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Old 6th Mar 2010, 21:04
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Clues
It appeared in many Hollywood movies including The Flying Tigers.

Uncropped...

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Old 6th Mar 2010, 21:33
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Then with that front windscreen it has to be the Capelis XC-12 surely....
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Old 6th Mar 2010, 21:33
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Puts me in mind of the Boeing 247
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Old 6th Mar 2010, 21:43
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it has to be the Capelis XC-12 surely.
It surely is! Your control LM.
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 08:37
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Thanks Graeme.

Here's another:

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Old 7th Mar 2010, 08:49
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Now this one is Russian...... I'll get my books!
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 08:54
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Morning Martin.

That will be an interesting book then.
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 12:33
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Er.... not Russian!!!! Blast and ...d..d ....
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 15:51
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Ah so RR,

I see you have come in from the cold.....
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 15:53
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Twin engined, twin prop?
I thought,that I had seen it somewhere, but I hadn't. Was thinking of a Fischer -something.
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 15:56
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Was thinking of a Fischer -something.
Nope.

I have given RR a clue.....
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 17:09
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I see you have come in from the cold.....
Yes, literally.. from gardening! A clue? Well, I'll be jiggered 'cos I can't see it!

Martin
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 18:03
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Is it a Yokosuka design? I take it this was a design only, and never made it beyond the model stange?
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 18:13
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The R2Y that had to start with a prop before the jet was ready? (See "Secret Japansese aircraft of WW2" on discovery channel for background on the R2Y). RR
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 19:18
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I see you have come in from the cold.....
Wasn't Richard Burton in that?
Now there was a great British actor.

This was a projected aeroplane........

Personally I think the wing leading edge has a familiar look about it...
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Hi mate. From East to West? An East German design? It looks like some sort of ground attack design.

Actually I thought it was the North American FBT when I first saw it.

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Old 7th Mar 2010, 19:42
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Blimey Mate, you're up early!

East to west - west to east.....

Russia/Britain? Fair enough - take your choice....
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 19:53
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West not East.....
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Old 7th Mar 2010, 19:58
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Hi LM,

The engine configuration, which must have been very cozy for the pilot, reminds me of the Fairy Torpedo bomber twin-Merlin project to spec 0.21/44 but that had a different profile aft of the cockpit canopy
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Holy **** TC.

I heard that round go over the top......
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