Must admit with that rather distinctive tail I though that someone would have got it or been close by now.
So a clue....American, and an adaption of a more well known aircraft.

Giid morning skytrain :),

Internet has been down all morning here (fancy that!), so will take a look at your triple-layer-tailfin now, but will need to go in half an hour for another couple of hours.

Hi Reg. Glad to know internet connection problems extend beyond the rural areas of the UK!
Not a triple layer tail...the "3rd" layer is actually the lower wing tip.

What a relief to know!

Morning boys!

Ken, is any part of the fin/rudder original? If so which part?

thanks.

M

Morning Martin
A good question. The "more well known" aircraft that I referred to was produced in different forms. The basic model had a more traditional tailfin, but variants had the "double" fin. The challenge aircraft appears to have a more streamlined version of the double fin, but that may be due to it being deflected in the photo. Hope that makes sense :):)

Good morning Ken.

I have only until lunchtime today.:\

Is it a Curtiss?

Morning David. Not a Curtiss.

Skytrain is not a Scot, Reg. :E

Dayton-Wright somewhere in the chain?

No. But somebody had messed my keyboard up again. Cannot hit anything on the fitrst try.

Your keyboard really is in a mess mate!

Xpi trsööx zjoml dp, ;szr?

Not that I can see.

Another clue. I won't name the engine as it's quite unique to this aircraft (as far as I can see). The aircraft from which it was adapted had a Kinner engine.

Phillips-Fleet 7 (Phillips 120hp engine).

Phillips-Fleet 7 it is Reg, well done:ok:. 2 aircraft converted from the original Kinner engined Fleet 7.
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/616a396f.jpg

RegDep has control

Thanks skytrain,

An easy one to keep things running

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...p/OOcopy-1.jpg

Ryan (or North American) Navion A

The caption of the picture calls it 1947 North American NA-145 Navion 4 C/N 159. Easy, as promised.

Back to you :ok:

Thanks Reg. Nice to have one that I didn't need to refer to anything!

Here's the next:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/70b786f7.jpg

SportRider (MD-3 Rider in Europe)?

Giggled 'shark fin aircraft'

Shark Aero Shark 003

Not one of those. The MD-3 Rider/Sport Rider are high wing.

Edit...Shark Aero Shark....that's the one :ok:
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/727823c9.jpg

Back to you RD

Right. That's where "you have seen the fin before". This is Shark.Aero s.r.l. Shark 003.

Thanks again!

Next

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An Ultralight, Reg? CZAW Parrot?

Not had much of a chance to look at this one Reg. Doesn't feature in my 2010/11 Leisure aircraft guide :(. I guess its a very new design?
Going to have to sign off now.

Me too, Reg. I've searched and searched but can't find it. I don't think it is the Parrott but it might be a descendant of it?

well, I have to go too. Sorry!!!!!!!!

RR

It is new but news have been out about it already in 2007. Parrot connection I need to check.

Edit to say, that it seems likely that this project never got to its wings, although it was drummed out in 2007 - 2008. But there are lots of artwork in the web, and also pictures of a prototype, but I am not sure if it ever flew. If you ask, I'll nullify the challenge.

There was a certain geographical connection at one time between this and Parrot, though :8.

Abend Reg. :)

It seems there are two aeroplanes in your challenge!

Which one do you want us to identify?

It only looks that way Mate :E. The left wing has no separate identity.

Total understanding failure...........!!

Which left wing?

My dear Mate, tell me about it.

Morning Reg. :)

Nothing to tell!!

It seems to have a very loose connection with Czechoslovakia. :\

I have just worked out the perspective. Those winglets look quite large for the size of the aeroplane.

Good morning Mate :)

You are on a track with the connection. Czechoslovakia but after it got loose ;). But the project went far-far away!

To America?

Is the word "republic" meaningful?

Farther than America.

Republic has little or no meaning in this context.

Farther than America?

A long way south-east then?

All the way. Even north-west could almost do :8.

Japan, Malaysia?

Maybe China.

Your turn to play the map game...............