Thank you Graeme. It was items 108 & 109 that led me too it. At first I thought Item 109 was possibly a tail wheel of some kind but the only jet aircraft to have that was the Supermarine Attacker and this was not the Attacker. So it must have been a jet efflux to give control to a VTOL aircraft, which led me to the Dassault Balzac. Here is the next one:-
Not getting anywhere fast on this one Mel....there is some similarity with the prototype F9F-9 Tiger - tailplane/stabilisers in the right position. On that subject then, would this be American?
I keep looking at the YF-8 and YA-7F Crusader/Corsair. The tailpipe and horizontal surfaces are about right, but not the tail itself . Are we looking at a fighter/attack prototype?
Ken. You are on the right road. It is in fact the tailpipe of a Vought A7E CorsairII at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.The aircraft below is an A7D. You have control.
Thanks Mel - somewhat surprised! Looked at the YA-7, the A-7A,B and D. Didn't look at the E - its got that little extension to the tailplane that ends at the exhaust outlet which the others don't have!
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