What Cockpit? MK VI
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Hi Mel,
I was suckered-in by what looked like it could be a collective lever!! Is it a handbrake??
Not really a cockpit sleuth, so going for a wild stab based on the tiny bit of windscreen visible, is it a Peyret-Mauboussin PM XI ??
If not, is that shot in the right category and how many built
Not deluged with interest in my two challenges, so off to do some work!!
I was suckered-in by what looked like it could be a collective lever!! Is it a handbrake??
Not really a cockpit sleuth, so going for a wild stab based on the tiny bit of windscreen visible, is it a Peyret-Mauboussin PM XI ??
If not, is that shot in the right category and how many built
Not deluged with interest in my two challenges, so off to do some work!!
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Hi Trevor
Not the Peyret-Mauboussin PM XI, the aircraft was certainly a single engined aircraft. It has been described by one review "as a very unorthodox conception". Only one aircraft was built. The item to the right is described as a card-holder possibly a map board.
Not the Peyret-Mauboussin PM XI, the aircraft was certainly a single engined aircraft. It has been described by one review "as a very unorthodox conception". Only one aircraft was built. The item to the right is described as a card-holder possibly a map board.
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Hi Mel,
I realised after I'd logged off and found a better photo, that the bottom of the MP.XI was curved, unlike the tops and so didn't match at all
However, following your clue, I have found a better windscreen match in the shape of the quite unorthodox Caudron P.V.200 amphibian, I guess the mystery lever maybe lowers the wheels??
I realised after I'd logged off and found a better photo, that the bottom of the MP.XI was curved, unlike the tops and so didn't match at all
However, following your clue, I have found a better windscreen match in the shape of the quite unorthodox Caudron P.V.200 amphibian, I guess the mystery lever maybe lowers the wheels??
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You have it Trevor the unorthodox Caudron P.V.200 amphibian
Not sure what the lever my source was all in french and my Schollboy French is not that could. Here is the undercarriage retraction mechanism no reference to the lever. Flaps perhaps?
You have control.
Not sure what the lever my source was all in french and my Schollboy French is not that could. Here is the undercarriage retraction mechanism no reference to the lever. Flaps perhaps?
You have control.
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Thanks Mel,
That was good challenge and one not appearing in Aviafrance which always makes finding French aircraft a little harder
I think you're right about the lever, maybe flaps, or a a simple lock for the U/C mechanism.
Surprised to find this one absent from your list, it should be an easy one!
That was good challenge and one not appearing in Aviafrance which always makes finding French aircraft a little harder
I think you're right about the lever, maybe flaps, or a a simple lock for the U/C mechanism.
Surprised to find this one absent from your list, it should be an easy one!
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The Westland Wessex (without the rotors).....?
I did contemplate that but couldn't find one and Mel's latest, but that's appeared before, this one hadn't surprisingly enough. I'm off to bed now, cheers mate
so a clue is in order; it's from the mid thirties and as already stated it's British.
