Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge

[Noyade]

Hi Mel.
I'll start the ball rolling.
They look short - Japanese?
Mitsubishi Ki-2?

[MReyn24050]

You have it the Mitsubishi Ki-2

You have control

[Noyade]

Thanks Mel - sorry, but open house at the moment.

[Noyade]

Found one....

[MReyn24050]

Graeme. Is it for real or just a mock up? That tail rotor looks really ineffective.

[evansb]

Indeed. No intakes, vents or exhaust visible either. Background forest looks nordic.

[Noyade]

I believe it's real Mel. Flew in the early nineties and powered by reaction motors using Hydrogen Peroxide as fuel. Most of the flight testing was carried out in Switzerland, a place called San Vittore (see below), but the photo above shows the pre-production prototype prior to shipping at Newport News, Virginia.

[MReyn24050]

That will be the Atlas Rocket Helicopter Swiss Copter then. That tail rotor looks so ineffective.

[Noyade]

That will be the Atlas Rocket Helicopter Swiss Copter then.

Done!

I believe the author Mike Spick had some involvement in the project.

Your control mate.

[MReyn24050]

Your clue helped. I was not looking for a real flyer I was convinced that the first picture showed a mock up. Good challenge Graeme.
Here is the next:-

[Noyade]

Fighter?
British?
Hawker Hornbill?

[MReyn24050]

You are also on a roll Graeme. Hornbill it is .
You have control.

[Noyade]

Just lucky mate. Actually, I was thinking it might have been the Saro fighter based on your flying-boat cockpit hunt.

Must leave you now, heading to work. Cheers Mel.

Should be easy?....

[MReyn24050]

Interesting challenge Graeme. An aircraft with "ventral cabane struts" similar to the Bristol Fighter and Bristol Tourer aircraft. Is this from the USA?

[MReyn24050]

The Vickers 141 perhaps?

[Noyade]

The Vickers 141

Well done mate! Sorry for the delay.
Your control Mel.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Graeme here is the next:-

[Noyade]

I'm thinking Czech?
Letov S-328?

[MReyn24050]

You are thinking correctly. It is the Letov S328.
You have control.

[Noyade]

Thanks Mel. I'll make it open house for the time being. Cheers.