem Aircraft Inc of Rexburg ID.

**fabulousfour** · October 10th, 2021, 07:56

Interesting! I had heard of the Texas Bullet before, but somehow my brain had saved it with a different look so it took a while before the penny dropped.

On with a biplane.

**cthornburg** · October 10th, 2021, 11:21

Wilbault 2BN2

Chris

**fabulousfour** · October 10th, 2021, 11:26

It is the Wibault.

Over to Chris

**cthornburg** · October 10th, 2021, 13:59

Should be easy. Close relative was here before misidentified as this version.

Chris

**giruXX** · October 11th, 2021, 03:59

we had so many Udet sport planes here. Would this then be the first, i.e. Udet U 1?

**cthornburg** · October 11th, 2021, 07:30

That's the one the first over to Germany

Chris

**giruXX** · October 11th, 2021, 07:56

Thank you Chris!

My next offer would be this

**Sopwith Chameleon** · October 12th, 2021, 01:32

Rogozarski A.Z.R.

**giruXX** · October 12th, 2021, 01:40

correct !

***Moses03*** · October 12th, 2021, 05:26

Originally Posted by lefty

I think we need Kevin to step in here to give us the family tree of the Regent/Johnson/Texas Rocket/Bullet, 185/260/400 or whatever, built in Fort Worth/Tyler/McAllen/Edinburg TX !

Don't have anything to add to the schizophrenic light plane other than we had it a couple of times in the thread previously.

***srgalahad*** · October 12th, 2021, 07:16

Originally Posted by Moses03

Don't have anything to add to the schizophrenic light plane other than we had it a couple of times in the thread previously.

Found the most recent one -August 2012 - a "lefty" post with resolution by Walter (of course) but the image is no longer attached. I should have been a stinky pedantic and held out for the very specific (and not found in the search) "Sky Gem" but I've been trying to be more considerate these days.

***Moses03*** · October 12th, 2021, 07:24

I did find this. I don't think any "rolled" off the line there.

**lefty** · October 12th, 2021, 07:47

This is Rob's 'missing' photo which I posted years ago, with another one found later (note tailwheel !)

and here is a Bullet link-

https://www.tylertexasonline.com/ste...yler-texas.htm