The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Moses03]

This is the AirUtility AU18. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Open board.

[Dev One]

I was going a British route in the Portsmouth Aerocar.......another dead end
Keith

[pomme homme]

To break this prolonged period of inertia, may I offer the following

[pomme homme]

Hmmm, my suspicions about the future of this thread are starting to be confirmed .....

Yesterday's mystery is not very old, being a one-off, homebuilt single seater powered by a VW 1200 engine developing 30 hp. It has one feature that puts it closer to aeroplanes built some sixty years earlier than it.

[giruXX]

That makes me bite:
Dupau MD.12, F-PZWJ

[pomme homme]

Indeed it is, Uli (although its registration mark was F-PZMJ). Otherwise known as the 'Papy-ion'. Was this due to its folding wings? Over to Germany.

[giruXX]

let me offer a floater which I couldn't find yet in this thread

[Moses03]

Curtiss Crane or Model 20.

http://www.aerofiles.com/curt-crane.jpg

[giruXX]

That's bird, Kevin

[Moses03]

Thanks Uli.

Sorry for the delay, here is a largish twin.

http://

[1150]

Hi All,

Could it be the North American XB-28 Dragon Experimental Bomber.

I watch this site always and I think I've finally found one I can identify!!!

Regards,
1150

[Moses03]

Well spotted 1150. And welcome.

Over to you.

[1150]

Hi All ,

I not good enough at this !!! Yet.

So I declare open house , I'll rear my ugly head from time to time.

Thanks .

Regards,
1150

[musterpilot]

A bit grainy but here goes

[cthornburg]

Nice to see new blood as old blood seems to be in hiding. One thing even though I recognized the aircraft since it's not your usual crop-duster. You left the name of the aircraft on the picture.

CAC Ceres

Chris

[musterpilot]

Sorry mate yes it is the Ceres CA-28 21 of them built between 1959-1963 in Australia that one there VH-CEP was the first aircraft I ever flew in as a kid the photo is taken at our home airstrip in the Southwest of Western Australia

[cthornburg]

Staying with the crop-duster theme.

Chris

[giruXX]

I am pretty sure that Wout has shown us this here before!

[cthornburg]

Your right Mven Kazan 500. Open House then.

Should have used this floater version.

Chris

[srgalahad]

But they got such a simple thing wrong!
Red to port, green to starboard...

[cthornburg]

better looking copilots than i'm used too.
I guess this was designed to go after seaweed

Chris

[srgalahad]

Well, we need SOMETHING posted to fill the 'dead air'. So,

[pomme homme]

Grinvalds G.802 Orion.

[srgalahad]

Vraiment!

F. WZLX
The caption I had was the G.832 but that may have been simply digititis corruptus
Looks rather tidy even if the prop seems a bit delicate.

[Dev One]

I hope the pilot doesn't over rotate, might grind a bit off the blades, or else put a lower fin to bounce off the ground!
Keith