Rusty radial

I can take a hint, Avion Ancien. Roland Garros, surely.

Still think it’s a Clerget.

Oooooooooooooh, I do have to be so unsubtle! Monument to Roland Garros at Cholet airfield commemorating, I think, his first flight there in 1910. I’ll double check the other brass plaques on the stone when next I am there and then I’ll post again. I’ll take your word regarding the what. I doubt that I could distinguish a Clerget from the clergy!

I can take a hint, Avion Ancien. Roland Garros, surely.

Still think it’s a Clerget.

Stab in the dark , a REAL stab in the dark, Would this be a memorial to Bleriot where Bleriot flew his first aircraft ???
or something on those lines :confused:??

If someone wins do they get to keep the engine, LOL 😀

Cholet 1973

Well done Rochford! Cholet’s the where. It may have been there in 1973. I think that it was probably there long before. It certainly was there last Monday. But it does not appear that there is yet a consensus as to the what and no-one has yet come up with an answer as to the who (despite the cryptic clue which I gave in my post of 23:11 yesterday). So get on with it. No slacking!

or better still
Cholet 1973
however there is one cylinder in the aeroclub crazy golf course at Alencon

i thought it was at Alencon in 1973

Salis;La Ferte Alais?

Memorial to a very long standing Historicic, But active airfield,????:confused:

,are we getting warmer ??

Not much! The memorial is on the airfield but it’s not to the airfield. It’s a memorial to someone rather than to somewhere. New balls please!

Some sort of gate opening device?

OK, so it looks as if the moderators will need to change the title of the thread to Rusty Rotary. But is there any consensus yet as to what it is? And where’s the input on the where and the why? C’mon, you can do better!

(1) memorial yes, war no
(2) you may dare and, in doing so, you would be right
(3) if you mean old in the sense of historic, you’re correct, but if it is in the sense of former, you’re very wrong because it’s still very active

Memorial to a very long standing Historicic, But active airfield,????:confused:

,are we getting warmer ??

Quite. Bentley had aluminium cylinders, and a Gnome had a single pushrod.

(1) memorial yes, war no
(2) you may dare and, in doing so, you would be right
(3) if you mean old in the sense of historic, you’re correct, but if it is in the sense of former, you’re very wrong because it’s still very active

Clerget, it’s not a Bentley.

John

Looks very like a Clerget to me

it looks like it is mounted on a war memorial,
dare I say in France,
a memorial to a old airfield,

(1) memorial yes, war no
(2) you may dare and, in doing so, you would be right
(3) if you mean old in the sense of historic, you’re correct, but if it is in the sense of former, you’re very wrong because it’s still very active

It looks more like a Rotary??

Bruce

I agree, that looks Very primative, doesnt look complecated enough for a Radial, and look at how straight the pots are ,

it looks like it is mounted on a war memorial, dare I say in France, a memorial to a old airfield, ??:confused:

It looks more like a Rotary??

Bruce