Thanks Mel, you beat me to it! I was just about to come back and change it to possibly an Me.1 and Airwar said it was developed from the Me.1 but labelled it as Me.3 http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/erla3.html

I have just found a good online publication "DKW und die Erla-Me-Flugzeuge: 1926 bis 1945" the translation wouldn't work, but the drawings seem to agree with your source!

Edited to say that I now see that what I found appears to be Airwar's source, so I'll have to work on the translation and see where they went astray. it looks like yours but most of the photos show it fitted with the upright inline DKW engine!

As I have just put up a cockpit to keep that thread going, I'll declare an Open House here so as not to hog two threads at the same time and hope someone picks it up!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....44529d9ae1.jpg

rather a strange one - not many built................

Clearly a Bristol Fighter derivative, but quite what beyond that I have no idea.

Possibly a F.28 Mk IV ?

MReyn - do you mean F.2B mk IV or Bristol Type 28 - the 3 seater Tourer of 1919?

It's neither but you are on the right lines.................

Another 106 iterations of the design, and it could be quite good.

Sorry yes I did mean the F2B Mk VI should really change these glasses however it appears not to be correct.

I thought the Bristol Tourer was Peter Masefield's Chippy conversion....

There were a lot of Tourers................ they built 5 of this specific variant I believe

Well, the pattern and number of holes, louvres and details on the cowling appears to match the 180hp Wolseley Viper-powered Bristol Type 88 Bulgarian Tourer ??

Edited to say the numbers built also match! It would seem to have been under powered in comparison to other types which were 200 - 300 hp

Absolutely correct ......... 1923 I think


Over to Sinco

Thanks Asturias, a good challenge :ok:

Here is the next one! "All aboard for the holiday outing" :)

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....451b9b635d.jpg

"We've only got to sort out the CoG issue and we'll be fine..."

No worries about the CofG !! There are about 30 cases of booze lashed to the tailplane (which is also a biplane) :)

It is amazing how little Air Trooping has changed so little over the years.:)

Well it looks as if it had at least 3 seats?

... and a double-barreled designer? ;)

Yes, officially slightly more, but it did fly with almost as many as the photo above. but maybe one of them jumped out :eek:

I think I'm going to have to make you cross and ask you to be a little more specific to claim this one Simon! :)

Strictly speaking, the designer wasn't double-barrelled :8