Name that Flying Machine

[dook]

You had me thinking twice about the answer when you said wait.

[fauteuil volant]

Bourgois-Sénemaud AT40 of 1929

[dook]

Good shooting fauteuil volant - the Bourgois-Sénemaud AT40 it is.

Your stage.

[fauteuil volant]

Thank you, dook. Here's a bit of an oddity.

[dook]

There are lots of aircraft there - which one ?

[MReyn24050]

Originally Posted by dook

There are lots of aircraft there - which one ?

As you say dook, too much information. However the aircraft in question I guess is the one with the elongated fin, which has been used on another aviation quiz website. No not AQ.

[sablatnic]

Originally Posted by dook

There are lots of aircraft there - which one ?

The one with the elevator on top of the fin - and I can't remember its name!

[fauteuil volant]

I apologise for, unintentionally, providing an album of images rather than the individual image intended. I've now edited my post by uploading that image directly to this site rather than using a photo hosting site. I have to assume that the manner in which I've posted individual images on other sites, using a photo hosting site, doesn't work on this site (or, if it does, I haven't worked out how it's done). Anyhow, if what I've posted doesn't permit an identification, let me know and I'll post more of it.

[dook]

"The one with the elevator on top of the fin"

I would like to know how that works. It looks more like a split airbrake.

edit: is this aircraft French.

[fauteuil volant]

It's hard to tell you how it works without telling you what it is - and I'm not brave enough to flout the 24 hour rule!

[dook]

Sorry - that was aimed at sablatnic not you.

Would you please check my edit above ^^^^

[fauteuil volant]

The answer to your question, dook, is yes.

[dook]

Merci Monsieur.

In over 20 years of teaching aerodynamics I have never seen anything like that.

Was it a glider ?

[dook]

To me it looks like a split/clamshell airbrake but I can find nothing on the web.

[fauteuil volant]

Was it a glider ?

No, dook, it was powered a 38 hp flat twin.

[dook]

Possibly an ultralight ?

[fauteuil volant]

I suspect that it would be if it was flying today - although I haven't found a reference to its auw - but the concept was barely recognised during its short existence, which terminated during the last war.

[dook]

dook is entering the hold.

[dook]

Leaving the hold.

BOUFFORT-LANTRES Monoplane

[fauteuil volant]

Ah, but there was more than one of them! Thus a little more precision, please, as to the type designation of that in the image posted.