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Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:48 pm
by DuckofTindalos
What's this, then?

RE: Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:25 pm
by SemperAugustus
Comte AC-1
RE: Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:49 pm
by RBWhite
Does UUUUGLY ring a bell
RE: Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:36 pm
by RBWhite
Something By Boeing?
RE: Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:58 pm
by SemperAugustus
Nah it is the Comte, one built for the Swiss Fliegertruppen...
RE: Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:18 pm
by RBWhite
Okay, found it

RE: Let's have something from the "obscure" department...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:58 pm
by DuckofTindalos
The Comte AC-1 is correct. Built as a private venture in 1927, it was meant to satisfy a Swiss Air Force (Fliegertruppen) fighter requirement, but they ended up buying French aircraft instead. They did buy the single prototype, though, and used it for testing.