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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

By Jove, 'tis a Heinkel 20 ! (Not, according to my sources, a trainer...)


'Infamous bomber' ? Surely not the dear old 111 ? Or the not-so-dear 177 ?
 
Your sources might be more accurate. Maybe a trainer/observation plane? But indeed the Heinkel H.D.20.:icon29: And yes on the He 177!

Fire at will-
 
I have the He20 as a reconnaissance & surveying machine - floor-mounted cameras etc.

Here's a familiar-looking transport. Or is it ?
 
No, Ferry. Don't know much about the LET-400, but the LET-410 has a very circular fuselage, and this one is definitely square ! Not A Czech production.
 
On second thought I think the cockpit area does not match with the Short.
My final bid: "Something" from Harbin Aircraft , PRC
 
Right, if Wout and Moses are out of ideas, I think we'll move on. Wout was getting close...

This is (wait for it) the Nanchang Jing Gang Shan-4 ! (same designer as the Ring Ting Dingaling, you all cry....) It never got past prototype stage in 1970.

Now, for all you floater lovers , one ahead of its time..
 
Kirkham Air Yacht it is, although The Jane's of the period refers to it as the 'Air Boat' . Quite a snazzy number for 1925, don't you think ?
 
For 1925, agreed that it looked ahead of it's time. Found some info in the Flight archives.

Here is one that is armed and dangerous.....well maybe not that dangerous...
 
<thinking out loud> Has some "Russian-ness" about it, except for those wheel pants. Then there's the external longitudinal reinforcements reminiscent of a Bloch design. Call me stumped as usual. I'm guessing it was built somewhere around '29 - '32.
 
Don't think it is Russian, or Japanese. Quality of photo and general appearance make me think it is probably an American one-off.
 
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