Quite right Mike! Getting old....

Look more like Wyverns`.....

Ha ha.....happens to us all !!!

Well, it's a few minutes past midnight on the West Coast and so 24 hours has elapsed!

Well done, Jhieminga. Here are what would have been my next clues:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4dea2cc270.jpg

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....eb736f1087.jpg


The warehouse roof picture is from the Vihuri Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmet_Vihuri

I had never heard of the Vihuri and stumbled on it by accident when looking for information on the Winjeel. The Vihuri must have been the last aircraft to use the Bristol Mercury.

Asturias, the UK obviously doesn't have a monopoly on this kind of bizarre construction! :E

Open House has been declared.

Try this...

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bddc8dd08.jpeg

Avro Sports Avian with DH Gipsy engine possibly VH-UOB

Not Avro Avian

General Aircraft GENAIRCO....... and likely VH-UOD. It is the first cousin to a deH 60 Gipsy Moth.. 10 aircraft built..(assuming I am correct !!)

I think I've seen that pic before and the guy in the cockpit may well be Dr John Morris - who later flew the Monospar to the UK, now to be found at the Newark museum.

Planemike got there first!

Tredigraph, your are quite right it is a pic from the Morris book “Two men in a Flying Machine”, which I have just re-read. Recomended.

An up to date pic...


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d2a3004c6.jpeg

Think this the first one I have "cracked"......ever!! OPEN HOUSE !!. Not "techie" enough to load a photo...!!

I was well aware that Fish used the text from an old traditional song.

Thought I recognised the pic - my copy is in a crate somewhere while sitting room redecoration is in stasis - I heartily endorse your recommendation and must finish doing my bathroom so I can get my bookshelves back up! A delightful book...

While we are in "recommending mode".... The April 2007 edition of FLYPAST contains a six page article on GENAIRCO. Apparently John Morris's
son Charlie flew VH-UOD after it had been restored.....as per above image.

OH has been declared by planemike.

A very sleek flying machine:


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....86a14a5d70.png

French? late 20's early 30's??

Non, no, no. :)

I'll remove a bit of cropping, that might help.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0505775b25.png

The fin/rudder is vaguely reminiscent of the Gloster III...

Perhaps the Gloster III designers were inspired by pictures of this aircraft. Another similarity is that in spite of the cowling, this aircraft did not have a radial engine.