WW2 aircraft

So sorry honorable ladies and gentlemen, but I think that we do have certain problems with our Forum “engine”: for some unknown reasons the only possibility for creation of a usable reply is a “quick reply” method. Otherwise,“reply” panel is absolutely not visible!

Dang.

Aaaaaargh!

Okay try this then, it is a direct link to the image.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/kiwimac/34gshg4.jpg

It is a Piaggio P/133 (just a project never built)
carson1934

In furtherance to my previous post #426 I wish to point out that construction on P.133 started and was interrupted on armistice day (9th sept.1943). This semi-finished structure was housed in a subterranean cave to shield it from air raids and subsequently demolished.
carson1934

You are indeed correct.

Good evening honourable gentlemen,
This is my next challenge of a little known sport aircraft…Let the best win!
carson1934;):wink:

poir.jpg

Well, it seems to me that at least 4 different airplanes are fully apllicable as a solution for this mystery, but we have to start with something.

Therefore, here is my first offer, honorable Mr. Carson: Howard DGA – 6.

Honourable Mr. Librarian,
I know it isn’t easy, sorry it isn’t the Howard DGA-6 but I’ll give you a clue: manufactured in USA and it was and remained a prototype…
Per aspera ad astra (do you have any recollections of latin?
carson1934

Oh, in that case I think that I have a correct answer – Wendt W 1-400. Please, just follow the link:

http://aerofiles.com/wendt.jpg

As you know – Memoria minuitur, nisi eam exerceas!

And now, honorable ladies and gentlemen, you will excuse me for a moment. I have to check certain things in my Rarity Cabinet… :slight_smile:

I bow with humility at your feet and confirm that it is the Wendt W-1/400
We are all waiting with great expectations the paraphernalia of your rarity cabinet
carson1934

Ah well, I had found the right answer the lazy man’s way (By searching the registration NX16920 in the databases) but Mr Librarian beat me to it. In any case, we expect some really nice and obscure projects.

This is carson again Librarian so sorry to bother you but maybe you could help me out.
I’m trying hard to find some information on an italian aircraft LAR GR-2 of 1959 registered I-BICI but I’m knocking my head against a wall. The only picture I found of it was on Aviastar but no text available.
Thanks in advance for your help
carson1934
“UBI MAJOR MINOR CESSAT”:confused::confused::confused:

Sorry Librarian, you can see that I’m an old forgetful man I overlooked to attach picture of the infamous LAR GR-2 to my previous post
carson1934
“IAM NOVA PROGENIES COELO DEMITTITUR ALTO”

lar_gr-2.jpg

Thank you very much for your impressive address, my dear Mr. Carson. Your splendid personal renommée, as well as you notorious devotion toward flying machines brings forth a generous harvest of good fortune for all of us here! :smiley:

For all the good you did for numerous airplane devotees worldwide, I wish you many happy returns and many prosperous posts and friendships, filled with all the best that life can hold! :slight_smile:

In the meantime, I am doing my best to find some usable information about that LAR machine. As we all know – Amici officio et fide pariuntur! :wink:

And now, honorable ladies and gentlemen – here is our brand new mystery-flyer:

Although not directly used by armed forces, this truly unique machine, which was built in a single example, actually represented a high-end construction of a very successful series of racing, touring, liaison and training airplanes of the thirties, otherwise truly genuine and celebrated stars of major aviation events in pre-war Europe.

This truly pioneering design, however, introduced an almost completely forgotten technical solution for augmentation of aircraft maneuverability, which surely deserves higher attention even today.

I’ll do some investigation…but just of out sheer luck, could it be a forgotten Couzinet?
carson1934
Audentes fortuna juvat (Virgil, Eneis, X, 284)

Alas, no my dear Mr. Carson. Our mysterious airplane is connected with another almost completely forgotten personality, whose invention – basically –is representing some sort of a highly efficient air brake. :slight_smile:

However, I completely do understand your stance - Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem. :wink:

Dear Librarian
after an extended, intense and useless search of your mystery plane I think I will rest my tired limbs and sore eyes and will pass on the torch to our young and impetuous team of forum members anxious to engage the monster…
[b]Oleum et operam perdidi/b
carson1934:confused::confused::confused:

Dear Librarian
four days have gone by and no reaction or taker to your post #438 concerning the mystery aircraft.
Maybe further clues might help in breaking a well kept secret, otherwise I presume following quotation would be suitable:
exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor!(Virgilio, Eneide, IV, 625)
carson1934