:eek:..........

It is the I.S.T L-21S Flying Vinta. OPEN HOUSE

I think we should offer that to skytrain personally.

He was on a fairly accurate track.

Okay. skytrain has control.

Thanks Bri. :ok:

Mind you, he's disappeared now. :uhoh:

I'm here:)

Nice challenge Brian:ok:. Last known IST aircraft I could find was the L-17, so searched for L-18, 19 and 20 without any joy. Didn't go as far as 21:(

Here's the next one:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/e11da5d0.jpg

UAV .......?

Not a UAV mate. And thanks for your support on Brian's challenge:ok:

I only thought it right.

Stealth job then?

The big Boeing, mate???? incorrectly called the 797?

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/flying-wing-structure.gif

er maybe not! :(

Not designed as a stealthy machine.

Not that.

Do the wings move?

Methinks it's a blended wing lifting body.

Blended wing, yes, but not described as a lifting body.

No

A passenger aircraft?

Well it is certainly designed to carry people, but it's a light aircraft, not an airliner.

Is it the proposed X-48 BWB ?

Is it a microlight, Ken, designed to look like a blended wing in planform?

Not the X-48.

Not a microlight, but you are on the right track - a homebuild.

Quick shot before home.

Is it called the Atlantica?

A good quick shot mate - yes it is the Atlantica, from Composite Aircraft. Well done:D

Some photo's of the prototype
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/9edc7a40.jpg

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/41ac876f.jpg

They are also proposing a mini-jet option!

LM has control

Ah ha .... nice one Ken and David!!!!

Glad you liked it....found it whilst looking for some more unusual types.

I tried to reply to David as quickly as I could but he went offline as I posted so guess we'll wait for him to look in when he gets home.

Good grief! :eek:

I think we were all looking at mil stuff, and I don't think me or anyone else would have got there without the clues.

We haven't had one of these for a while:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u.../glidinnit.jpg

Well I figured it was worth keeping things moving along. It actually went as I expected.....since the picture I used for the silhouette was taken well forward of the aircraft it created almost perfectly the planform for the X-48 or "797", whereas in reality the sweep angle on the Atlantica is much greater:)

Now yours....German or Polish....?

bar steward.....

Challenge - neither mate.

Struggling with this....the wings look odd, starboard appears to taper, but the port not? Also there seems to be no strut on the port wing - or is what looks like a strut something else?

American David...possibly the Franklin PS-2?

Edit to say, on closer inspection, no.

The wing struts attach to the bottom of the fuselage, so the apparent lack of them on the left wing is down to perspective.

The illustration is of a model, but you are in the right country.

1929, and as of last year two were still on the registry.

All the clues point to...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...det-II-Box.jpg

edit; open house if correct :ok:

Good shooting mate. :D

Karlark has declared Open House.

Nice call Karl....so much for my internet glider source.....3,000 odd gliders but doesn't list that one:( Good challenge David.

OK, not a silhouette as such but ....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/...6/77d90989.jpg

No obvious signs of propulsion, so another glider - or maybe an ornithopter?

Sorry Ken, I meant to say that the image shows the machine without its 7.5hp motor!!!!! RR

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Excellent! Thanks Mel!

Evening Martin. :)

Perhaps a clue is in order here.

Ah.... life!!

Yep....

It was built in 1912 and had a bicycle seat for the pilot. As I said before, it had a 7.5hp engine. Needless to say it couldn't take off!!!!

RR

I'll speed it up a bit more as it is past five o'clock!!! The image on the net is from Shavrov! :)