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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Some nice little plane and a less slick face of the C6bis Cukurs with his 280cv hispano-suiza 6 cyl eng
 
Good show Lefty.

The mysteries are really going off the beaten path of late. Since the Avro it has been; Equator, Citroen, Mulot, Cukurs and now a Guerchais Roche! Sounds like we are touring the wine country instead of spotting aircraft.:icon_lol:
 
I agree with Moses, although Guerchais Roche sounds more to me like something my good lady might dab behind her ears prior to a party !

This has a much more prosaic name and should present no difficulty to all you 30's freaks....
 
Looks like the Astoux-Vedrines Triplan. Variable incidence wing. Interesting for 1916.

Feeling pretty confident so I will move along here with a new one-
 
Hmmm, looks like one of those American 'one-offs' again..... Something about it looks a bit more modern than it at first appears - the tyres, for instance. This could be a creature of the sixties....
 
Not a one-off. Actually, while the tires are modern, the aircraft is not!

Here is a shot of her in action-
 
A bit snookered here - it looks like basically a Fairchild/Pilgrim 100, but re-engined, and the window configuration is wrong.
 
I think you nailed it Lefty - Looks like the A model to me, but as you said, possibly re-engined with a 600HP P&W R-1340 instead of the original P&W Hornet.
 
A dark ale for Lefty.:guinness:

This is listed as a Pilgrim 100B "NC709Y" but it's lineage is a little confusing. Built in 1931 and was still doing bush work in Alaska into the 1990's I think. It is now being restored for a museum display.
 
Thanks. One of the benefits of being home sick is plenty of archive time.

I will see your twin and raise you 14 (Edit) wing struts...
 
Have a feeling Moses has hit us with another Balkan Bomber here -the murky photo and clumsy design tend to indicate that - mind you, I've been wrong before.............

Almost looks like one of those wooden decoy jobs.
 
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