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Sikorsky Ilya moromets
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evansb has it again. :ok: Your go.
Blériot 110, a duration and distance record holder, was also known as Blériot Zappata. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ge_/unk58x.jpg |
I'm glad I didn't waste any more time trying to get that one - and I thought I knew my old aryplanes too!
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Can someone post something more pretty - the last two aircraft have been real 'dogs'! :}
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The Bleriot made for deep research! This one is a bit grainy, but its the best I could find of type.
http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pxz...xjmSll37WbuChA |
Looks like the rear cockpit to a 1940/50s aircraft, however seems a great deal of instrumentation for a rear cockpit?
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Both front and rear cockpits are visible in the photograph. The placards are in English.
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American English?
It's a stumper. I've a Grumman feel though. |
Curtiss SBC 4 Helldiver perchance?
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MReyn24050
Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver it is!:D :D The last bi-plane to serve the U.S. military. To "oncemorealoft", beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the Helldiver is a bit of a dog too. Pehaps Mel will post a beauty..
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evansb
Thanks for that. I do not think this aircraft could be called a dog.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...pitquiz217.jpg Mel |
Seems to be harder than I expected.This aircraft first flew early 1940s and was said to be of considerable refinement over its predecessors.
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This aircraft was used by two axis air forces.
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Tricky.
I see it has Italian instruments. Combining that with your clue about it being an improvement over its predecessors, I guessed Macchi Mc205, but it doesn't seem to match the pics I have for it... Close? |
Reggiane Re-2005
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That was my second choice, but THAT didn't match either :)
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Italian operated Junkers Ju87?
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Tim, cringe has it :ok: :D It is the cockpit of the Reggiane Re-2005 see attached photograph.
http://www.aldini.it/re2005/performances.htm The Reggiane Re 2005 was defined by many as "the most beautiful fighter of the axis".In fact,the Sagittario was a really beautiful airplane, with a clean and fascinating shape,but moreover it had exceptional flying charaterisics ,very powerful armament and exceptional handling.It was "the fighter" but it was limited by a slow production during the war, also due to the american bombing runs over the Reggiane factory. You have control cringe Mel |
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