Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge

[Karlark]

Yes it does. It looks like a Seversky BT-8.

[SincoTC]

Good morning Karl,

Just pausing for a hurried coffee break.

I'll second that call; the picture that Graeme cropped appears to be this one:
Seversky BT-8 - trainer

As it's nearly 1am in Wagga Wagga and Graeme's not likely to around for several hours yet, I'm sure that he would agree that you should take control

[Karlark]

Well Thank You Trevor.

Here is the next SC:

[SincoTC]

Good afternoon Karl,

I do believe that's the Moreland M-1 Trainer ??

[Karlark]

Good Evening Trevor,

It is the Moreland M-1 Trainer!
I thought it would be a difficult one to ID, but not for you.

SincoTC's control

[SincoTC]

Thanks Karl,

Here's the next silhouette:

[Noyade]

Good call on the BT-8. I guess a case for "you can crop, but can't hide forever".

Evening mate. Ruskie looking? It flew? A gun in the tail?

[SincoTC]

G'day Graeme,

Thanks, 'twaz Karl that got your BT-8, I just seconded it as you were (like a baby I hope)

'Tiz a Ruskie, it did fly and that is a gun in the tail

[Noyade]

Thanks, 'twaz Karl that got your BT-8

Yes mate, I know, I was just giving you all a big warm fuzzy hug.

Ilyushin? Beagle with a nose job?

[SincoTC]

Yes mate, I know

I thought you did, but I didn't want to steal the credit on the ID from Karl

Not an Ilyushin

[Noyade]

but I didn't want to steal the credit

I steal credit every day. I wish I had more savings.

Mr Tupolev?

[Noyade]

I thought you did,

A bolded thought? Is that a clue mate?

[SincoTC]

Sorry, not from Mr Tupolev!

A bolded thought? Is that a clue mate?

No mate, but if you want a clue, it's in the wing-tips

[Noyade]

it's in the wing-tips

Really?

Let's back up a bit. This is a Russian twin-jet aircraft built and flown. Needle nose and straight wing? Carried comrades into battle?

Not an RPV?

[Noyade]

it's in the wing-tips

The other thought is a Ruskie equivalent to the American Thunderjet/B-29/B-36 wingtip parasite projects?

But this looks too big for that.

[SincoTC]

OK, lets have a quick summary!

This is a Russian twin-jet aircraft built and flown. Yes

Needle nose maybe not quite as pointy as it looks, but that's how the silhouette shows it!

straight wing Yes (viewed from above

Carried comrades into battle? It didn't enter service

Not an RPV

Take a closer look at the wing-tips mate (they're not fuel tanks)

Edit:

Not a parasite project and it is/was quite large!

[Noyade]

The Beriev R-1?

[SincoTC]

You got mate

The Beriev R-1



Noyade has control

[Noyade]

Thanks Trevor. Thanks for the clues.

I just kept thinking of a Yak-25 sized bomber. Nothing gelled, in fact I thought you were trying to tell me the wing-tips were reconnaissance pods. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Open house and a cup of coffee are the order of the day!

Cheers.

[MReyn24050]

Open House, well here is another one. Well it is almost a silhouette:-