Name that Flying Machine

[oxenos]

Vickers Viking

[Thrust Augmentation]

Done in 6 mins - not bad & over to you.

[oxenos]

First flight I ever went on was on a Viking. Nothing to hand so open house.

[Thrust Augmentation]

Originally Posted by oxenos

First flight I ever went on was on a Viking

Mine in a Viscount - "pleasure flight" at an airshow on my Jack Jones at 10 Y/O.

[oxenos]

First flight I ever went on was on a Viking.

1954, at the age of 11, Bovingdon - Malta, when my father was appointed to Malta in the Royal Navy.
10 years later, as a brand new Pilot Officer I was flying its descendant, the Varsity, at Advanced Flying School

[Momoe]

Try this

Came across this, not sure if it's been entered before

[Asturias56]

Not very big - maybe even smaller than a Sopwith Pup? Looks like a big engine for such a small airframe . French?

[Momoe]

Very good Asturias, French engine Gnome-Rhone 200hp

[Asturias56]

Always read the answers carefully as in "French engine Gnome-Rhone 200hp" but not apparently French

Doesn't look British & not in my books but it has three striped fin flash with white or a light colour in the centre - so not Belgium, don't think it's France as you'd dodged the question, could be US Army Air Service or Italy.

Probably Italy - maybe only a few built?

[Self loading bear]

Probably gnome delta-delta

[Asturias56]

Got it!! Good job the nights are dark and the weather foul - gives an excuse to stay in and scour the Web. "Italy biplane fighter 200 hp Le Rhone" worked

It's an Adamoli-Cattani built in 2016 but the engine never gave the rated power - pity.

Adamoli-Cattani biplane

[Momoe]

Well done! You have the chair, shame because it's an attractive looking aircraft and if they had got the engine installation right it might have been a contender.

[Asturias56]

Yes tho what the handling would have been like with such a short fuselage and such a big engine.......................

here's another - it did fly - honest............

[Self loading bear]

Good that they left the cylinder head cowlings off!
Those are dead ugly when fitted.

[Asturias56]

Yeah - totally unnecessary the mechanic told me.............

[treadigraph]

Ah, I think I recall that - Czech homebuilt? Presume it turned turtle somewhere?

[Quemerford]

Brouchek W-01 - T-tailed and present at the (1984?) PFA Rally. I'm sure I went that year but don't recall seeing it. Maybe it was a later year?

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by Self loading bear

Good that they left the cylinder head cowlings off!
Those are dead ugly when fitted.

I was thinking about the Salvay-Stark Skyhopper.
But proven terribly wrong!

coat,
hat,

exit

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

Brouchek W-01 - T-tailed and present at the (1984?) PFA Rally. I'm sure I went that year but don't recall seeing it. Maybe it was a later year?

That's the one - I think it was at the first PFA I went to which was '83.

[Asturias56]

Yes Quemerford has nailed it - a rather nice little job - now in a museum ................