Name that Flying Machine
Look more like Wyverns`.....
Well, it's a few minutes past midnight on the West Coast and so 24 hours has elapsed!
Well done, Jhieminga. Here are what would have been my next clues:
The warehouse roof picture is from the Vihuri Wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmet_Vihuri
I had never heard of the Vihuri and stumbled on it by accident when looking for information on the Winjeel. The Vihuri must have been the last aircraft to use the Bristol Mercury.
Asturias, the UK obviously doesn't have a monopoly on this kind of bizarre construction!
Open House has been declared.
Well done, Jhieminga. Here are what would have been my next clues:
The warehouse roof picture is from the Vihuri Wiki page:
The canopies of the scrapped aircraft remain today as the roof windows of the Kuusakoski metal-recycling plant in Espoo.
I had never heard of the Vihuri and stumbled on it by accident when looking for information on the Winjeel. The Vihuri must have been the last aircraft to use the Bristol Mercury.
Asturias, the UK obviously doesn't have a monopoly on this kind of bizarre construction!
Open House has been declared.
General Aircraft GENAIRCO....... and likely VH-UOD. It is the first cousin to a deH 60 Gipsy Moth.. 10 aircraft built..(assuming I am correct !!)
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I think I've seen that pic before and the guy in the cockpit may well be Dr John Morris - who later flew the Monospar to the UK, now to be found at the Newark museum.
Planemike got there first!
Tredigraph, your are quite right it is a pic from the Morris book “Two men in a Flying Machine”, which I have just re-read. Recomended.
An up to date pic...
Tredigraph, your are quite right it is a pic from the Morris book “Two men in a Flying Machine”, which I have just re-read. Recomended.
An up to date pic...
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Think this the first one I have "cracked"......ever!! OPEN HOUSE !!. Not "techie" enough to load a photo...!!
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son Charlie flew VH-UOD after it had been restored.....as per above image.
A very sleek flying machine:
French? late 20's early 30's??
Non, no, no. 
I'll remove a bit of cropping, that might help.
I'll remove a bit of cropping, that might help.
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The fin/rudder is vaguely reminiscent of the Gloster III...
Perhaps the Gloster III designers were inspired by pictures of this aircraft. Another similarity is that in spite of the cowling, this aircraft did not have a radial engine.