Breguet's Aircraft ID Challenge #461

[YavorD]

Thank you for your patience!
There is the next one, I am happy with the ID of this rare aeroplane.
Good hunting,
Yavor

Scoreboard at the start of Challenge No. 461.

88.4 Varese2002 ¤
59.5 Dave_Kent ¤
50.2 Rbailey ¤
17.5 YavorD
16.95 Cruze
15.5 Froggy
13.3 Rod Filan
12.3 Aquilius
9.6 Flamingo
8.1 Breguet
7.7 Dan-San
7.7 EdStevens
7.6 trp81
7.4 JohnMacG
7.3 Patrick
7.1 Colin A. Owers
6.7 Ampovandak
6.1 joegertler
6.0 Eric Goedkoop
5.8 richard B
5.6 ercoupepilot
5.5 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger
5.45 GregE
5.3 Crimso
5.3 Der Grüne Flieger
5.2 Doc
5.2 Gilles
5.1 bshatzer
5.0 Tom L
4.7 dpolglaze
4.4 Ross Moorhouse
4.3 edmondthieffry
4.0 greenknight
3.7 Berman
2.5 Gregoire
2.1 Crankcase
2.0 sobrien
2.0 Rickenbaron
1.7 Kilian
1.6 sergio_vitalio
1.3 Cigogne
1.2 Ransom E. Olds
1.0 austin08
1.0 Cliff
1.0 cubsfan4life
1.0 gregorydquist
1.0 Luf-Rick
1.0 matte_kudasai
1.0 Mike Westorp
1.0 paolomiana
1.0 Peter Zambori
1.0 rammjaeger
0.8 Machinbird
0.8 tbstreet
0.8 toxisch
0.6 Sreiko
0.5 Martin Irvine
0.4 Vilkata
0.3 Nieuport14
0.3 Miroslav Pokorny
0.3 albapfalzd3
0.2 Paul_J._Fisher

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[Rbailey]

Russian Kavanko monoplane. Nieuport VI wings and tail, assorted Farman parts. 50 hp Gnome. Three built, used as trainers. The above wing bracing is another identifying feature

[Varese2002]

The machine was designed and built by the son of general A.M. Koванько, Александр Александрович кованько. Тhe son of the general had the urge to design aeroplanes and he designed a monoplane which re-used already proven parts of the Nieuport IV monoplane (the tail - elevator), and the Farman VII (own Russian numbering to make things simple = ). The machine used a 50 hp Gnome rotary, driving a pusher airscrew. The machine performed very well, but no orders were forthcoming.

Picture comes from the album of Nesterov.

Cheers

Kees

[YavorD]

V. B. Shavrov:
Автор самолета — поручик Александр Александрович Кованько, инструктор Гатчинской школы, сын известного воздухоплавателя генерала А. М. Кованько. Самолет показал хорошие летные и эксплуатационные качества и военное ведомство заказало еще два так самолета. Моноплан Кованько применялся в Школе в качестве учебно-тренировочного самолета.

First of all, I should say thank you to Miroslav Pokorny, who show me the exclusive set of pictures coming from Nesterov's family album. Pictures shown above come from this album. With pictures and story at hand (P. Nesterov and A. A. Kovanko known to be friends, working and fighting togheter), it was easy to identify the aeroplane as Kovanko monoplane (моноплан Кованько).

Rbailey is right on time, with a small spelling error, so 0.7 points and next Challenge as well. Varese2002 provided data about the man who designed this "scrap-built" aeroplane, 0.3 points.

Regards,
Yavor

Scoreboard at the end of Challenge No. 461.

88.7 Varese2002 ¤
59.5 Dave_Kent ¤
50.9 Rbailey ¤
17.5 YavorD
16.95 Cruze
15.5 Froggy
13.3 Rod Filan
12.3 Aquilius
9.6 Flamingo
8.1 Breguet
7.7 Dan-San
7.7 EdStevens
7.6 trp81
7.4 JohnMacG
7.3 Patrick
7.1 Colin A. Owers
6.7 Ampovandak
6.1 joegertler
6.0 Eric Goedkoop
5.8 richard B
5.6 ercoupepilot
5.5 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger
5.45 GregE
5.3 Crimso
5.3 Der Grüne Flieger
5.2 Doc
5.2 Gilles
5.1 bshatzer
5.0 Tom L
4.7 dpolglaze
4.4 Ross Moorhouse
4.3 edmondthieffry
4.0 greenknight
3.7 Berman
2.5 Gregoire
2.1 Crankcase
2.0 sobrien
2.0 Rickenbaron
1.7 Kilian
1.6 sergio_vitalio
1.3 Cigogne
1.2 Ransom E. Olds
1.0 austin08
1.0 Cliff
1.0 cubsfan4life
1.0 gregorydquist
1.0 Luf-Rick
1.0 matte_kudasai
1.0 Mike Westorp
1.0 paolomiana
1.0 Peter Zambori
1.0 rammjaeger
0.8 Machinbird
0.8 tbstreet
0.8 toxisch
0.6 Sreiko
0.5 Martin Irvine
0.4 Vilkata
0.3 Nieuport14
0.3 Miroslav Pokorny
0.3 albapfalzd3
0.2 Paul_J._Fisher

[Varese2002]

Кованько developed his monoplane further. The last picture of the monoplane in flight shows the machine fitted with a nacelle. The original machine was very austere as the pilot sat completely in the open without cover. Although in those times there was not much flying done in the stormy and icy Russian winters, this cover (and the streamlining) was certainly no luxury for the pilots.

The father of A.A. Кованько was one of the cornerstones of Russian aviation for a very long time. More can be found
here, with thanks to Yavor.

There is a fine picture of father and son.



Cheers

Kees