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  • Instead of posting more of the aircraft this time, though that will follow- I shall give you all a hint. Our feathered friend represents a species that inhabits pretty much anywhere on Earth in one variety or another. It's name is not something in English, it may indeed describe something about the airframe.

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    • Alright, hopefully I didn't turn identifying this plane into some sort of event that one would perform near a swamp with an hunting dog (or play on their original NES), but I thought I'd add another clue so I don't run afoul of things.

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      • MIG 8 24K

        Cheers,
        Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.

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        • I presume it is the canard connection of which you speak!

          Italian heritage?

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          • Dog, near swamp, canard = duck (Fr)

            Oh, very clever !!

            I doubt I would have got that in an age.
            If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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            • Originally posted by Kjell Engkrog
              MIG 8 24K

              Cheers,
              Congratulations, you are correct. Over to you.

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              • Thanks, Bernie.

                In keeping with tradition, let`s start with the undercarriage.....




                Cheers,
                Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.

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                • Let's make a first try

                  An Ercoupe Forney F1A ?

                  No it's not off-course, it's not , this one is set to last very long too But I tried my luck and the can box needed a first assault
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                  • would that be a tail wheel?


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                    • There's something about this airframe that makes me think non-Warsaw-Pact military. Late 1940's to mid 1950's. Perhaps a turbine. I can most certainly tell you what it's not, though.

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                      • Rather looks like a tri-gear, ahead of the nosewheel,
                        there's something looking a small exhaust pipe hinting a single engined
                        and just above, this looks like some open engine cowling ...
                        As we ratled the cage let's wait and see,
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                        • Quite correct, an Ercoupe it is not.

                          It`s a nosewheel

                          No, not military, and it has a piston engine.

                          The cage has been rattled, and look what fell out of it.

                          A tail!



                          Cheers,
                          Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.

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                          • C'est que du bonheur (It's all happinness ...)

                            Say looks something reading like "experimental" is stenciled under the stabilizator

                            If so, let's be set for an interesting challenge by looking a needle in a haystake as our mystery bird would be then from the US, where squadrons of single builts popped to the air ...
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                            • Well spotted, Alain! But don`t let it lead you down the garden path. You are correct in that the aircraft is of U.S provenance, but it was in (albeit small) production, ie. not a one-off.

                              Cheers,
                              Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.

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                              • This one has been running for over a week now, high time for a little more of the aircraft. For your perusal I present you with a wing:



                                I`ll throw in a couple of cues as well, this aircraft shares one of its names with a U.S military trainer, and a horse (of sorts)

                                Cheers,
                                Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.

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