Mel's Challenge
 

S'land has it. :ok::D. It is indeed the Deekley Knight.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...pLtdKnight.jpg

the following patent gives details regarding the wing construction:-
CIPO - Patent - 383079
You have control S'land.

Thanks Mel. They don't come much harder than that one.

Here is the next cockpit challenge.

http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1219751941

Fiat CR 32
It was shown about 25 pages ago.

Aviate1138:
Close, but not the Fiat CR32.

Yes! I see my deliberate mistake!

Fiat CR42 - I hope!

OOOOpppps ! I think I made a boob earlier in the year ! I posted the same photo, (24 04 08, page 91) it ran for a short time and was , ironically, won by Aviate 1138, with his guess at Fiat CR32 ? looking back at my records it should have been Fiat CR42 Falco, completely my fault for forgetting the correct name of my post !!! can I blame it on age ??? This is why it is not included in Mels listing as CR42. Sorry.
Will let S'LAND decide the result. Keith

Kieth,
I think that one of the problems is that the CR 42 was developed from the CR 32, so there are a lot of similarities between the two cockpits.

As Aviate1132 got both your and my challenge, I think it only fair that he is declared the winner.

Richard

Thank you S'LAND, Sorry for my boob ! Yes aviate 1138 has a very good memory, and the world awaits his next post ! Keith.

Seems I nearly got the wrong machine but thanks anyway [this is my favourite thread] :)

Here we go..........

Sorry about the quality but there are just a few pics of this cockpit and none in hi res.....

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n.../different.jpg

Gloster Meteor F8 'Prone Position'?

Right concept evansb....... at least you didn't get it first try! Like you usually do! :rolleyes:

Reid and Sigrist R.S. 4?

8028410q

Wrong country, not thousands of kilometres away.

aviate1138's challenge
 

Northrop XP-79 perhaps? But the perhaps not. I was told many times at school always read the question properly. Misread aviatte1138 comment I missed the NOT thousands of kilometres away :\. I therefore withdraw my proposal. :)

Mel

Henschel HS 132?

Closer S'land, getting closer........

Heck! The Germans produced such an astonishing variety of fascinating prone prototypes - once again I'm amazed at what I find digging into the background behind this thread.

FS17
B&V 40
He P1077
Gotha P60A
Henschel HS132
Berlin B9
DFS228

Now I know where the U2 came from!

or even the Savoia Marchetti dive bomber where the poor gunner sat upright while the pilot lay prone over the top of the engine! Yikes!

Agaricus bisporus has covered most of the German prone pilot powered aircraft (the Horten Brothers also worked on prone pilot gliders). However, there was also the Messerchmitt ME P 1103.


One of the most interesting things about the three challenge threads (cockpit, silhouette ans airfield) is getting the brain cells working an learning something new.

Agaricus bisporus cast his net and found the correct manufacturer but not the right machine.

Question is..... which manufacturer and which machine?

FS17
B&V 40
He P1077
Gotha P60A
Henschel HS132
Berlin B9
DFS228


Hmmm.... tap tap tap....

Ummm DFS 346 ??? Keith.