Finite projective planes of order \(n\) with a 2-transitive orbit of length \(n/2-1\). (Q2378031)

Let \(\Pi\) be a finite projective plane of order \(n\) with a collineation group \(G\) which is doubly transitive on some orbit of size \(n/2 -1\). The author proves that \(n=16\); moreover, \(G\) has a normal subgroup \(\text{PSL}(2,7)\) and \(\Pi\) is the desarguesian plane or the Johnson-Walker translation plane or its dual, or \(|G|=42\) and \(\Pi\) is an unknown plane of order 16.