Who Remembers 'those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines'?

[sixtiesrelic]

Remember the scene where the Japs decide to enter a flying machine in the great air race but don't have one designed yet?

 

No bother... someone takes a model of some country's aircraft and pulls the wings off and bungs 'em on the body of another country's model and says... Japanese entrant!

 

We all laughed. Well...

 

Lookee here:-

 

What two aeroplanes did the Poles use to make thissy?

 

 

 

[siznaudin]

Hmmmmmm...:confused:

 

Edit: does this help?

 

[ATTACH]1277[/ATTACH]

 

 

 

[dazza 38]

DC-2 and the Lockeed Super Electra.(maybe)

 

 

[siznaudin]

See what Wikipedia has to say: it might possibly generate a mild discussion in the ranks...

 

 

[willedoo]

Looks like a PZL P-44 Wicher.

 

 

[sixtiesrelic]

Right Willy

 

 

Looks like someone got out a big hacksaw doesn't it.

 

 

[dazza 38]

:) Never heard of it.It must have been crap then.

 

 

[siznaudin]

Here's where I got my image from...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.44_Wicher

 

 

[Guest David C]

Apparently this is the only one ever built ...development costs and delays scuppered the project .. Funny how history has a habit of repeating itself !,..

 

Dave C