The picture is from lostbulgaria.com. I feel a bit embarrassed that of all countries the Bulgarians make me trouble. I tried already to find a hint in Goldenyears and Worldairforces.com to find it. But it is not a Caproni Ca 100 (“Peperuda”), not a Bücker Jungmann (“Ljastovica”). Closest match is a DAR 9A (“Sinigir”), but this one is a derivative of the Focke-Wulf Fw 44, and here the strut scheme doesn’t match. Also, this was a post-war creation, and the uniforms look more royal than communist. By the way, I think the slot scheme in the cowling is quite attractive.
Can you name that aircraft? Hopefully I won’t get more embarrassed by by finding out that I shold have known it…:o
Thank you!
Best regards, RT
By: Romantic Techno - 1st July 2012 at 19:21
Thank you Chris for your answer. Your solution seems to be correct. The aircraft are the same in the general outline. The strut scheme for the ones between fuselage and upper wing is matching. But there are also little differences. Your picture does not show that attractive slot/opening scheme in the cowling. In my picture, the edges of the pits for the crew are cut deeper and more rectangularly. In your picture, the wheel holder (correct expression?) is just a rod. If you light up my picture, you will find here it is flat like the one the Bücker Jungmann has. By the way, in my picture the aircraft seems to have different strut schemes between the wings on each other side… But anyway, I am going to store that picture as “DAR 8 Slavei”!
Found a new picture of a rare aircraft…:D Thanks again, Chris!;)
Regards, RT
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July 1, 2012 at 9:56 am