September 2011
Belgian Mystery Ship
A fascinating e-mail has been received from Jean Dillen in Antwerp, Belgium who discovered this Luton Minor-esque airframe in the early 1970s (unless he was in fancy dress for a Sergeant Pepper fancy dress party).
He writes: "We discovered in an old hangar at Antwerp-Deurne airfield, a never finished homebuilt. Now, after all these years the plane vanished and we got curious on what it might have been. Somehow the rudder has some likeness to the French Pou Du Ciel but fuselage and wing seems to indicate otherwise. The wing shown also seems to be the lower smaller one on a bi-plane. Can it be from a plan dating from the 30s? Do you have any idea what it may have been or can point me to someone who can ?
Luton Buzzard? Home-designed Flying Flea? Any ideas?
If you can shed any light on the mystery, drop us a line and you can win our inaugural 2011 "Hercule Poirot Award"!