Name that Flying Machine

[India Four Two]

Who knows this nose?

[Haraka]

What's beneath it would be the giveaway!

[oxenos]

Blackburn B 20 flying boat with retracting hull. OH if correct.

[Asturias56]

think you're right

[India Four Two]

Well that didn't last long! The Blackburn B20. An aircraft I had never heard about until I stumbled upon a picture of it. A fascinating concept that might have gone further if the prototype had not been lost. Interesting that it had the infamous Vulture engines.













https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_B-20
https://web.archive.org/web/20090609...ckburn_b20.htm

Haraka obviously knew, but oxenos identified it and has declared Open House

[Beamr]

Since OH...

[CoodaShooda]

He178?

[Beamr]

I apologise the late response, HE178 it surely is, German jet taildragger from 1939.
Your control, CoodaShooda!

[CoodaShooda]

Amazing that I could immediately identify the undercarriage from a photo seen once over 55 years ago, yet I can’t tell you what I had for lunch yesterday.

Open House please.

[meleagertoo]

[BEagle]

Not quite the XB-70!

[Asturias56]

full marks to whoever polished it!

[meleagertoo]

Beags clearly knows...

[Self loading bear]

Smooth operator

[treadigraph]

This is the first of my 27 guesses...

[Self loading bear]

I think interest has been lost in the sleek Cobalt Valkyrie Co50.

[meleagertoo]

Indeed, SLB.
All yours.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks Mel,
let’s see if this one creates more interest:

[treadigraph]

I'll try Curtiss Seahawk?

[Self loading bear]

You are fishing in the right pond but please try again.