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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

It's because I'm on home territory, Carlo!
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It's too late for the next one tonight, so I hope that you'll indulge me by waiting until tomorrow.
 
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth …..

In light of the foregoing, I was tempted to photoshop flying surfaces onto the picture of the roadgoing motor vehicle that I saw near Châtellerault recently (apologies for the photo quality)



But instead I decided to offer the following (which doesn't seem hitherto to have put in an appearance here)



And you'll note that, out of consideration, I've left a clue in the picture!
 
Yes, you're correct, giruXX, but I'd be interested to know how you arrived at your conclusion as I know of only one published source of this - or any other - photograph of Georges Abrial's first (and, perhaps, only) powered aircraft.
 
Source: L'Aviation Légère en France 1920-1942 by Roger Gaborieau

If you happen to travel via MUC you may find this Burger Bird:

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But let’s see who gets this floater:

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I'm glad that I'm not the only one to have bought Roger's book, giruXX. It's sad that other than the major manufacturer monographs, there's so little written on French light aircraft of the inter-war years. It's a fascinating subject but, sadly, so much of the material that could have documented this period presumably was lost during the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944.
 
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