Name that Flying Machine

[meleagertoo]

It looks French or Italian to me. That clumsy air scoop below the cowling is very distinctive, as is what appears to be a nice clean bubble canopy.

[chevvron]

Delete 'Firefly' insert 'Battle'
First flown 31 May 1939 with a Napier Sabre 1 engine.

[meleagertoo]

Originally Posted by chevvron

Delete 'Firefly' insert 'Battle'
First flown 31 May 1939 with a Napier Sabre 1 engine.

Which prefectly explains the strange position of the exhaust and the almost symmetrical cowling lines...d'uh! oh!

[chevvron]

I have to admit that sycamore gave me the idea when I googled the Folland f108 and came up with something called 'oldmachinepress.com' which included the full picture of the Battle.

[BEagle]

chevvron, you are indeed correct. It was the Fairey Battle used as a Napier Sabre test bed.

Over to you!

[chevvron]

Open House.

[meleagertoo]

[sycamore]

Out of interest,anybody found a picture of the Folland F108 Test-bed a/c...?

#3927...AT-6 with Ranger engine...?

[meleagertoo]

Not an AT-6

[Asturias56]

Fields in the background look like NW Europe - possibly a river or the coast near the top of the pic?

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Out of interest,anybody found a picture of the Folland F108 Test-bed a/c...?

Several on google.

[sycamore]

Thanks chevv....

[meleagertoo]

Asturias, that scenery is cetainly not European.

[Noyade]

A quick morning thought would be the Bell XP-77?

[meleagertoo]

A quick morning thought indeed!
How does he do it?
All yours pal...

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Out of interest,anybody found a picture of the Folland F108 Test-bed a/c...?

Hey Sycamore.
Here's a couple I found - complete with a binder hole.




PS - What was the Avenger like to fly?

[Noyade]

Thanks Mel.

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

How does he do it?
.

Memory.

[India Four Two]

A French aircraft?

[Noyade]

Not French...

[Noyade]

German.