Challenge

[Noyade]

I could swear

I did.

Corsair looks very promising mate.

[sabredog]

Correct,Karlark. The F4U Corsair.
YHC.

[Karlark]

Thanks SD, Open House.

[Karlark]

Here's an intake:

[Noyade]

Hi Karl.

Is it that super-duper MiG MAPO jet?

[Karlark]

Hi Graeme, yes that be the one



Your control

[Noyade]

Thanks Karl. More of a "plumbing" challenge I guess, but here goes...

[Karlark]

My guess is the turbocharged Lavochkin LA-7TK, although I can't find a picture of it....

Edit; Maybe not, does looks Russian though.

[Noyade]

This type of aircraft had "reached the limit of its technical potential" by 1939 and the supercharged M-25VTK engine shown was a desperate attempt to improve performance and remain competitive at high-altitudes.

It is Russian, but not a Lavochkin.

[Karlark]

Polikarpov I-16?

[Noyade]

Yes indeed, the Polikarpov I-16TK.

Your control Karl.

[Karlark]

Thanks Graeme. Here's another intake:

[Noyade]

Dunno Karl, but it looks like another super-duper jet fighter of sorts?

[Karlark]

This one wasn't too super duper; it never made it past mock up stage.

Edit: It was a LWF contender.

[Noyade]

LWF contender

Thanks Karl. That made things very easy. I always thought it was just a two horse race.
Impressive looking machine, looks pretty super-duper to me, the Boeing Model 908....

[Karlark]

Yes, that's the one.

Looks like it stabbed the wall and sprung a leak.

Your control.

[Noyade]

Looks like it stabbed the wall and sprung a leak.

It does! Just noticed that now.

Open House thanks Karl, as I'm one on one with a Russian.

[Noyade]

[Krakatoa]

Vickers Varsity

OH if correct

[Noyade]

That's a fair stab, but not the Varsity mate.
This is not a British aircraft.

A Famous individual is responsible for this aircraft. He had a lot of money and became rather reclusive in later life....