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evansb,
Don't mean to give you a headache, and to a point (but not technically) we are splitting a fine hair. No, it is not an XF11C-3.
To recap:
U.S. design.
4 "cousins" in museums widely seperated.
The picture did NOT come from a book or the web. I took it.
C2j
Don't mean to give you a headache, and to a point (but not technically) we are splitting a fine hair. No, it is not an XF11C-3.
To recap:
U.S. design.
4 "cousins" in museums widely seperated.
The picture did NOT come from a book or the web. I took it.
C2j
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Finally!! 
You were so close with your first post. I thought you would catch the camoflage paint. Lots of pictures on the 'net. I took my pictures with an early generation, low-res digital in 2002.
The "technicality" was that the export version of the BF2C-1 (Hawk III) had different wing structure and engine.
The "cousins":
Hawk III - Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok Thailand
BF2C-2 - National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensecola, FL
F6C-4 - Gulfhawk I Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Washington, DC
Hawk II - Polish Aviation Museum, Cracow, Poland
Great job. Over to you!
C2j
You were so close with your first post. I thought you would catch the camoflage paint. Lots of pictures on the 'net. I took my pictures with an early generation, low-res digital in 2002.
The "technicality" was that the export version of the BF2C-1 (Hawk III) had different wing structure and engine.
The "cousins":
Hawk III - Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok Thailand
BF2C-2 - National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensecola, FL
F6C-4 - Gulfhawk I Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Washington, DC
Hawk II - Polish Aviation Museum, Cracow, Poland
Great job. Over to you!
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Thanks C2j. The canopy mechanism was the big clue, but I could not rationalize the camo scheme. The Hawk III of the Chinese Air Force in the photos I first reviewed did not have canopies. I did however find a photo of the Curtiss XP-6E, which was the first biplane Curtiss installed a canopy on, but again the colour scheme did not match-up. I simply must get to Thailand. Here is the next challenge:
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Not the Spencer Air Car. This one appears to be a more contemporary design, although like the Air Car, having it blow up in a James Bond movie might be a possibility.
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The more I look at the picture I agree.
I think the "view" our the window is photoshopped in it gives the impression of being a seaplane and of European origin.
Is it the Aero-Volga L-6?
C2j
I think the "view" our the window is photoshopped in it gives the impression of being a seaplane and of European origin.
Is it the Aero-Volga L-6?
C2j
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Keith,
I think C2j has it. I initially thought the religious pictures on the right might indicate an Italian (P-136) origin, but the cockpit is wrong for a Piaggio. They are clearly Orthodox icons.
Correction - I think it is the LA-8.
I think C2j has it. I initially thought the religious pictures on the right might indicate an Italian (P-136) origin, but the cockpit is wrong for a Piaggio. They are clearly Orthodox icons.
Correction - I think it is the LA-8.
Thanks, Bri. A very nice looking aircraft.
The picture I had ready - the Sopwith Dolphin - has a) been done before and b) I cannot access Photobucket anyway, so open house.
The picture I had ready - the Sopwith Dolphin - has a) been done before and b) I cannot access Photobucket anyway, so open house.
