Breguet's Aircraft ID Challenge #1551

[Aquilius]

Welcome to Breguet's Aircraft ID Challenge #1551!

To keep the ball rolling, I offer this neat biplane for MickMcGrath. What is it?

Scoreboard after challenge #1550: LFG (Roland) D.XV/1 (Germany, 1918)

300.00 Dave_Kent ☼☼☼
262.00 Rbailey ☼☼☼
153.40 Varese2002 ☼☼☼
102.20 richard B ☼☼
65.30 Aquilius ☼☼
48.60 Tork1945 ☼
39.50 YavorD ☼
39.45 Lodzermensch ☼
33.30 Cruze ☼
30.90 Missouri Mule ☼
30.58 Rod Filan ☼
25.95 Froggy ☼
19.50 Albrecht
19.20 Breguet
16.90 Flamingo
12.00 Brad
11.50 matte_kudasai
10.45 GregE
10.30 Patrick
09.80 Alex1965
09.70 Dan-San
09.70 EdStevens
09.70 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger
09.40 JohnMacG
09.20 Rufe
08.50 Doc
07.70 Berman
07.60 trp81
07.25 Ermeio
07.10 Colin A. Owers
07.00 Old Man
06.70 dpolglaze
06.70 Ampovandak
06.50 Pfalz-Scout
06.40 John McKenzie
06.30 HoHun
06.10 Jim
06.10 '14-'18aviationcollector
06.10 joegertler
06.00 Luf-Rick
06.00 Eric Goedkoop
06.00 Sobrien
05.80 RobW
05.70 vossiewulf
05.70 AROTH
05.60 ercoupepilot
05.60 sergio_vitalio
05.40 RAF56_Ball
05.30 Crimso
05.30 Der Grüne Flieger
05.20 Gilles
05.20 Maze
05.10 bshatzer
05.00 AL FORBES
05.00 Catfish
05.00 Kristjanr
05.00 machinist
05.00 SCMc
05.00 Tom L
................... Above this line, have to wait 12 hours
................... Below this line, may start immediately
04.40 Ross Moorhouse
04.40 RC Gardner
04.30 edmondthieffry
04.00 greenknight
03.00 Linhawk
03.00 Lupodimontenero
03.00 Totalspoon
02.50 MickMcGrath
02.50 Gregoire
02.50 Rexee
02.30 Cigogne
02.30 ckingh5
02.10 Crankcase
02.00 albatros1234
02.00 austin08
02.00 Expositor
02.00 Misa2
02.00 Rickenbaron
01.70 Kilian
01.60 airplane176
01.50 Albatros_Ace
01.50 TimothySielbeck
01.20 Ransom E. Olds
01.00 Quakelord
01.00 AWP101
01.00 redbaron1917
01.00 Cliff
01.00 cubsfan4life
01.00 gregorydquist
01.00 Mike Westrop
01.00 paolomiana
01.00 Peter Zambori
01.00 rammjaeger
01.00 SL DIII
01.00 Tripehound
01.00 Flamel
00.90 Stig Jarlevik
00.80 Machinbird
00.80 Mad Mac
00.80 tbstreet
00.80 toxisch
00.60 Sreiko
00.50 Doug las7
00.50 Martin Irvine
00.40 Johnnick
00.40 Vilkata
00.30 albapfalzd30
00.30 Miroslav Pokorny
00.30 Nieuport14
00.20 Paul_J._Fisher

Previous challenges: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h8gp3tipgs2vr3a/List.doc?dl=0

The Rules:

1. The thread title must be "Breguet's Aircraft ID Challenge #......"

2. The score board, link and rules must be copied to the beginning of each thread, so that we know where we are. The score board and the correct answer to the challenge must also be placed at end of each thread.

3. The completed aircraft must have been either; designed, built or have left the ground during the '14-'18 period and be identifiable by the poster.

4. The photo must show the whole aircraft - from whatever angle, or at least 2 views of a 3 view drawing (photo by preference).

5. Challenges which depict a machine already earlier presented are disqualified (always check the list at Aeroplanes 1914-1918 - Breguet's Aircraft Challenge - when in doubt !) and the poster re-post within the same thread, the 12 hours handicap beginning from that point.

6. If there is any doubt as to the eligibility of an aircraft for the challenge details should be PM'd to Breguet BEFORE the aircraft is submitted.

7. Once someone has got 5 correct answers under their belt they become an ACE. Once they become an ACE they must wait 12hrs after the posting of the new challenge before they can post an answer.

8. To be eligible for correct ID an answer must include at least one characteristic of the aircraft that helped in its identification.

9. The first person to ID the challenge correctly gets to post the next challenge. If this can not be done for any reason Breguet himself will post the next challenge.

10. If an ace gives the correct answer too early, the challenge is over, he gets no point but has to post the next one. In lieu of the fact that the "novices" have in effect been "cheated" of their "exclusive" time that next post should be a relatively easy one. Anyone repeating the correct answer at the right time gets neither a point nor the right to post the next challenge.

11. The final arbiter in relation to questions about the rules is BREGUET. In cases where the arbitrator's game answer is in question the decision rests with the current leader of the table.

Good luck!

Aquilius

[MickMcGrath]

Thanks for posting the challenge, Aquilius.

Regards,
Mick.

[Rbailey]

The S. S. Pierce training tractor biplane - round, raised fuselage and fin/rudder shape - see Aerofiles.

[Aquilius]

I won't be too nitpicking. It is the S.S. Pierce Sporting Tractor!

This biplane was the first product of the S.S. Pierce Aeroplane Corp., founded in late Summer 1916 by Samuel S. Pierce, Blériot flight instructor and pilot of the New York Naval Militia. Pierce desingned this type as a light and cheap sports plane in partnership with Sidney Breese and Charles Lawrance. The prototype was powered by the first 40 hp Lawrance B three-cylinder engine and exhibited in February 1917 at the Pan-American Aeronautical Exhibition in the New York Grand Palace.

Just it wasn't always mentioned correctly even in the contemporary press. (Does someone know how a "six-cycle engine" works? )

Full score to Rbailey!


Scoreboard after challenge #1551: S.S. Pierce Sporting Tractor (USA, 1916)

300.00 Dave_Kent ☼☼☼
263.00 Rbailey ☼☼☼
153.40 Varese2002 ☼☼☼
102.20 richard B ☼☼
65.30 Aquilius ☼☼
48.60 Tork1945 ☼
39.50 YavorD ☼
39.45 Lodzermensch ☼
33.30 Cruze ☼
30.90 Missouri Mule ☼
30.58 Rod Filan ☼
25.95 Froggy ☼
19.50 Albrecht
19.20 Breguet
16.90 Flamingo
12.00 Brad
11.50 matte_kudasai
10.45 GregE
10.30 Patrick
09.80 Alex1965
09.70 Dan-San
09.70 EdStevens
09.70 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger
09.40 JohnMacG
09.20 Rufe
08.50 Doc
07.70 Berman
07.60 trp81
07.25 Ermeio
07.10 Colin A. Owers
07.00 Old Man
06.70 dpolglaze
06.70 Ampovandak
06.50 Pfalz-Scout
06.40 John McKenzie
06.30 HoHun
06.10 Jim
06.10 '14-'18aviationcollector
06.10 joegertler
06.00 Luf-Rick
06.00 Eric Goedkoop
06.00 Sobrien
05.80 RobW
05.70 vossiewulf
05.70 AROTH
05.60 ercoupepilot
05.60 sergio_vitalio
05.40 RAF56_Ball
05.30 Crimso
05.30 Der Grüne Flieger
05.20 Gilles
05.20 Maze
05.10 bshatzer
05.00 AL FORBES
05.00 Catfish
05.00 Kristjanr
05.00 machinist
05.00 SCMc
05.00 Tom L
................... Above this line, have to wait 12 hours
................... Below this line, may start immediately
04.40 Ross Moorhouse
04.40 RC Gardner
04.30 edmondthieffry
04.00 greenknight
03.00 Linhawk
03.00 Lupodimontenero
03.00 Totalspoon
02.50 MickMcGrath
02.50 Gregoire
02.50 Rexee
02.30 Cigogne
02.30 ckingh5
02.10 Crankcase
02.00 albatros1234
02.00 austin08
02.00 Expositor
02.00 Misa2
02.00 Rickenbaron
01.70 Kilian
01.60 airplane176
01.50 Albatros_Ace
01.50 TimothySielbeck
01.20 Ransom E. Olds
01.00 Quakelord
01.00 AWP101
01.00 redbaron1917
01.00 Cliff
01.00 cubsfan4life
01.00 gregorydquist
01.00 Mike Westrop
01.00 paolomiana
01.00 Peter Zambori
01.00 rammjaeger
01.00 SL DIII
01.00 Tripehound
01.00 Flamel
00.90 Stig Jarlevik
00.80 Machinbird
00.80 Mad Mac
00.80 tbstreet
00.80 toxisch
00.60 Sreiko
00.50 Doug las7
00.50 Martin Irvine
00.40 Johnnick
00.40 Vilkata
00.30 albapfalzd30
00.30 Miroslav Pokorny
00.30 Nieuport14
00.20 Paul_J._Fisher

Aquilius