red750 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Here's a little background to my mystery photo. One of the people involved in the design of this aircraft was Chauncey M. Vought.When he signed his first pilot's certificate, he used the first name Chance, hence the company Chance Vought which went on to build many military aircraft for the USAF. As for the plane, it flew a few times between August and November, 1911, at Cicero Park, Chicago. The involvement in this aircraft no doubt had some influence in the design of the Vought XF5U Flying Pancake, or flapjack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Nope, weird one. So some hints - of the cryptic kind 1. it is an ultralight 2. it's name and that of the follow on design are the names of birds ... the follow on used the wings from this one 3. it's designers name is what it is NOT constructed of 4. the engines were made by a company named for big pebbles and where you draw water So over to you ... and probably google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 No. 4 would have to be Rockwell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 No. 4 would have to be Rockwell. Yep. Rockwell JLO. So you know who built the engines ... now for the designer and the aeroplane itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeK Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Aerosport Rail? Follow-on is the Quail? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 So, I put Rockwell, Ultralight and Wood into Google and got this as number 3 hit .. Aerosport Rail - Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeK Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Yeah - kasper flipped the image to confuse us!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Yep. Flipped. Contrast adjusted and rego removed. Have to make it half challenging in the age of google. Well done. I like the idea of the rail - drifter esk with low wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 This one should be relatively easy - not a production aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 The nearest I can come up with is the MiG 1-42 MFI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 That's it, Peter. Sometimes referred to as the MiG-1.44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 This one shouldn't take long either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Rutan ski gull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Said it wouldn't take long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Ekranoplan. I think that's the class of aircraft, not sure if it's the name of this one. Sorry - found it. Bartini Beriev VVA-14 antisubmarine vertical take-off amphibious aircraft prototype. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Try this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 the pusher from brokeback mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Another photo reversed to fool us. Goodyear Inflatoplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeK Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Goodyear Inflatoplane! Damn - missed by that much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 The saggy fuse is the give-away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Decoy plane - used in wwii to mis identify airfields. Scene builders for the film industry at war Work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 OME, the image didn't show on my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Ekranoplan. I think that's the class of aircraft, not sure if it's the name of this one. Sorry - found it. Bartini Beriev VVA-14 antisubmarine vertical take-off amphibious aircraft prototype. Peter, you were right in the first instance as well. The VVA-14 was designed as a prototype VTOL anti- missile carrying submarine platform. It had two top mounted forward thrust engines (same family as the MiG-21 and Il-76) and twelve lifting turbojets. It also had inflatable floats. It never did achieve VTOL capability and was eventually abandoned as a project. The first prototype never had the lifting engines fitted and was eventually modified for use as a ground effect Ekranoplan designated VVA-14M1P. Photo below gives a good view of the inflatable floats (replaced by metal in the Ekranoplan). I think this hull at Monino museum might be the remains of the Ekranoplan version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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