What Cockpit? MK VI
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As Bri rightly states the Beriev Be-32KM was a derivative of the Beriev Be-30, however it had a different windscreen layout.
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Planegill's challenge has a similar windscreen layout to the Be-30, hence my response but then I have been wrong many times before
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Planegill's challenge has a similar windscreen layout to the Be-30, hence my response but then I have been wrong many times before
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Mel is correct, it is the Beriev Be-30.
With all due respect, the previous thread at #1482 was incorrectly identified. It is not the Be-32. It is the prototype Beriev A-40 Albatross. You can see it has a bigger pedestal and a generally wider cockpit. The Be-32 has the same cockpit window arrangement as the Be-30. (That would be a major modification to make to an aircraft.) I can't find any photos which show this clearly, although you can see in this one that there is a centreline window.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Mosco...-32/0813362/L/
Here is another A-40 cockpit photo. I don't know if this was an updated version or the second prototype. I downloaded this photo, but can vouch it is the same as the aircraft I inspected and photographed at AirExpo 92 in Auckland. (Unfortunately I can't find my photos at the moment.)
With all due respect, the previous thread at #1482 was incorrectly identified. It is not the Be-32. It is the prototype Beriev A-40 Albatross. You can see it has a bigger pedestal and a generally wider cockpit. The Be-32 has the same cockpit window arrangement as the Be-30. (That would be a major modification to make to an aircraft.) I can't find any photos which show this clearly, although you can see in this one that there is a centreline window.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Mosco...-32/0813362/L/
Here is another A-40 cockpit photo. I don't know if this was an updated version or the second prototype. I downloaded this photo, but can vouch it is the same as the aircraft I inspected and photographed at AirExpo 92 in Auckland. (Unfortunately I can't find my photos at the moment.)
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Thanks Planegill, and thanks for your input regarding the Beriev Be-32K. I know that the photograph Bri published at Post #1482 is also identified as the Be-32K on a well known website. The following photograph is of a Be-32k which shows the central windscreen clearly.
However on the Beriev website they have a three view drawing showing the Be-32KM which has a different windscreen layout. See link:-
http://www.beriev.com/eng/Be-32K_e/Be-32K_e.html
Whether this aircraft was built I do not know.
Next challenge to follow soon.
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However on the Beriev website they have a three view drawing showing the Be-32KM which has a different windscreen layout. See link:-
http://www.beriev.com/eng/Be-32K_e/Be-32K_e.html
Whether this aircraft was built I do not know.
Next challenge to follow soon.
Mel
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Sorry for the delay, trying to find the answer to the latest Avia quiz chalenge. However, kitbag, this one was not a French aircraft and norwich, not a Petlyakov aircraft either.
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Twochai. This aircraft was not from the USA. Keith is in the right part of the world but I am afraid to say it was not from Ilyushin. At this stage in the proceedings I should add this was a rare bird.
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I am a little surprised this one has lasted so long. Some 700 viewing since original posting.
To recap, this aircraft is an aircraft that was built in the Soviet Union but as stated earlier it was a rarity.
Mel
To recap, this aircraft is an aircraft that was built in the Soviet Union but as stated earlier it was a rarity.
Mel