Name that Flying Machine

[BEagle]

Svenska Falken?

Of which only 2 were built, both of which had conventional wheeled undercarriages, not floats!

[BEagle]

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.10:

[meleagertoo]

Picture I found had it labelled as an MF2! Grr, nothing like it in fact!

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

well the hangar back right has "DO NOT A...." - probably Do Not attempt to land here"?

So English speaking country?

"Do Not Anchor."
Yes, American.
US Navy.

[Asturias56]

Hmm - cam, across a picture of something that looked very similar but had a large central float and 2 big outriggers.................... maybe by Vought?

[Noyade]

Not Vought.
Not a particularly well known American aircraft manufacturer - they were eventually absorbed by Keystone.
Power was a Lawrance J-1.
There was also a wheeled version...

[BEagle]

Huff-Daland HN2?

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by BEagle

Huff-Daland HN2?

Spot on BEagle.
Over to you!

[BEagle]

Thanks - that took a lot of delving!
Next one:

[sycamore]

Looks a bit `Rutan-ish`...?

[BEagle]

There's a reason for that!

[ea200]

From the wingtip and cowling I would have to go for the Pond Racer.

[India Four Two]

ea200 beat me to it, while I was downloading a photo!

[BEagle]

ea200, correct! It is indeed the Pond Racer which sadly crashed at Reno in Sep 1993, killing pilot Rick Brickert.

Quite some aircraft - max speed 348KIAS with a touchdown speed of 140KIAS!

Over to you, ea200!

[ea200]

Thanks BEagle and thanks sycamore for pointing me in the right direction.

Now this:

[Asturias56]

hmmm - first thought was some variety of Auster but I have a sneaking feeling this is some sort of gyrocopter/helicopter..................

[BEagle]

An aircraft with little wings....??

[ea200]

Not a gyrocopter or helicopter and it doesn't have little wings.

[longer ron]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

hmmm - first thought was some variety of Auster but I have a sneaking feeling this is some sort of gyrocopter/helicopter..................

Almost definitely an Auster or perhaps a Beagle/Auster (if you know what I mean) but which particular Mark/Type of Auster I would not like to even try

[ea200]

Originally Posted by longer ron

Almost definitely an Auster or perhaps a Beagle/Auster (if you know what I mean) but which particular Mark/Type of Auster I would not like to even try

I know exactly what you mean . There is a clue in the picture. When I used to fly one of these we didn't call it by its' proper name, we used a play on words.