Guess This Aircraft ?

[Bats]

Haha, maybe I should have used that one for the puzzle - short answer is I don't know, I hoovered up the photo from somewhere on the 'net and the caption only mentioned the Maverick (Incidentally I have some reservations about referring to something with that sort name with a feminine pronoun). My best guess though would be a Busby Mustang 2, I've seen a couple of different canopy configurations on them and at least one with a similar cowling.

 

 

[pylon500]

Interesting!

 

Initially thought it was the English 'Leopard Jet', with American rego to throw us, but looked up Leopard, and it's different..

 

 

 

[Bats]

I remember the Leopard was a perennial favourite in the English flying magazines I used to pore over - never did work out how they planned to seal that huge tip-up canopy to enable pressurisation at 55'000 though. Funnily enough I tripped over a video of one of the prototypes flying the other day - not sure if it was just the small size, but it seemed to approach at a fair clip.

 

 

[red750]

Been a few months since this thread was active. Here's one to stump you.

 

 

 

[rgmwa]

McCormick-Romme cycloplane circa 1911

 

 

[red750]

Give the man a kewpie doll.

 

I thought it would take at least a couple of hours.

 

 

[red750]

Let's see if you are as quick with this one.

 

 

 

[rgmwa]

Give the man a kewpie doll.I thought it would take at least a couple of hours.

Google knows all.

 

rgmwa

 

 

[rgmwa]

The Blaney Low Centre of Gravity Monoplane.

 

rgmwa

 

 

[red750]

You obviously have the same web page as I do. Google Picture Search?

 

 

[rgmwa]

You obviously have the same web page as I do. Google Picture Search?

Nope...just scanning random photos. `Early monoplanes' in this case

rgmwa

 

 

[red750]

OK. You should have no difficulty with this one then.

 

 

 

[rgmwa]

OK. You should have no difficulty with this one then.[ATTACH=full]47016[/ATTACH]

No good... I'm going cross-eyed, so maybe someone else can spot it.

 

But how about this one:

 

 

 

[kasper]

No good... I'm going cross-eyed, so maybe someone else can spot it.But how about this one:

Hirsch H-100

 

 

[red750]

Hirsch-MAéRC H-100

 

My last one open to any takers.

 

 

[red750]

 

It appears no-one has had success with this one, or wants to take a crack at it, so here it is. This is a Vought VS 326, built on the airframe of the Vought TBU-1 Sea Wolf, and used as a flying test bed for Pratt & Whitney engines.Other photos show it with different engines.

 

 

 

[willedoo]

This should be an easy one - four engine transport with a tendency to carry unusual cargoes.

 

 

 

[kasper]

This should be an easy one - four engine transport with a tendency to carry unusual cargoes.

 

[ATTACH=full]47573[/ATTACH]

Sopwith Camel? x4

Or was that the Antonov Camel?

 

 

[willedoo]

Or was that the Antonov Camel?

Getting close.

 

Another hint: rear loading, depending on the model it can carry a payload of 45 -50 tonnes of camel, goat, illicit arms or paratroopers.

 

 

 

[Marty_d]

Ilyushin Il-76

 

 

[willedoo]

Spot on, Marty.

 

I wouldn't like the job of cleaning this one out.

 

 

[bunyips]

Hi People,

 

I came across this in an obscure part of Gumtree. Aircraft is situated in Ravenshoe, Far North Queensland. $500 ... In a shed ...lol

 

 

 

[red750]

What designation was given to a limited 4 place cabin taildragger which was not put into production, but was re-used 15 years later on a long running high performance retractable?

 

 

[red750]

29 hours and no bite. Answer - Beech Model 33.

 

Original design, never got beyond a plywood mock-up.

 

 

Later used for the Debonair

 

 

 

[Mick]

That drawing of the Beech Model 33 looks a bit like a Globe Swift.