What Cockpit? MK VI

[Noyade]

I looked and looked again on Mel's list, but it's not listed...

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5941/img522b.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/img522b.jpg/)

[sabredog]

H.P. Halifax. Mk1.

[Noyade]

It is indeed sabredog. :ok:

Your control mate.

[sabredog]

Many thanks,Graeme.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz72.jpg

[Noyade]

Military?
Car-style entry.
WW2?

[MReyn24050]

French Military I believe post WWII.

[Noyade]

Sounds like you're in the know Mel. :)

Looks rather pedestrian for post-WWII?

Early jet? SO. 6000 Triton?

[Noyade]

Ahhh...clever cropping perhaps?

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4498/19181253.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/19181253.jpg/)

Open house should it be the Potez 75.

[sabredog]

Correct. It is the Potez 75.
Open House has been declared.

[evansb]

Next:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120321.jpg

[Spit161]

Would that be a Seasprite? OH if correct!

Jake.

[evansb]

Yes, it is the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

[MReyn24050]

Open House. Here is the next:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz429-1.jpg

[dash7fan]

Brditschka HB 23 ?

[MReyn24050]

You have it dash7fan :ok:. It is the Brditschka HB 23.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/HB_Brditschka_HB_23_2400-1.jpg

You have control.

[dash7fan]

Nothing at the moment, so open hpouse

[Kitbag]

re the last subject, pretty little thing it looks, but how on earth does one pronounce 'Brditschka' ?


(my first guess is something like bird s**tter)

[dash7fan]

Hi Kitbag:

try Br-ditsch-ka!

Very good plane for sightseeing and also for glidertow

[evansb]

Here is the next mystery cockpit:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120325.jpg

[evansb]

Clue: The aircraft is of Canadian origin.

[MReyn24050]

A Fairchild perhaps?

[evansb]

Yes, it is from Fairchild.

[MReyn24050]

Fairchild 41 or 42?

[evansb]

Sorry, Mel, not the 41 or 42. Take note of the dual throttles on the overhead (eyebrow) panel.

[Ridge Runner]

45-80? OH if correct

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Bri. Then it must be the Fairchild 45-80 Sekani Floatplane.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/18292.jpg

Just beaten to it by Ken.

[Ridge Runner]

Go on, Mel, post one as I have to go soon! :)

Martin :)

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Martin, Why did I call you Ken :confused: I will await Bri's confirmation.

[evansb]

Yes, the Fairchild 45-80 Sekani. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE

[MReyn24050]

Here is the next:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz430.jpg

[MrBernoulli]

The way those windows come together at the nose, and the fact that there doesn't seem to be much nose ahead of the cockpit, I would hazard a guess at something like a DH Dragon Rapide?

But then, I know nothing of these sorts of aircraft, lol! I am at home in the cockpit of a DC-3/Dakota but anything other than that, in this 'era', is out of my league. :ok:

[MReyn24050]

Welcome to the thread MrBernoulli. Sorry this one is not the DH Dragon Rapide. This aircraft only had one engine.
Mel

[evansb]

Douglas O-38 ?

[MReyn24050]

That is the one Bri. The Douglas O-38F :ok:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/9426.jpg

You have control.

[evansb]

Thanks Mel. Here is the next mystery craft:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120329.jpg

[SincoTC]

A re-entry vehicle mock-up/prototype, maybe the Boeing X-20 Dyna Soar ??

I wonder if this will ever be on AQ :)!!

[evansb]

TC is correct:ok: The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar. Your turn.

[SincoTC]

Thanks Brian,

Here is the next cockpit,

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP035.jpg

[Kitbag]

Looks pristine, 50's prototype/new build?

[SincoTC]

Nicely summed up Kitbag :ok:

[evansb]

Given the YAW meter, and the drag chute lever, it is probably a prototype, North American jet. I'll guess the YF-93A.

[SincoTC]

You're in the right ballpark Brian, but it's not the YF-93A :)


You still out there Kitbag?

[evansb]

Okay, I think I've determined the identity of the mystery cockpit. The North American F-107A Ultra Sabre ?

[Kitbag]

Still here, guess evansb probably has it

[SincoTC]

It is the North American F-107A Ultra Sabre as evansb correctly surmised.

I did wonder if you'd posted a kind of intimated answer in the wrong thread Kitbag, coincidence or what!!

The thread is yours Brian, evansb has control :ok:

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next challenge:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120331.jpg

[Kitbag]

Those pedals look Germanic, Gotha Go 242?

[evansb]

Yes, Kitbag, it is a Gotha Go.242.:ok: You have control.

[Kitbag]

Having a serious IT faff just now. OH if anyone has got something to post

[SincoTC]

To keep thing moving, here's the next cockpit

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP036.jpg

[sabredog]

B-2 Spirit

[SincoTC]

That's the one SD, the Northrop B2 Spirit :D

Sabredog has control :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you,SincoTC.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz78.jpg

[Cubs2jets]

Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake"

C2j

[sabredog]

Correct,C2J.
YHC

[Cubs2jets]

Lets try this...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/Cubs2jets/P8040045e.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Interesting aircraft Cubs2jets. It would appear to have three seats in tandam!!. and possibly dual control.

[evansb]

Piper TG-8 ?

[Cubs2jets]

evansb is correct!

The Piper TG-8 was an adaptation of the Piper J3 that was used as a training glider for the US Army. The engine was removed and the structure lengthened to accomodate a third pilot in its' place. It was actually triple control and was loaded front to back for C of G purposes.

230 were built and I believe there are two complete airframes and a third mostly complete airframe existing in goriginal form (some were converted to powered J3's). None of the three are assembled. I have every reason to believe that the fabric remaining on this example is 100% original.

C2j

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/Cubs2jets/TG8rightside.jpg?t=1252333546

[evansb]

Thanks C2j ! I really enjoyed your challenge.

Here is the next mystery cockpit:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120401.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Curtiss A3 perhaps?

[evansb]

Yes Mel, you are correct.:ok: You have control.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Bri. Here is one a few years earlier:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz431.jpg

[evansb]

Mel, is that an Earth Inductor Compass housed in a box in the upper right portion of the instrument panel ?

[MReyn24050]

Bri. I think you may be correct it certainly looks like it.
Mel

[Noyade]

Morning/Evening Mel.

A long shot, from a long way away. The R.E.8...?

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9337/img532q.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/img532q.jpg/)

[MReyn24050]

That is the one graeme, the Harry Tate, the Royal Aircraft Factory Re.8.:ok:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/raf_re8_pic.jpg

You have control.

[Noyade]

Thanks Mel. Very lucky shot - reminds me of the archer at the Olympics at Barcelonea lighting the torch...speaking of which, is James Bond really going to open the London Olympics?

Next...


http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/297/img537f.jpg (http://img851.imageshack.us/i/img537f.jpg/)

[Noyade]

Oh dear. Reading the caption (in the sunlight) it would appear this is a "completely refitted front cockpit", which I guess would make searching for rather difficult?

My sincere apologies, again. It was the Rawdon T-1.

Open House.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1766/img540.jpg (http://img710.imageshack.us/i/img540.jpg/)

[MReyn24050]

Open House! Try this one:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz432.jpg

[Noyade]

Yank?
1939-45?

[MReyn24050]

Graeme. Yes the aircraft was from the USA, it was designed between 1939 and 1945 and first flew towards the end of WWII.

[sycamore]

Navy `dive-bomber`?

[MReyn24050]

It was designed as a dive bomber and torpedo bomber.

[SincoTC]

Evening Mel,

I think that may be the Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK-1 ??

[MReyn24050]

HI Trevor it is indeed the Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK-1
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/XBTK-1_in_flight_1945.jpg

[SincoTC]

Thanks Mel,

I could only find photos of the side panels, but there was a tiny overlap onto the main panel in one corner of the RH one :)!

Cockpits are easier than silhouettes to prepare; the big problem is finding one that's not on your list :ugh:

Here's one that isn't (I hope)!

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP037.jpg

[sabredog]

Yakovlev Yak11?

[SincoTC]

You are correct (as usual) SD :D

It is the Yakovlev Yak-11

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/yak11-6.jpg

sabredog has control :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you,SincoTC. Apologies for "Hanging" the thread overnight, I should have added "ususal rules apply" to my answer.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz83-1.jpg

[Noyade]

Squarish fuselage - radial engine -old and in a museum?
American?

[sabredog]

Yes, to the first two questions and the last one,Graeme, but as far as I know it is a refurbishment destined for a Military Museum in a different State.

[MReyn24050]

Curtiss F6C-4 I believe.

[sabredog]

Correct once again,Mel, well done.
It is a Curtiss F6C-4 of the U.S.Marine Corps;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Complete6.jpg
YHC, Mel.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Terry. Here is the next:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz433.jpg

[Noyade]

Looks very odd mate.....

Not some sort of submersible?

Gondola?

[MReyn24050]

Hi Graeme
This aircraft was neither a submersible nor is a gondola. The aircraft was quite advance for the year it was built.

[Noyade]

Fascinating. Makes me think of the Benalla Rocket in Victoria. :)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4764/220829918e72cd4e5f0z.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/220829918e72cd4e5f0z.jpg/)

All that framework must have made it hard to see out?

Thinking French. Something like the Amiot 356 with the He.111 style of cockpit but I can't fathom what that hole above the pilot is? If it was a deleted gunner's position he would be standing on the pilots shoulders?
Observation bubble?

[VX275]

Is it one of the German giant bombers of WW1?

[MReyn24050]

Greame.
It is a gunners position but not French. VX275 is in the right are. It was large and German but not a Bomber.

[skytrain10]

Mel, some variation on the Arado Ar.232?

In case correct will have to be Open House as will be traveling for the next few hours.

[MReyn24050]

Not the Arado Ar.232 Ken. This aircraft was designed at the start of WWI.

[sabredog]

Dornier Rs.I

[MReyn24050]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/58-1.jpg
You have it Terry the Dornier RS1
The Dornier Rs.I was a large three-engined biplane flying boat, designed by Claudius Dornier and built during 1914-5 on the German side of Lake Constance. It never progressed beyond taxi-ing trials as it was destroyed in a storm. The Rs.I was completed by October 1915 and rolled out at Seemos for trials. On 23 October, during a taxi test, the port propeller and/or gearbox parted company with the aircraft causing damage to the gearbox mountings and the upper wing. The opportunity was taken to move the outboard engines into nacelles identical to the centre engine and mount them between the wings, on an independent structure with cat-walks for engineers to attend to engines in flight. This gave much better clearance for the propellers from spray, which was very likely to have been the cause of the port gearbox/propeller incident. Taxi trials recommenced but with little success till on 21 December 1915 a Foehn wind blew up during trials. Unable to beach the giant flying boat, attempts were made to ride out the storm on the lake, but the moorings gave and the Rs.I was dashed to pieces on the lakeside rocks. This giant aircraft is noteworthy for the construction materials used, let alone the sheer size of it, being the largest aeroplane in the world at the time of its launch

Your control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Mel. A great challenge.
Something a little less demanding;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz88.jpg

[sycamore]

Should have gone to `Specsavers` ,Sabredog....!

[sabredog]

Best to throw this one away.
Open House

[MReyn24050]

Surprised there were no takers Terry. It is the Fairchild FC-2
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/FairchildFC-2.jpg

[MReyn24050]

I am sure this one will cause no proplem:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz434.jpg

[sabredog]

Indeed it is the Fairchild Fc2,Mel. I had the usual hiatus with Photobucket, which rather negated the original challenge!
Back to your cahllenge.

[Noyade]

Surprised there were no takers TerryWell, there was one guy looking, but for the life of him couldn't remember the name. Didn't matter though, cause in the end when the dumb bastard found it, it was completely wrong. He thought it was the Van Valkenburgh.

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/4485/img569.jpg (http://img811.imageshack.us/i/img569.jpg/)

I am sure this one will cause no proplem:-Well, there is one guy looking, but for the life of him....:)

Flying-wing mate?

[MReyn24050]

Not a flying wing Graeme.

[Noyade]

A pair of Cockpit Bug's Eyes, like in the C-74 Globemaster and XB-43?

But this is much older?

[MReyn24050]

You have it Graeme. It is the Douglas C47 Globemaster.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/754px-C-74_long_beach.jpg

You have control.

[Noyade]

Thanks Mel. Very generous.
Sadly it took me quite a while to figure out the camera must've been on the floor between the seats, looking up.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8076/img479z.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/img479z.jpg/)

[Noyade]

The mystery ship from the outside...

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4148/1265535.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/1265535.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Ryan SCW-145?
If correct, it will have to be "Open House".

[Noyade]

Ryan SCW

That's the one Sabredog. :ok:

SD has requested open house.

[evansb]

Deleted due to a lack of responses.

[MReyn24050]

Updated List of challenges can be found in the above sticky.

[SincoTC]

Thanks as always Mel; great job:ok:

This one doesn't appear to be on the list and I've got plenty of patience :)

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP038.jpg

[sabredog]

FMA Ae. T.1.?

[SincoTC]

Blimey; who needs patience, the thread lives!!!:D

But why sixteen days without a Challenge, when a new one goes in under the hour :confused::confused:

Well done sabredog :D

It is indeed the FMA Ae.T.1

The FMA AeT.1 was an airliner built in Argentina in the early 1930s. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design, with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Only three examples were built, christened General San Martín, Deán Funes, and Jorge Newbery. These aircraft provided Argentina's first scheduled airline services with Aero-Argentina, flying between Córdoba and Buenos Aires. The Deán Funes was also used to make a long-distance flight to Ushuaia, bringing the first mail to that town after a flight of 6,500 km (4,000 mi). Air France director Colin Jeannel flew as a passenger on that flight.


http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/aet1-2.jpg

Sabredog has control :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you,SincoTC.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz106.jpg

[evansb]

ASJA Jaktfalk ?

[MReyn24050]

IMAM Ro-37 I believe. One of the restored aircraft recovered from Afghanistan.

[sabredog]

evensb,sorry, not the Jakfalk.

MEL has the correct answer,the IMAM RO-37 (Refurbished from Afghanistan).
Many thanks for the updated lists,Mel.
YHC

[MReyn24050]

Thanks for your comment Terry. Here is the next one:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz435.jpg

[Noyade]

Hi Mel.
Not many curves, very angled frame?
Wild stab...
Pre-1939 French twin airliner?

[MReyn24050]

Hi Graeme.
Pre 1939 twin airliner, but not French.
Mel

[SincoTC]

Evening Mel,

You say it's pre 1939, but is it still in the thirties?

The top of the centre window is cropped, so can't tell if there's more glazing, a roof or it its an open cockpit!

Not French, but is it European?

[MReyn24050]

Hi Trevor. It was in the thirties. There is more glazing above the windows shown and the roof was enclosed. The aircraft was not from Europe.

[evansb]

Curtiss Condor II ?

[MReyn24050]

You have it Bri. The Curtiss Condor II
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/AA20Condor20flying.jpg

You have control.

[evansb]

Thanks Mel ! Here is the next one:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Untitled.jpg

[evansb]

The mystery cockpit aircraft has a connection to the cruise missile programme.

[Agaricus bisporus]

So its a Rockwell something or other? Gruesome, whatever it it.

[BSD]

Learfan?

Just a guess, seems to have 2 engines but i power/thrust/throttle lever.

Can't see the cruise missile connection though. Hmmmm.

BSD.

[evansb]

Not a Rockwell, nor a LearFan, but there is a connection to Bill Lear. The aircraft was a subject on "Silhouette Challenge".

[SincoTC]

Well, from the clues, I guess it's a Foxjet ST600 ?

It'll have to be Open House if correct, as I'm away from my PC for the rest of the day!

[evansb]

Yes, it is the cockpit of the Foxjet ST600. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

[aviate1138]

Not sure about the Foxjet ST600 - more like a Walnut Wonderjet! :)

[SincoTC]

more like a Walnut Wonderjet!

That's a good one, I like it :ok:

No takers on my OH, so I'll take it back! Another wooden panel :). This should be an easy one, it has had a silhouette, but I'm surprised to find it's not on the cockpit list!

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP039.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Also subject of another quiz I believe. The Heath Parasol?

[SincoTC]

Good evening Mel :)

:ooh: I've been rumbled!!

You have control :ok:

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Trevor.
Here is a nice easy one, which I am surprised has not been done before:-

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz436.jpg

[VX275]

a Miles design?

[MReyn24050]

Not a Miles design, VX275.

[aviate1138]

Absolutely flying blind, a Hendy Heck?

[sycamore]

Fom the makers of garage doors,gloves,and leaky rooves on their aircraft..?

[MReyn24050]

Not the Hendy Heck nor is the aircraft a product of Westlands.

[sycamore]

Skua or Roc..?

[MReyn24050]

Neither the Skua nor the Roc.

[Rosevidney1]

The Lysander. OH if correct

Sorry. I didn't see this page which says not Wastelands!

[explorer99]

Fairey Albacore?

Not been here before - be gentle!!

E99

[MReyn24050]

Welcome to the thread explorer99. A hit first time it is indeed the Fairey Albacore.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/FaireyAlbacore.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/300px-Fairey_Albacore_ExCC.jpg

You have control.

[explorer99]

Thanks for the offer, but it'll have to be Open House until I get the 'adding-an-image' thingy to work!

E99

[SincoTC]

Good call, welcome to the thread and thanks for the OH explorer99 :ok:

it'll have to be Open House until I get the 'adding-an-image' thingy to work!

It's easier than it first appears and there's loads of Posting an image tips on the AH&N main page and if you've any queries, send me a PM. The hardest part is finding a subject that's not been used before, but that's what Mel's priceless list as a Sticky on the main page is for and we'd be well and truly stumped without it!!

Despite it not being on the list, I'm not going to post a certain South American Recce cockpit :)!!

So try this one.

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP040.jpg

[evansb]

Nesmith Cougar roadable aircraft ?

[SincoTC]

Nesmith Cougar roadable aircraft

That's the one :D

You never know what might show up at Flabob. Roadable aircraft might be all the buzz these days, but here’s an example that’s been around a while – a Nesmith Cougar with a retractable drive pod.

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/NesmithCougar.jpg

evansb has control :ok:

[evansb]

Thanks. Here is the next one:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120519.jpg

[SincoTC]

A low-wing trainer?

[evansb]

Yes, obviously a low-wing monoplane primary trainer.

[ExAscoteer]

GA Hotspur (Glider).

OH if correct.

[Noyade]

1940 WACO RPT Antique/Classic Aircraft For Sale At Controller.com (http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/WACO-RPT/1940-WACO-RPT/1138047.htm)


The airframe was originally built as a tandem open cockpit airplane but later had a canopy added giving it that early WWII trainer look. See here...


http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8947/img666k.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/img666k.jpg/)

If correct Brian, Open House, as I'm heading to work. :(

[evansb]

Noyade is correct.:ok: Well done. She is certainly not a glider, as the "throttle" dymo-tape label clearly indicates. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

[SincoTC]

Yes, obviously a low-wing monoplane primary trainer.

Thank you, it's because it was so bl:mad:ing obvious that I wanted to hear it from you that it was, but now I know why I wasn't finding it!!

Great detective work Graeme and an excellent challenge Brian :ok:

Shame I'm just off to work now too, so can't offer anything at the moment.

[evansb]

Here is the next cockpit:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WCP120523.jpg

[MReyn24050]

One of these I believe:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/17740_1236143358.jpg

Curtiss-Wright : CW A-14D : Speedwing

[evansb]

Mel is correct.:ok: He has control.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Bri. here is the next one:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz438.jpg

[Harley Quinn]

Ju 87A maybe?

[MReyn24050]

Not the Ju87 Harley.

[Kitbag]

Tupolev SB-2?

[MReyn24050]

This one was not from Tupolev.

[Kitbag]

Still sticking with the Soviets, Yak 2?

[MReyn24050]

Sorry Kitbag this one was not from the Soviet union.

[evansb]

Yokosuka P1Y Ginga ?

[MReyn24050]

Hi Bri.Sorry this aircraft was not from Japan.

[Kitbag]

Blohm & Voss Ha 140?

[evansb]

Bloch MB.174 ?

[MReyn24050]

This aircraft was not from Germany.

[Noyade]

A Polish greenhouse Mel?...

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4072/img685.jpg (http://img803.imageshack.us/i/img685.jpg/)

[MReyn24050]

Sorry Graeme. This one is not from Poland. The cockpit was not quite a greenhouse.

[Ridge Runner]

Martinet???

[MReyn24050]

Not the Martinet RR.

[sycamore]

Not Russian,Polish,German ,Japanese, but judging by the wheel is probably a twin,or 4 engined,with access thru` to a glazed nose for bombardier/gunner.....Possibly French?

[MReyn24050]

It is a twin but not French.

[Noyade]

G'day Mel.

Is it European?
Or should we be looking elsewhere?

Purpose?
1939-45?
Many built?

:)

[Harley Quinn]

Last go tonight; Avia B158?

[MReyn24050]

Graeme. At the time country of origin was I believe classed as Central European.
It was designed as a reconnaissance aircraft and first flew late 1930s. It was a rare bird.

Harley, not the AviaB158, but your getting closer.

[Noyade]

Letov S.50?

Letov S.50 (http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bww2/s50.html)

[MReyn24050]

Hi Graeme
Not the Letov S.50, right country and as shown a very similar cockpit layout. Only one of these aircraft built.

[Harley Quinn]

Can't find production numbers, Aero A300 maybe?

[SincoTC]

Good evening Mel,

First time on for a number of very busy days!

I think it may be the Praga E.51 ??

I regret to say that it'll have to be Open House if correct as I'm not sure when I'll be able to get back again :(

[MReyn24050]

Hi Trevor.
You have it the Praga E.51.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/e51_f2.jpg

The Praga E-51 was a Czechoslovakian reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber built by Praga . The E-51 first flew on 26 May 1938. As a result of Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia, development stopped. There was only one prototype built. The appearance of the structure is very similar to the Dutch the Fokker GI .

Open House

[MReyn24050]

Open House! Here is the next one:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz439.jpg

[sabredog]

FMA AeM-01?

[MReyn24050]

That is the one Terry. I am sure we have all seen it before somewhere.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/AeM01.jpg

You have control.

[sabredog]

Absolutely,Mel. I had it earmarked for my own use!!
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz115.jpg

[Karlark]

Caproni Ca.135?

[Noyade]

Dammit!

Too slow trying to figure out all that glass...

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8139/img688s.jpg (http://img690.imageshack.us/i/img688s.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Karlark is correct. The Caproni Ca.135.
Well done.
YHC

[Karlark]

Thanks Sabredog, one of few I could identify from the inside out... although maybe not the exact model, this picture of a ca.135 came to mind:

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii20/mudflaps_2008/2012/4824408474_d927f03361.jpg

Looks like Graeme was hot on the trail :)!
Open house

[Karlark]

Here is one for my own OH;

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii20/mudflaps_2008/2012/37-1.jpg

[evansb]

Blohm und Voss BV.155 ?

[Karlark]

Not a German aircraft evansb.

[Karlark]

Hint: It is from one of the Nordic countries.

[SincoTC]

Good afternoon/evening Karl,

Is that a VL Pyörremyrsky ??

[Karlark]

Evening Trevor,

Yes, it is the VL Pyörremyrsky currently preserved at the Aviation Museum of Central Finland. :ok:

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii20/mudflaps_2008/2012/40.jpg

SincoTC's control.

[SincoTC]

Thanks Karl,

Here's the next cockpit

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/TC_WzztCP041.jpg

[Noyade]

G'day Trevor. :)

No rails for a sliding canopy?
1939-45?
Polish? Japanese? Fighter?

[SincoTC]

G'day Graeme :),

No rails for a sliding canopy?
1939-45?
Polish? Japanese? Fighter?

No canopy mate, from the thirties, a fighter, but not Polish or Japanese

[Harley Quinn]

Italian? FIAT CR 32?

[SincoTC]

Sorry HQ; it's not Italian either!

[MReyn24050]

it's not Italian either!
But French I believe.

[SincoTC]

Good afternoon Mel,

You are correct in your belief in it being French :)

I've been monitoring periodically, but I now have to go out for a couple of hours or so!

Good hunting :ok:

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Trevor. Loire 46 perhaps.
See PM

[SincoTC]

Good evening Mel,

It is indeed the Loire 46 :D (although all the images on the site I used have them as the 43)!! :ugh:

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/loire46.jpg

You have control :ok:

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Trevor.
Here is the next one, surprised it has not been posted before:-

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Cockpitquiz440.jpg

[Noyade]

Dunno Mel.

American?

[MReyn24050]

It is American Graeme.

[sycamore]

A-26 Invader,possibly a test aircraft ,Calspan...? OH if correct....

[MReyn24050]

This one is not the A-26 Invader.

[con-pilot]

A-20 Havoc?

[evansb]

Douglas XB-42 ?

[MReyn24050]

Sorry but this aircraft is not the A20- Havoc nor the Douglas XB-42.

[Kitbag]

Beechcraft XA-38

[MReyn24050]

This aircraft was not from Beechcraft.

[Kitbag]

Douglas F3D Skynight?

[MReyn24050]

Not the Douglas F3D Skynight. It was of that era though.

[Kitbag]

I can only find exterior shots, but what about the 'slow' fighter; Douglas F6D Missileer?

[MReyn24050]

Not the Douglas F6D Missileer. This was originally a twin engine Navy Aircraft, but in the configuration shown the aircraft was being used as a test vehicle but not in Naval service..

[Kitbag]

Northrop X 21?

[Noyade]

Douglas A-3 Skywarrior?

NRA-3B: Six RA-3Bs converted for various non-combat test purposes.Douglas A-3 Skywarrior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-3_Skywarrior)

[MReyn24050]

Sorry Chaps neither the Northrop X 21 nor the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. This particular aircraft was purchased from the US Navy and used for a specific purpose. It was later brought by the company that owned the aircraft at the time the challenge photograph was taken and used as a test vehicle to develop their own designs.

[Kitbag]

Struggling now, how about the NC-131 Samaritan?

[MReyn24050]

No sorry not the NC-131 Samaritan. This aircraft type first flew early 1950s. I have just realised I inadvertently may have been misleading everyone in my post earlier today in saying this was originally a twin engine Navy Aircraft when in actual fact it had three engines.
Forgive me it was the lateness of the hour and that extra glass of red.

[Kitbag]

TBH it probably wouldn't have made any difference!

Have we had the NA AJ Savage yet?

[MReyn24050]

You have got there Kitbag :ok:. It is the Avco Lycoming's North American AJ-2 N68667. The aircraft was used as a flying test-bed for Avco Lycoming engines.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/1038591M.jpg

Accepted by the U.S. Navy on 6 February 1953, the museum's AJ-2 Savage entered squadron service with Composite Squadron (VC) 7 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. The majority of its subsequent years of service was spent in composite squadrons and heavy attack squadrons (VAH) ashore and afloat. The aircraft accumulated a total of 1,630 hours while in Navy service.
Subsequently purchased for service as a fire fighter, this AJ-2 performed this duty until 1971, at which time AVCO Lycoming bought the aircraft from a fire fighting operator in Madras, Oregon, for use as flight test bed for the company's engine designs.

You have control

[Noyade]

Three cheers for Kitbag! Well done mate! :ok:

[MReyn24050]

In the photograph of the cockpit of Avco Lycoming's AJ-2 the navigator's station had been removed and replaced by engine test instruments used on the various Avco Lycoming projects such as the the YF102-LD-100 turbofan engine used on the Northrop YA-9.

[Kitbag]

Don't think there were too many aircraft left after that!

A quickie:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Kitweston/WCP30May.jpg

[Noyade]

1939-45?......

[Kitbag]

Yes, World War 2

[evansb]

Tachikawa Ki-74 ?

[Kitbag]

Spot on, the Tachikawa Ki-74

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ki-74-1s.jpg/800px-Ki-74-1s.jpg

YHC

[evansb]

Thanks. I've nothing to post, so it is OPEN HOUSE

[Kitbag]

A little overnight one:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Kitweston/wcp6jun.jpg

[sycamore]

A LITTLE `CHOPPY`...?

[Kitbag]

Not a Vortech Choppy; this is a fixed wing aircraft

[sabredog]

Druine Turbulent?

[Kitbag]

SD has it, the Druine Turbulent.

YHC

[sabredog]

Thank you,Kitbag. The Druine D.31 Turbulent appears to be very popular at the moment.
The next challenge should not last very long;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz121.jpg

[Kitbag]

1931 MG Magnette?;)

[sabredog]

Ah! Very droll,Kitbag,but not the 1931 MG Magnette.

[Kitbag]

How about inter war British military twin engine biplane, close coupled cockpit and gunners emplacement;

Vickers Virginia?

[sabredog]

Not the Vicker's Virginia,Kitbag. But good reasoning nonetheless.
The machine is WW1 vintage.

[Kitbag]

I'll go with the HP O/400 then as a first guess

[sabredog]

Not the H.P.0/400,Kitbag.