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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

Okay, I have an inkling what this might be but won't be able to check until about nine hours from now after I'm home.:onthego: (Unless someone beats me to it!)
 
Your pic is awful but she looks a bit like the Mitsubishi Ki-157...but I'm not convinced I'll keep on trying....
Cheers
BG (Carlo)
 
No, Carlo, she's a girl from the sunny USA - just found it, but in deference to Moses whom I 'gazumped' last time, I'll leave it to him !
 
Apart from the tail this plane has a striking similarity to a bird at aerofiles, but since I'm new here should I wait for Moses' answer or may I post my guess?
 
Thanks, so my guess goes to the Edwards XMBM-1.

The known photos show a twin fin, but the text at aerofiles says there must also have been a single fin version.
 
I would say, FF, that is a Nakajima-Fokker Super Universal. I wonder what's in the crates ? Silkworms ?
 
Could you please be a bit more specific?
The name Fokker doesn't appear in the designation.

I will tell you the contents of the boxes when the mystery is solved. :bee:
 
I must apologize, but having checked my books I found that the answer I was hoping for is wrong.

The correct designation for the type is indeed Nakajima-Fokker Super Universal and not Nakajima Ki-6 which I wanted to read. The latter designation relates only to military aircraft and this one is obviously civil.

So lefty's answer is perfectly correct :icon29:

I hope I didn't cause too much confusion. :banghead:

The text on the back of the photo is as follows:

Fire-flies that were brought to the capital by an airplane

In order to gladden the eyes of H.I.H. the Crown Prince, the children of farming villages in Kyushu district gathered nearly 20.000 fire-flies which were brought to the capital on May 31.
Our photo shows the fire-flies that were brought to the capital by a plane.
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Over to lefty
 
Thanks FF - the Ki-6 was a bit different anyway - 3-blade prop and fat tyres....

Here's a floater (amphibian) which may have been here before, but I can't find it - nice and grainy -
 

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lefty said:
Thanks FF - the Ki-6 was a bit different anyway - 3-blade prop and fat tyres....

Here's a floater (amphibian) which may have been here before, but I can't find it - nice and grainy -
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Hi Lefty!
This is the Lioré&Olivier LeO H23!
Cheers
BG (Carlo)
 
Thanks Lefty!
Here's my today's mystery and sorry for the delay boys and girls.....
Cheers
BG (Carlo)
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I thought it were solved :banghead:


The right answer should be "The first Bulgarian Tourer B-BECA at Filton in April 1924"

Cheers gX
 
giruXX said:
I thought it were solved :banghead:


The right answer should be "The first Bulgarian Tourer B-BECA at Filton in April 1924"

Cheers gX
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That's right Giru. it is one of the four Bristol Type 88 delivered in 1924 to the bulgarian Post Office and named "Bulgarian Tourer". The engine was a Wolseley Viper.
Your turn
BG (Carlo)
 
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