Name that Flying Machine
Doesn't look terribly Romanian - they generally have more style -, Yugoslavia wasn't inthe Pact IIRC - so maybe Czecho-slovak?
'tis the Beneš-Mrįz Be-60 Bestiola - you're right Mreyn seems to have known what it was!!
The Beneš-Mrįz Be-60 Bestiola was a Czechoslovakian light aircraft produced in the 1930s. The highwing monoplane had two side-by-side seats in an enclosed cabin, braced wings, and a fixed undercarriage. It was first flown in 1935, undergoing testing quickly. Twenty of these aircraft were then sent out to Czechoslovakian flying clubs from April to November 1936.
Beneš-Mrįz Be-60 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile June 1936General characteristics
The Beneš-Mrįz Be-60 Bestiola was a Czechoslovakian light aircraft produced in the 1930s. The highwing monoplane had two side-by-side seats in an enclosed cabin, braced wings, and a fixed undercarriage. It was first flown in 1935, undergoing testing quickly. Twenty of these aircraft were then sent out to Czechoslovakian flying clubs from April to November 1936.
Specifications[edit]
Beneš-Mrįz Be-60 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile June 1936General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 15.2 m2 (164 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 290 kg (639 lb)
- Gross weight: 490 kg (1,080 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron II inline piston engine, 48 kW (65 hp)
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
- Cruise speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)
- Range: 470 km (290 mi, 250 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Yeah well - working from home - but a conference call with a client this pm "to discuss the situation" 
Not expecting them to shovel more work into the hopper.........
Try this - it came in a lot of slightly different editions I think (even apparently as a biplane!!)
Not expecting them to shovel more work into the hopper.........
Try this - it came in a lot of slightly different editions I think (even apparently as a biplane!!)
Ah well - I have more time on my hands gentlemen & ladies - "we're not doing anything and we're not making any money so we're putting everything on hold right now..." ah well - they've been a good client over the years - they may survive........
Sorry about the rather coarse blotting out of the reg. - but I don't have photoshop
Sorry about the rather coarse blotting out of the reg. - but I don't have photoshop
It is a Flybaby - supposedly a 1A but they came in so many flavours depending on the individual constructor . I was amazed to read they sold several thousand kits and at least 380 were built - one as a biplane!!!
Mreyn in command
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Quiet an interesting aircraft. What was the registration? I could not find one with that configuration fin and rudder. Good website here. The Fly Baby Home Page several biplanes among them.
Try this one:-
Try this one:-
The Fly Baby was N319L - I understand people changed the wing-tips, the tail, the wheels...................
Is it French?