Guess This Aircraft ?

[Carbon Canary]

Yep ! Well done Onetrack.

This one was going through its final airworthy checks last month at Lachen-Speyerdorf airfield.

CC

 

[facthunter]

The undercarriage is identical to those on the Fisher Range. Made in OHIO.  Nev

[red750]

OT is right, Platzer Kiebitz. Here is a photo of the same aircraft in flight. I was fooled by the cowling, but the undercarriage is the key. Bucker undercarriage is under the wing.

 

[red750]

What aircraft is both a monoplane and a biplane?

[facthunter]

I give up. Have to be German. Nein?  Nev Von Guessing.  

[FlyBoy1960]

16 minutes ago, red750 said:

What aircraft is both a monoplane and a biplane?

A biplane that flies a little close to the underneath of a bridge ?

[Carbon Canary]

 

This one is for Flyboy, because he came close last time.

[facthunter]

It's written on the side.  Nev

[Carbon Canary]

Where’s Flyboy ? He thought the Platzer was a Jungmann.

 

Similar, but different. And on this occasion, located around 20 mins flying time apart down the Rhein.

[440032]

D-EZB.

de Easy Bee, a derivative of de not-so-easy-bee.

[onetrack]

Actually, it's D-EZBF - so it must be, de e-zee baby fokker.

[red750]

The monoplane/biplane is a Hillson FH40 Slipwing Hawker Hurricane. A Hurricane with a second wing which can be discarded after take-off. Designed to shorten the take-off for a quick scramble launch, then discard the top wing for speed for the pursuit and fight.

 

 

[Marty_d]

That seems a little wasteful, besides the risk of taking your tail off, I can't imagine many of the discarded wings tumbling down were able to be reused!

 

[red750]

The upper wing appears to set higher than the tail, and providing lift with little weight, it would rise up clear of the tail after release.  The weight of the struts would prevent it flipping long enough to clear the tail.

[onetrack]

Marty, the top wing was possibly made from a disposable cheap material, such as plywood.

[Flightrite]

Now that’s one way to ugly up a great looking plane!😂During a scramble I can see the airfield littered with splintered plywood, making A/C still taking off dodging the rubbish😂

[Carbon Canary]

[red750]

CC, did you not check out the Aircraft directory on this website?

 

The PZL M-15 Belphegor is covered  in a profile.
 

[old man emu]

On 17/10/2020 at 11:37 AM, onetrack said:

Stipa-Caproni it is!

 

[derekliston]

4 hours ago, Carbon Canary said:

Designd by the same guy who did the Transavia Airtruck!!! (Kidding!)

[kasper]

57 minutes ago, derekliston said:

Designd by the same guy who did the Transavia Airtruck!!! (Kidding!)

BUT if they had not be directed to design around a jet engine (not suited to role) but instead allowed to use a turboprop this may have been a replacement for the AN-2  ... even though the AN-2 is now getting a turboprop.

[Student Pilot]

On 21/11/2022 at 12:55 PM, derekliston said:

Designd by the same guy who did the Transavia Airtruck!!! (Kidding!)

Belphor or summit like that. A 70' span biplane pure jet, what a brilliant idea! The 2 hoppers might give some problems with emptying on solids giving a few asymmetric problems. They were that confident in the design that two seats were incorporated behind the pilot for an engineer an a joyrider 😁

[Marty_d]

11 hours ago, old man emu said:

 

Looks like a Tiger Moth stuck in a drainpipe!

[facthunter]

Bit of a hollow promise.  Nev

[red750]