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Just some thoughts. There is something very different about this Parasol, aircraft. The wing looks really solid almost like Junkers J21 wing. The elevators are also large could they be called elevons? The quality of the photograph is poor and would indicate early 1910s yet the size of the hangar would suggest a date later than that.
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Found it. The aircraft is the Malinowski's Stemal III first flew August 1922.
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It appears that “dook” is unable to post on the Aviation History and Nostalgia threads at present I have been informed that the challenge photograph is from the Flight Magazine of 15th March 1923, as reported on the Avia DejeVu website, and is of an aircraft under trial by the Aircraft Disposal Co (ADC) Ltd. In the Flight report it is stated that ADC had recently secured a design in which the camber of the wing was able to be varied.
Flight Magazine report:-
“An experimental machine incorporating this feature arrived at the Waddon factory some weeks ago, and we understand that flying tests will be carried out shortly. The machine is stated to have been flown by the original makers, but the A.D.C. desire to carry out thorough tests of their own before finally deciding on the merits of the design.”
The Malinowski Stemal-III (Type-III) was an experimental airplane based on a fuselage
of Nieuport 83 with a mutated parasol high-wing, built and flown in Poland in1922.
According to the Airwar.ru website:- “The Malinowski’s aircraft allegedly called Stemal III , was sent to Warsaw, where on August 12, 1922, Lt. Col. Kossovsky circled it. However, the characteristics of the aircraft were unsatisfactory and soon the aircraft was left on the edge of the airfield and soon became unusable”
I believe the aircraft which arrived at Waddon was the Stemal III.
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Flight Magazine report:-
“An experimental machine incorporating this feature arrived at the Waddon factory some weeks ago, and we understand that flying tests will be carried out shortly. The machine is stated to have been flown by the original makers, but the A.D.C. desire to carry out thorough tests of their own before finally deciding on the merits of the design.”
The Malinowski Stemal-III (Type-III) was an experimental airplane based on a fuselage
of Nieuport 83 with a mutated parasol high-wing, built and flown in Poland in1922.
According to the Airwar.ru website:- “The Malinowski’s aircraft allegedly called Stemal III , was sent to Warsaw, where on August 12, 1922, Lt. Col. Kossovsky circled it. However, the characteristics of the aircraft were unsatisfactory and soon the aircraft was left on the edge of the airfield and soon became unusable”
I believe the aircraft which arrived at Waddon was the Stemal III.
Open House.
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It has a bit of that Delgado look, but then again it hasn't - interesting!
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Nope, not Italiano. It evolved out of a racer that didn't race, becoming a fighter that didn't fight. It was developed before WW2, but the photograph posted is of it after WW2.
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Oh well, it doesn't seem that there is much interest in this offering so I'll bring it to an end. It is the 1939 Nennig C.5, developed from and using components of the Nennig C.3. The C.3 was constructed for the 1935 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, but wasn't ready in time to compete. The C.5 was constructed as a fighter, but it wasn't completed before the Fall of France. It survived the war in the care of Amiot and was restored for exhibition in Bordeaux in 1948. I don't know what became of it subsequently. Open house, please.
Fauteuil,
I was searching by looking for French race aircraft but could not find it.
The various threads are all quite slow.
You should not blame it on your challenge!
Nice aircraft!
I was searching by looking for French race aircraft but could not find it.
The various threads are all quite slow.
You should not blame it on your challenge!
Nice aircraft!
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The aircraft looks to be a possible racing aircraft or one built to break a speed record. It is similar to the Gloucestershire Mars.I. Is the aircraft from France or the USA?.
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Don't worry, Buster11. I once described the site of a 1920s flying field as being 'south of Brighton' - and wondered why I was met with a very puzzled look - before realising that I had made an unwitting 180º error and wasn't talking about seaplanes!
Can I jump in - with MR's permission? This is a genuine question since I don't know what it is. Seen at the side of the road in a scrap yard or 'private collection' in north Texas. Any ideas please...
