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[SAS~Storebror]

That's a plain straight Pan Am Sikorsky S-38, probably an early "A" model from 1928.

Best regards - Mike

[LameHawk]

Or maybe a later reproduction.
I believe there is one survivor and one reproduction.
I've seen one in the air - quite fascinating

[sniperton]

Mike is right, I too believe it's from the early A series. The photo is old and can be found on Sikorsky's site:

http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/S-38%20.php

[SAS~Storebror]

This should be fairly easy:



Best regards - Mike

[stiv_069]

Training aircraft TS-11 Iskra.

[SAS~Storebror]

Absolutely correct stiv, your turn

[stiv_069]

What kind of plane?

[sniperton]

Unorthodox design with no propulsion, plus low-quality photo: Russia

Cheranovsky Bich-22 (if I transliterate it correctly):

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/glider/bich22.html

[stiv_069]

Absolutely correct sniperton, your turn

[sniperton]

Let's remain with unorthodoxy:

[LameHawk]

A new one to me. But found a page about Nurflügel (flying wings).

I have previously run into Arup S-2 and S-4, but I can't say I recognized this contraption.

Which is an Arup S-1

[sniperton]

Correct, LameHawk, congratulations! It seems that non-conventional ideas circulated worldwide, and it was only WWII which confined creative imagination into what we regard today as 'aircraft'.
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