The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

Right, it is very obscure, The Dybovskii Delfin, built at Riga (now Latvia, then still part of Russia) in 1913.

Something much easier..

 

[Moses03]

After the Delfin, anything is easier! Only found one vague reference to it.

That the Morane-Saulnier MS-700 1?

 

[lefty]

Spot-on with the French mistress as ever, Kevin - over to you.

The Boss and I are taking a 10-day sabbatical in that foreign country, England, where we hope to visit some castles, some gardens, some wildlife sanctuaries, and maybe the odd aviation museum. (Don't tell her.) Oh, and perhaps the odd pub may feature in the itinerary too........

See you soon..:ernae:

 

[Moses03]

Thanks Mike. Have fun.

Next up, a 4-engined airliner-

 

[lefty]

HeHe, I've struck gold - the White Bear, part of Theakstons brewery in Masham, Yorkshire. What a delight. State of the art small hotel, great food,Theakston's ale, and even WiFi !!!
(For those of you reared on Miller lavatory cleanser, Theakston Old Peculier is one of the truly great beer experiences - Whirlybird James will tell you)

I know what Moses'mystery is but I'm not going to tell. So there. Night night.(hic)

 

[Moses03]

This was the prototype for the last aircraft ever designed by this long standing company.

 

[Hurricane]

HeHe, I've struck gold - the White Bear, part of Theakstons brewery in Masham, Yorkshire. What a delight. State of the art small hotel, great food,Theakston's ale, and even WiFi !!!
(For those of you reared on Miller lavatory cleanser, Theakston Old Peculier is one of the truly great beer experiences - Whirlybird James will tell you)

I know what Moses'mystery is but I'm not going to tell. So there. Night night.(hic)

Couldn't agree more.

Mystery looks familiar but can't place it.

edit: some sort of herald prototype variant?

 

[Moses03]

Yup, this is the Handley Page HPR.3 Herald prototype with the original four piston engines.

James

 

[wout]

Could not resist to borrow my friend's PC
Handley Page HPR-3 Herald
If correct, OPEN HOUSE please

 

[Hurricane]

Found a nasty one here. But it was real and did fly (tethered) as can be seen in the photo. Un-tethered testing wasn't possible due to a small disagreement with gravity which killed the program.

 

[Moses03]

Wout, I had no doubt you knew that one. James was on the right track so I went ahead and awarded him the cold one.

 

[wout]

Moses 03, No sweat with the HPR-3. I used my friend's (modern) PC and honestly thought I had cracked this one. However, after I checked to see my reply went out, it suddenly showed the earlier posts including the one from James.
I am glad to go back to my steam driven PC with the mouse driven tred wheel backup. Its so much more reliable.
Lovely heli James !!

 

[Moses03]

No Biggie Wout. I just hope your or someone else knows this helo because I don't!

 

[Hurricane]

No guesses so I'll give a clue.

It was built by a famous glider manufacturer, although the designer went on to start his own company.

And since I'm feeling generous, I'll rule out Schweizer 300 for you:d.

 

[Hurricane]

All seems a bit quiet here.

I'll give some more clues and post something else tomorrow if theres still no guesses.

Its a pre-war german machine and was designed to test the effects of very long rotor blades. It had a rotor diameter of 100ft.

 

[Moses03]

We need more helo spotters I think!

 

[Hurricane]

The heli is the 'Gigant', designed by Anton Flettner and built by Grunau.

I've got some more nasty real aircraft but for now I'll give you one with sticky out wings.

 

[Moses03]

Maybe a Loening M-8?

I had a feeling Flettner was connected to the whirlybird. Just could not find any info on it.

 

[Hurricane]

for moses. :ernae:

 

[Moses03]

Any takers on this nice looking twin airliner?