Silhouette challenge

[RegDep]

Good morning TC. HAI-17 it is

I was just contemplating on a 12-hour clue .

TC has requested Open House.

[skytrain10]

As things are very quiet, here's one to keep it moving along:

[Ridge Runner]

Hi Ken!

Are those windows alongside the observer's position, within the fuselage?

M

[RegDep]

1934 Meridionali Ro.37?

Reg

Edit to say: No but having seen Meridionali's 3D could not be that far off

[skytrain10]

Hi Martin

Are those windows alongside the observer's position, within the fuselage?

Sorry, its not too clear from the silhouette. Yes those are indeed windows within the fuselage immediately aft of the lower wing.

[RegDep]

1937 I.A.R. 37 through 39, then?

Edit to say, that it looks mostly like 37.

[skytrain10]

Hi RD, yes its the IAR 37 from Romania.



RegDep has control

[RegDep]

Thank skytrain!

Here is our next puzzle

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[evansb]

SAAB B17B Svenska ?

[RegDep]

Ha! So easy was it. SAAB 17.

evansb has the thread

Edit to say: Sorry. Not easy at all. Just good research, evansb

[evansb]

Yeah, it was easy. Here is one that may not be too easy:

[RegDep]

Here is one that may not be too easy

You mean not Russian?

[evansb]

Not a bit Russian, this one.

[RegDep]

So what's the big idea? STOL?

[RegDep]

HappyPass I see you lurking

a soft spot for failed concept planes

Now you have a chance of lifetime: Tell us what this is.

[HappyPass]

lurkin' since this mornin'...
now was havin' supper
start browsin' now...
Adrian Owen

[evansb]

STOL? Sort of. The big idea was to operate from unimproved airstrips at hot and high altitudes.

[skytrain10]

Big idea implies it never came to fulfilment....was this actually built?

[RegDep]

Hot and high altitude. Where would you have that to justify an aircraft project which is not a bit Russian? Chilean, Argentine, or Peruvian? French for Algeria? India?

[evansb]

Yes, one aircraft was built and it flew, very briefly. It was not built nor designed in any of the countries mentioned.