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You are both correct!
It is the Vought OS2U Kingfisher. The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm also operated 100 of the type, from 1940 to 1944. con-pilot has control.
It is the Vought OS2U Kingfisher. The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm also operated 100 of the type, from 1940 to 1944. con-pilot has control.
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Well done evansb, I thought that offering a concept aircraft might have taken a bit longer. It is the Vickers C six engined bomber project.
I found some rather good 3D interpretations on the net recently, including a short video.
Me_P_08_01_08Vickers_C_05
You have control.
I found some rather good 3D interpretations on the net recently, including a short video.
Me_P_08_01_08Vickers_C_05
You have control.
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S'land's challenge
The following three-view plan is from C F andrews and E B Morgan's book "Vickers Aircraft since 1908" published by Putnam showing the Vicker's 1942 design study for a very large bomber of canard configuration with six turbo-supercharged Centaurus engines. Proposed Max weight 178,000 lb.
Is a new member allowed a guess as well? If so, may I suggest the Armstrong-Whitworth AW.167? I did not find a picture of it, but every description I found matched the three-view provided. Tu.114
Okay, another guess then. Could the aircraft in question be of German provenience? I remember having seen this odd engine intake configuration on a Heinkel post-war project: the He.211B-1, though the cockpit and tail look different. Tu.114