Name that Flying Machine

[Russell Gulch]

Noyade has it the Pereira X-28 Osprey, and it is indeed at the Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas.

I guess its back to Asturias56.

Russ

[Asturias56]

If Noyade agrees we can go back to the challenge #4202

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

If Noyade agrees we can go back to the challenge #4202

By all means.

[Asturias56]

Thank you sir - you are a gentleman!

To recap - this is British, not A V Roe - came to a sticky end

[Asturias56]

[sycamore]

Is the engine an Anzani 10 cyl,double row,or sump`n else...?

[Asturias56]

It is indeed an Anzani 10 cylinder engine - but the detailed tech spec I know not wot of

[sycamore]

Sopwith `Glasshopper`...?

[Asturias56]

No not Sopwith either......... I must admit it was a new one to me

Not in several "standard" refernce books I have - tho I'm sure Noyade has all the drawings on file

[thnarg]

I discovered “London and Provincial” built some trainers using Anzanis. Hadn’t heard of them til now, but any closer?

[Asturias56]

God! There's another I've never heard of!!

Everyman and his dog must have been cranking out aircraft in WW1. It's not London & Provincial but a similar operation.

This one was a different (even a very different) take on a well established formula

[Asturias56]

there's a clue if you look closely at the pictures...................

[thnarg]

Is that an engine at the front but a pusher prop?

[Asturias56]

Could be... could be... its very strange...............................

[thnarg]

Ah I found it, but shall let others have fun and claim the glory!

Amazing machine, although perhaps a schoolboy error, eh Asturias?

[Asturias56]

Please claim the Glory!

It really is an odd one - but no doubt it seemed like a good idea at the time......................................

[thnarg]

Well OK. It would have interesting when that chain failed!

[Asturias56]

I'll twiddle my thumbs for a few hours -

as you say interesting - I once worked in a factory as a Student where they had some very long chain saws - maybe 15m long. The operator sat in an armoured glass cabin at one end. There was a bloody great dent in the wall above it where the chain had arrived one day at speed when it broke. And a great brown stain under the cab..................

[thnarg]

Ouch, although I would have liked to have worked in a Mr Kipling bakery too.

Well I managed to screenshot, edit and paste that wikipedia page earlier but now it just freezes when I try one of my photos, so either Asturias stops thumb-twiddling and does another one, or open house.

[Asturias56]

Sorry - the rules are I have to wait 24 hours to confirm if you are right or wrong . Older posters will know I was banned (on a Christmas Day!) for breaking that rule by 4 hours.

And it was 2 months before i got my privileges back.

The rule (which really needs changing) was to stop people posting rapid challenge after challenge and allow those not in the W European time zone a chance. One guy was posting continuously effectively so we all suffered as a consequence.

Personally I think it would work if only one post per person a day was allowed and once someone got it right we could move on immediately - but the Mods have decreed something else and I'm not risking another ban. here's another picture