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Juke
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:27 am 
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WHATTA HECK IS IT ?

This is a plane designed by an oberleutnant , yet it is not german. It is also not a french plane.
I also know it is not Zeppelin nor Siemens.

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9436 ... eli1yw.jpg


All help is appreciated !




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Could it be a austrian or hungarian design ?
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Some here might know but your best might be to post this on http://www.theaerodrome.com forum. I'm sure some of those folks might know.

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It kinda looks like a Biplane Brewster Buffalo!
Neat find.
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Someone mentioned the pilot has Italian AF hat on his head ?
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Dudes,

Without help in the States I would not have been able to solve that mystery:

According to Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One (by Peter M. Grosz, George Haddow, and Peter Schiemer, Flying Machine Press, Mountain View, California, 1993. pages 370-372) that's the Zaparka Fighter, designed by Oberleutnant Eduard Zaparka. The book says there is a total lack of documentation of this aircraft. It was apparently built by Zaparka without the knowledge of his Army superiors.

The wing design was patented in September 1917. It allowed the pilot to change the angle of incidence during flight, but the mechanism for this is not known.

The sole prototype crashed and was not rebuilt.
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Want an other one ?

What is this baby ?

http://lennokit.net/download.php?id=14797
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"Sorry but you are not authorized to view or download this Attachment"

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Sorry about that.

This is not necessaily a fighter but an aerodyne anyhow.

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Ok,

Since no one knew it:

http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/ima ... roBaby.jpg

It beats Fokker dr.1 by 4 sets of wings ! :D
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Did it ever actually fly?
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