Silhouette challenge

[Lightning Mate]

It most certainly is Ken - well done.

Your serve.

[Lightning Mate]

Nice to see Noyade playing again - I missed the banter!

Watch the copyright on your images Ken.....

[skytrain10]

Thanks LM....really struggled with that one...it was the shape of the floats that I was having difficulty with! Had to draw a design myself....which amazingly worked!

Stand by

[skytrain10]

Here we go:

[Lightning Mate]

Omeegawd.....

[Lightning Mate]

Looking closely at that engine.

Is the challenge an R.W.D. ?

[skytrain10]

Not an RWD David.

[Ridge Runner]

Is it the Rocheville Arctic Tern?

And we mock the French! Wow....

Not an RWD David.

I'd say it looks Dutch. Ken?

[skytrain10]

Not Dutch Martin.

[Lightning Mate]

OK then, is that engine a Salmson?

[skytrain10]

is that engine a Salmson?

Not a Salmson

[SincoTC]

Evening all,

As I suspected, no time for coffee this afternoon and not much this evening afore I have to go.

I'll start off by continuing the what's the engine theme, it looks a bit like an Anzani six to me, 45 or 60hp, is that anywhere near the mark Ken ??

Thanks for all the back=handed complements folks; on reading some of the phrases, maybe that should be some kind of stigmata (STIG Martin)!!

[skytrain10]

Hi Sinco

it looks a bit like an Anzani six to me, 45 or 60hp

Well spotted, it is an Anzani 6 cylinder engine, but with a bit more power...70hp.

[SincoTC]

Thanks for the engine details, I said 45 or 60hp because I thought they were the only variants on the six-cylinder. Initial search hasn't yielded much so far, so press on for a while.

The wing looks pretty thick inboard of the ailerons and then tapering to the tips! 1920's ?

[skytrain10]

Right era Sinco

[Lightning Mate]

Good evening Ken.

I have been thinking that this aeroplane was designed for speed.

However, that high thickness/chord ratio wing would preclude that.

Nobody has asked the rather obvious question - was it French?

[Lightning Mate]

Wotcha doin' TC?

I'm doin' the square root of the proverbial....

Aleksander say zees trainsky perrson in sheet.

[skytrain10]

was it French?

Not French LM

And not designed for speed.

First clue:
- although the manufacturer of this aircraft is not particularly well known, the aircraft's designer is, and he went on to set up a well known aircraft company which took his name.

[Lightning Mate]

......trainsky perrson still in sheet.

We (Sergie and me) think he not from our new land.

[SincoTC]

Wotcha doin' TC?

Much the same I'm afraid LM, using my "past trends" logic I've a suspicion that it may be Belgian. Drawn a blank on AviaFrance except those without pictures, same with Fright Archive and its pathetic search engine