Good morning!
As I have the impression that further clues will not really make it any easier, I’ll “solve” the mystery:
The two-seat version is an Airconcept VoWi-10 – see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airconcept_VoWi_10
Previously, the plane was known under the name of its constructor: Wilden (VoWi = Volksflugzeug Wilden).
Open House, please!
Kind regards from Germany
Thomas
So was I somewhere close? Or nowhere near?
Good morning!
In case you are referring to your last statement: It depends!
It is of course not one of the types you mentioned. Today, it would be referred to as “microlight” or VLA – but in the seventies that term was not in general use.
Kind regards,
Thomas
Ok, last attempt to give additional Information…
The original, single-seat prototype initially had TWO engines (8 hp each), before these were replaced by a single engine.
The final, two-seat, version was built by a new organisation, so that the series-built machine’s designation does not contain the name of the designer any longer, but instead the new company’s name. I have not been able to find out, how many examples were built, but suspect that it was only a handful in total.
Here’s another picture of the two-seat version – this time in flight:
Hello (anybody out there)!
Is this thread really “dead” – or does aviation history end for some contributors sometime around WWII perhaps?
Next hint:
The plane in my (first) photo has a 60-hp Limbach SL 1700.
Here is a photo of the first “version” mentioned (it has the same designation as the one above!):
Third hint:
The machine shown by me is a two-seater, the first version was a single-seater!
Although reminiscent of a microlight, the machine show was registered in the German D-Exxx class.
Thomas
Second hint:
The construction originated in the 1970s – the prototype of the version shown in my photo flew in 1978.
There is, however, a significantly different “predecessor” version, which flew for the first time in 1975.
Thomas
First hint regarding the current “wot”: It’s of German origin!
Thomas
Next round: Who am I?
In my opinion the current “wot” is a Reinhard Cumulus glider.
For more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Cumulus
Thomas
You got it Thomas.:very_drunk:
Over to you.
Good Evening!
Sorry, I have to declare Open House since I don’t have access to my archive until the weekend.
Thomas
Blind guess: Caproni Ca 310.
Regards
Thomas
RF-84F Thunderflash 51-17053 at the impressive RNoAF Museum at Gardermoen near Oslo (photo from May 2004):
Where did you fly this, TDL? The aircraft in question used to be a German one (D-8856).
Hello!
I used to fly in Leverkusen (between Cologne and Düsseldorf). My club (LSC Bayer Leverkusen) used to have two K 8s – a B and a rare C version. The B (D-0435, see photo) had the modified canopy.
K 8s with modified canopies, however, are quite common (at least in Germany) according to my experience…
Regards from Leverkusen
Thomas
I’ve flow a very similar, modified, K 8 myself in the 1980s – that’s why the “disguise” didn’t work on me…
Since I’m about to leave for a short holiday: OPEN HOUSE!
Regards from Germany
Thomas
Another glider it is, then.
Blind guess: Schleicher K 8!
Thomas