Quickmarch 488 Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Chateau de Goulaine? Quote from Wikipedia - According to a report published by the Bank of Korea on May 14, 2008 investigating 41 countries, there were 5,586 companies older than 200 years. From these 3,146 are located in Japan, 837 inGermany, 222 in the Netherlands and 196 in France.[1] 89.4% of the companies with more than 100 years of history are businesses employing fewer than 300 people.[1][2] A nationwide Japanese survey counted more than 21,000 companies older than 100 years as from September 30, 2009.[3] - End Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 The company that made this aircraft is best known for producing something far more familiar. (certainly in Europe anyway!) Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 How about a Dewoitine D.21? John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Well done John, It's a licence built copy of the D21, the Skoda D1, hence accepting either designation. Over to you! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 This aircraft did not go into production but three prototypes flew and provided important developmental data for a successor by the same company that did make it into series production. John Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Only the Russians could build something that ugly. Try the YAK-36 Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Right on the first try, March, Yakovlev Yak-36 Freehand - Russian - their first attempt at a VTOL fighter, which led to Yak-38 Forger. The latter actually got into production but wasn't all that impressive either. John Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ok, Try this baby Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 PS The Yak was too easy when you get the whole airplane Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Helio Courier? Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 PS The Yak was too easy when you get the whole airplane Helio Courier? March, Even just the tail is too easy sometimes. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Nuts! I should have used the nose. You guys are too good at picking a good piece of tail. I bow to your Alan and Andrew, herinafter called the A Team, superior plane spotting skills. Alan was first with the answer, so over to you Alan. A consolation prize for Andrew in the form of the full picture: Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 LOL, ok gents, this one should be easy. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Heston Phoenix. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Haha, I knew it wouldn't last long! Even if it is a little known aircraft. It is indeed the Heston Phoenix, Built just across the road from where I used to live! Your go! Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 That's a very pleasing-looking aircraft. I particularly like the retractable arrangement. The name Phoenix is usually reserved for something that "rises from the ashes". I looked this little airplane up in Wiki and it sounds like it and its sister-ships did exactly the opposite. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 The aircraft was built just across the road from where I used to live.Heston Airfield is now largely under the M4 Motorway and a large industrial estate. The last suriving pats of the field to go were the large blue and white Fairey Hangars but a large plaque on the site of the airfield tells of it's history. The last aircraft on the site was an Auster that was in static display at an Air Scouts headquarters just off Cranford Lane. Heston Airfields biggest claim to fame was when Nevill Chamberlain landed there with the "Peace in our time" agreement from Germany in 1938 (see link). The airfield survived until just after WW2 when Fairey Aviation moved all their operations to the Great West Aerodrome to the west of Cranford. That airfield is still in use today...known as Heathrow! One of the Heathrow windsocks is is the original from Faireys days! Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 A very distinctive design. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 It needs more struts! John Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Looks sort of Scneider Trophy-ish. Try Curtis CR-1. Bert Acosta's 1921 Pulitzer Trophy winner. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 John, with that amount of bracing, a structural wing failure would seem unlikely. Sorry March, not the Curtiss CR-1 or CR-2. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I was thinking more Fiat-ish. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Not Fiat nor Italian of any description, Alan. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 In that case I'm thinking eastern europe, would it be an Avia B-34 by any chance? http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Avia+B-34&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Sj43UfyvIY3VP Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Alan, Your overwhelming evidence is proof enough. Over to you. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
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