red750 Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 OK. The aircraft is an Aurore MB-04 Souris Bulle. Wiki page: Souris Bulle (English - Bubble Mouse) Do I keep going? Interest seems to be waning.
spacesailor Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 keep going ! I can't recognize any of them, but its really interesting. spacesailor
derekliston Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 OK. The aircraft is an Aurore MB-04 Souris Bulle. Wiki page: Souris Bulle (English - Bubble Mouse)Do I keep going? Interest seems to be waning. Keep going. Haven’t been able to find any in my reference books lately, but still like looking.
red750 Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 OK. Here's the next one. Note. Disregard the pipe below the fuselage. That appears to be unique to this particular aircraft. Not shown in photos of other examples.
pmccarthy Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 I follow with interest even though I can’t find most of them.
kasper Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 OK. Here's the next one. Note. Disregard the pipe below the fuselage. That appears to be unique to this particular aircraft. Not shown in photos of other examples. [ATTACH=full]62251[/ATTACH] My vote - “generic plastic four seat with training wheel up front” Full model designation probably includes “with blue stripe”
red750 Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 No doubt about you T88, right on the mark again. Interesting side note: This particular aircraft, N234VV was seriously damaged when it crashed into trees after an engine failure caused by fuel starvation. No fatalities.
Head in the clouds Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 It has a lot of Volmer about it but most of his had the pilot seated forward of the wing. There was an early Lake design with similarities but not the same as far as I can see. Most of all it's typical of the Grummans but smaller than any production model I know of, it's like a single engined small version of the Widgeon or Goose. You do come up with some obscure ones Peter.
red750 Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 Close enough Dave. This one is actually built in New Zealand by Alpha Aviation, the Alpha R2160. They bought the Robin engineering jigs and equipment in 2004. I knew it wouldn't take long, being built in NZ.
red750 Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 No, try again. I take that back. I got the image from airport-data.com which listed it as an Asso Aerie Champion IV. Googling that name only came up with a couple of more photos, but no aircraft details. A search of Asso Aerei aircraft came up with details of a number of models designed by this company, and there I found the following relating to the Champion IV. "2-seat side-by-side, fixed or retractable gear (1995). Built by Alpi Aviation with composite skin panels as the Pioneer 300. " So my apologies.
Bruce Tuncks Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 Red, how are the rego letters etc taken out from these pics?
red750 Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 I could say it's a trade secret, but I use a photo editing software (like Photoshop, only a free download), and use the clone stamp. ie. I clone a section of the adjacent similar colour over the rego, logos or other identifying marks, then use the blur tool to smooth out the finish. They're the same tools I use to repair photographs, like this example. 3
Bruce Tuncks Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 Thats real professional red. There is a shop in Adelaide advertises that service for photos. I think its quite expensive.
red750 Posted October 27, 2018 Posted October 27, 2018 Yes Bruce, there is a website quoting $140 - $220 for restoration similar to the above. It depends on how badly damaged, and how much is missing, as to whether it can be restored. Obviously if key information like facial features are missing, recovery is not possible. Silverfish destroy a lot of photos.
red750 Posted October 28, 2018 Posted October 28, 2018 I know this is a bit of thread drift from the guessing competition, but I thought you might find it interesting. Often when you go to a display, there are safety barriers etc which impinge on your ability to get a good photo, no matter how you try and avoid them. Here is a typical photo at Avalon a few years ago (photo 1). It is a bit fiddly and takes around half an hour or so but the second image shows how you can clone out the unwanted object, and if you did not know, you would never guess there had been a fence there. You have to remember to clone out the shadow of the fence as well. Click to enlarge. Now back to the guessing game.
Thruster88 Posted October 28, 2018 Posted October 28, 2018 Nice job with the photo Red, that's a very beautiful 67 year old, hope she makes it to 100.
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