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treadigraph
13th Aug 2003, 22:28
http://www.tpsconsult.co.uk/dump/mystery.jpg
Friend of mine came across this on another Aviation discussion forum - any of you expert PPRuNers know what it is? Is it even real?
My best guess is possibly German (Junkers or Dornier), Italian (Savoia Marchetti) or Russian (Tupolev or Antonov)... but it doesn't really fit anything I can find...!
Treadders
Mr_Grubby
13th Aug 2003, 22:51
Treadders
I think it's French. This is a Bleriot 125. Built 1931. Two Hispano-Suiza, 12 cylinder V liquid cooled, 500hp each. Cruising speed 112 mph, Ceiling 14,000 feet. Range 500 miles. Crew 3. Passengers 12.
Mr G.
Aerohack
13th Aug 2003, 22:52
Treadders,
Easy this one. It’s the 1931 Blériot 125. Two 500hp Hispano-Suiza V-12s in push-pull arrangement, four fins/rudders, three crew in the centre pod, 12 pax (six aside presumably, and no in-flight service). One prototype only, you’ll not be surprised to hear.
Mr_Grubby
13th Aug 2003, 22:53
Aerohack.
Beat you by one min !!!!
Mr G.
treadigraph
13th Aug 2003, 23:06
And both of you within half an hour! Blimey! :ok:
I've certainly never heard of it and it doesn't appear in my previously infallible Big Boy's Bumper Book of Aeroplanes...
Cheers chaps!
Treadders
Aerohack
14th Aug 2003, 00:31
<<previously infallible Big Boy's Bumper Book of Aeroplanes...>>
Treadders,
It's because I had to search out my Big Boy's Bumper Book (or should that be Boy's Big Bumper Book?) that Mr G beat me to it.
:ok:
foxmoth
14th Aug 2003, 02:48
Not an aircraft I had seen before, but as soon as i saw it something said "French" to me!
Synthetic
14th Aug 2003, 07:19
Treadigraph - humble appologies - this response belongs on Jetblast, but I couldn't resist.
It's the plane that the management of a company I used to work for decided would be manufactured after the engineers had designed a fast jet:p