Wild stab at a Rutan ARES perhaps?

In haste, could it be a Bede BD-5J?

I see your point mate - not the original instrumentation? Makes it more difficult? Sorry.

This is a Russian aircraft and I found the image from one of those "walkaround" sites on the web.

I`ll guess it maybe an Su 26,29,or 31,although the nose appears to be more pointed,but maybe lens distortion..

Not a Sukhoi.

Panning back....

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5977/furtherback.jpg

Yak 30 perhaps?

Yes it is mate! :ok: Your control.

ßê-30 • Yak-30 Magnum

Thanks Noyade,

An interesting aircraft...

OPEN HOUSE!

Now for something equally interesting but a bit of a change of format. I couldn't find a photo of the instrument panel, but there is sufficient information on the photograph to enable an educated guess as to the identity of the aeroplane.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WCP110211.jpg

Clues: Only two were built. The designer had a well established aeronautical firm construct the airframes.

No idea, but a bit of research led me to the following fascinating site:

Gevers Aircraft - Genesis Triphibian

Bri is your man in the Gnosspelius Gull?

Yes indeed, Noyade.:ok: It is Baxter Ellis at the controls of the 5-hp Blackburne Tomtit powered twin-airscrew Gnosspelius Gull. Taken at Cramlington Aerodrome. Your control.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...258b589_o1.jpg

Good call Graeme :ok:, nice Challenge Brian!

Regretably, it seems that Baxter Ellis was not long for this world! :sad:

From Wiki "The second aircraft was unregistered and was flown at Lympne as No. 19, it crashed at Cramlington on 18 June 1926 killing the pilot"

Thanks Bri!

In a similar vein, maybe?...

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3875/cockpitl.jpg

Saw that in a book mate from 1996. I'm guessing it never flew? Make an interesting Silhouette Challenge though and it's on the net! :ok: (Shhh...don't tell anyone).

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8588/gevers.jpg

Samuel Franklin Cody in his biplane "Cathedral" with the passengers.

All yours Mel. :ok:

Thanks Graeme. Here is the next one:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...pitquiz372.jpg

A kitplane Mel?

I'm sure I owned a bicycle that had hand grips similar to those on the joysticks.

No, Graeme, this was not a kitplane.

Kari-Keen Coupe ?

:ok: That is the one Bri. The Kari-Keen 90 Sioux Coupe, the subject of a recent Aviaquiz challenge.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...l/136_3637.jpg

You have control.

Thanks Mel! Fun challenge! Here is the next "What Cockpit?":
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WCP110215.jpg

Sorry, not the Gardan GY-80 Horizon.

Cessna 190/195

C2j

C2j is correct.:ok: The photo is a Cessna 190. Your control.

Errr..one must be careful if one wishes to play. NOTE TO SELF: Be ready with a challenge!!

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1297941054

C2j

Just a wild stab...

Miles Martinet?

Not from the miles stable.

C2j

Looks a bit Hawker-ish..a Henley target-tug perhaps ?

Not from Hawker. To my knowledge it never served in "ancilliary" roles - though I could be proven wrong. Does the shape of the instrument panel remind anyone of anything?

C2j

So if it has machine guns, and a cable drum, but you say it didn't serve in ancilliary roles, what was its prime role, I wonder?

Unless it`s an HF trailing aerial system...Brit/Euro/USA ?

I can't say for certain that it is NOT a cable drum, but can you say for sure that it IS? Could be ammo feed for the guns, couldn't it?

Some spent a lot of time tied up in formation flying.

C2j

RAF squadrons in the late twenties, early thirties performed aerobatics tied together so using that as an extremely tenuous link, how about the AW Siskin?

I'd go for A Hawker Fury ?

Not an AW product, Kitbag, but your train of thought is heading in the right direction.

To move things along, it is NOT of European origin.

Apparently the site I originally downloaded the picture from some time ago has gon on the blink and this particular picture is no longer on the internet (except here, of course).

C2j

Ok, now shooting in the dark, how about a Boeing F2B?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28_NAN4-79.jpg