vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
OK, guess this little bird:
cheers
It has to be some type of Fokker, or based on a Fokker.
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It has to be some type of Fokker, or based on a Fokker.
Marcogrifo
Airman 1st Class
Sorry, not at all
OK, gents, time for some hint:
The little company that built this little bird was american, precisely it was based in NY state. They built and offered to US Army trainers; they had something to do with Keystone.
Guessed?
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
As promised here is the picture of Ikarus B-5, the first Yugoslav experimental airplane with pilot in prone position. This aircraft was designed by Dragoljub Bešlin and build in only one example, as prototype for proposed dive bomber, in 1940. After occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941 this airplane (apparently damaged) was captured by the Germans and its further fate remains unknown.
Translation of the Cyrillic text on the picture:
"Assembly hangar of "Ikarus" before the out brake of World War Two. Ikarus B-5, prototype of indigenous experimental twin-engined light aircraft with pilot in prone position, accompanied with other planes produced in this Airplane factory, IK-2 and Blenheim."
Source: "Naša krila" issue No 15 from September 1997, Photo © Šime Oštrić Collection
Translation of the Cyrillic text on the picture:
"Assembly hangar of "Ikarus" before the out brake of World War Two. Ikarus B-5, prototype of indigenous experimental twin-engined light aircraft with pilot in prone position, accompanied with other planes produced in this Airplane factory, IK-2 and Blenheim."
Source: "Naša krila" issue No 15 from September 1997, Photo © Šime Oštrić Collection
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lingo
Airman 1st Class
Sorry, not at all
OK, gents, time for some hint:
The little company that built this little bird was american, precisely it was based in NY state. They built and offered to US Army trainers; they had something to do with Keystone.
Guessed?
Still not?
Cheers
Fleet, later Consolidated?
carson1934
Senior Airman
Thanks again Imalko for the very interesting and rare picture and above all for taking the time to scan and send this document. I think all concerned have appreciated it
carson1934
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
That was excellent, and nicely done Graeme!
Marcogrifo
Airman 1st Class
carson1934
Senior Airman
lingo
Airman 1st Class
The Airspeed AS4 Ferry.
DOH! Two Minutes to late. Yepp, it's a Canberra.
Krabat
Got an new one, not so easy this time:
Krabat
Being 'just too late' is usually my job.
Is it German? DFS maybe? I don't know why I just pulled that outt of my arse, it was just my first thought on seeing the picture
carson1934
Senior Airman
LOVE the ferry! Have you notioced that the passengers heads look as if they are painted on? Maybe nobody would fly in it
Yessiree, Airspeed AS4 "Ferry". Next time I must think of something more complicated.
carson1934
carson1934
Senior Airman
DOH! Two Minutes to late. Yepp, it's a Canberra.
Krabat
Got an new one, not so easy this time:
Krabat
Hi Krabat, welcome back!
Is this a contraption from "Gruse" or "Pützer"? One can't even tell if this was a glider or a motor driven A/C.
And then the colour, hadn't this people a minimum of good taste?
Anyway that's a hard nut to crack for me...
carson1934
It's a twin engine aircraft which actually never flew. The designer and builder was arrested the day before its planned flight. Engines and wheels are from motorcles (I got a bike of this type years ago, maybe I buy it back and restore it just out of nostalgia). And carson, we had a lot of good taste then, but sometimes there are things that are more important than that. 
Krabat
Krabat
carson1934
Senior Airman
It's a twin engine aircraft which actually never flew. The designer and builder was arrested the day before its planned flight. Engines and wheels are from motorcles (I got a bike of this type years ago, maybe I buy it back and restore it just out of nostalgia). And carson, we had a lot of good taste then, but sometimes there are things that are more important than that.
Krabat
Notwithstanding your clues I'm unable to identify your post. But I'm curious to know what motorbike engine or wheels it may have used (you said you got one of that type). When I was a kid around 1948-50 my father used to buy and sell war surplus motorbikes mostly german so I was growing up amidst BMW, DKW, Zundapp and the like..that's why I'd like to know...
carson1934
PS Obviously it's neither a Gruse nor a Pützer
