I've certainly seen pictures of it before - probably at Oshkosh in the '70s - but no idea what it is...

You may have seen pictures of it before, treadigraph, but certainly not at Oshkosh. I don't think that, during its very short life, it ever flew outside its country of origin (which is a long way from Wisconsin).

Hmmm. French?

Bien sûr, monsieur T!

This aeroplane survived less than a month between its first flight and the crash which saw its demise and that of its designer/builder.

As it seems that few are willing to take a stab at this one and thus it isn't going to be identified in the short term, it's time to reveal and move on. It's the Barbaro RB.70 F-PTEL which first flew at Pau on 30 June 1972 and crashed, killing its designer/constructor René Barbaro and two others, at Montargis on 29 July 1972. Open house, please.

Easy one:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d98371bef4.jpg

I'm out of breath....

- Ed

Hint: My uncle was the President and CEO of B.F. Goodrich. In his spacious office, behind his large carved desk, was a 4'x6' portrait of a nearly clear cerulean sky populated with puffy cumuli. The brass nameplate proclaimed it to be "The Goodrich Blimp"!

The Goodyear Inflatoplane! OH if correct.

Given it's brief history and all before I started taking a bigger interest in things beyond Cessnas, Pipers and airliners, weird that I recall the type so well. Wonder where I saw the pic?

Not much takers for the open house?
Lets try this:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0cd52a710.jpeg

No, don't tell me, all those seemingly fixed wings rotate! :hmm:

The Flying Flicknife...

Swiss Army version?

Aeronix Airelle?

Those are red.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5fe3e86f9.jpeg

Jelle that is correct.
But do yoo know the other name for this plane as well?
Because if I am informed correctly this is one of the successors.
you can take the lead.

What would be the efficiency of the pusher prop in that bizarre machine? It looks like the air it's working in would be very dirty indeed.

Edited to add: I've just realised that it's channelling the Pou-du-Ciel, though they say the modern stuff is much stronger than when I last inhaled.

I see that By_Tor beat me to it, his post was delayed as he’s new here. I’ll let him come up with a challenge first. I’ve got one standing by if needed...

No idea about the other name I’m afraid.

By-Tor
welcome on this thread.
as you have been the first correct replier, you may stage the next challenge
If you have a problem with linking photos I will help you if you send a pm.
If you have no challenge yet please say so then Jelle Hieminga (nr 2 replier) will fill the gap.

the Aironix Airelle lives on as the Eulair Twin2

I understand it’s a flapped wing, which is interesting in itself on a canard, but with the flaps down I don’t see that rear prop doing much beyond 30% of what it’s capable of. Just a guess of course. It’s got two small engines, you might well get the same or better performance from a single O-200 if you’d have a good place to mount it.

I've tried posting a new challenge but I think something went wrong, so better make it an OH.


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Until you have a posting history you don't have access to private messaging and adding urls.

I think, By Tor, that when you have made ten posts then you acquire the right to post attachments here. But until then, rather than refrain from posting your challenge, you could, if you wish, send the image to me and I'll post it for you and refrain from the competition. If that appeals to you, please send me a PM to let me know and I'll reply with my e-mail address so that you can send your image to me as an attachment. Then if you make a point of giving us nine clues in quick succession, you'll be ready to post your next challenge!

Fauteuil,

By-tor also has no right to PM yet.
Jelle has something ready and can go ahead.
I hope By-Tor will soon reach 10 posts so he can join in the challenges.

Thank you, SLB. I didn't realise quite how draconian the regime is for newbies. Maybe By Tor should make nine consecutive posts which say no more than:

nine to go
eight to go
seven to go
..... !

I'll break the impasse and put this one up. I thought we'd stay in the canard family...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ebacf7e581.jpg
Ask lots of questions By_tor.... I know from another thread that moderators are not that happy about posts purely for the sake of increasing your post count (am I allowed to use the term?).

Gosh, is it a "Bi-canard", "Cantriplane"? I imagine the aerodynamic interaction between to two Canard aerofoils is interesting?

Another canard ... from the Netherlands ... ? Canard a l'orange?

Surely judging by the positioning of the two forward winglets it must be a nenadovich biplane canard. And if one assumes that the lower undercarriage struts also are lifting surfaces, well ..... !

Canard? Yes it is difficult isn't it....:p

Another pic I recognise but can't recollect the type. Sorta reminds me of the Libellula which maybe confoosing me.

I think it is a Camping built plane?
At least he forgot to take out his Camping chair!

The seat is rather like the front seats in the Citroen 2CV. I don't know if that is any sort of a clue.

You may have something there, treadigraph, with the Miles connection. It looks as if the forward fuselage of that canard started life as that of a Gemini!

Let me start with a disclaimer: I don't know a a lot about this type myself. I can confirm that it is not from The Netherlands though.... I'll leave you to ponder this a bit more.

What it is not is the Ambrosini SS.4 but this is the only tailless canard pusher of which I can think which had biplane (or probably, strictly speaking, nenadovich) forward flying surfaces.

You’re right, it is not the Ambrosini SS.4, but you’re in the right country.

Even though we now know that it's Italian, it appears that we're all stumped. Another clue might help to ease the wheels .....

The problem is that I am running out of clues.... does it help if I say that it was a one-off? Probably not.... I also found that it was designed in 1944.

Bazzocchi EB.4

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....237813f79.jpeg
Strange that it didn’t turn up when searching “Italy canard”
but does pop-up when searching “1944 canard Italy”

some more info on
More info EB.4

Link from the link