To continue trawling the entire USSR fleet !! I will try the Polikarpov VIT-1
Keith ?

Mel's Challenge
 

Not a Polikarpov aircraft. This aircraft did not enter service. You are correct in that this aircraft was a twin.
Mel

It's Gotta Be Something Cool!
 

Just a shot,but is this from the Mig Family?

Mel's Challenge
 

Sorry Lobo3 but this one was not a Mig either.
Mel

Well Then I's Stumped!
 

This thing is ringing all kinds of Bells,I'll sit and think on it for a bit,something has to give?:ugh:

Mel's Challenge.
 

I am running out of everything as well? I am going to suggest this, thinking it's wrong already ....
Vladimar Yermolov / Bartini designed DB 240? Keith ?

Desperation No 1 .... Antonov / Tupolev ANT 29.

Desperation No 2. Antonov / Tupolev ANT 46.

Mel's Challenge
 

Sorry keith, not the Vladimar Yermolov / Bartini designed DB 240. To recap the aircraft was of soviet design but did not come from the following stables:
MiG
Polikarpov
Petlyakov
Tupolev
Antonov
Ilyushin
It was a twin engined experimental aircraft of unusual design.
Mel

Clutching at straws again .... Sukhoy SU - 12 ?????

Mel's Challenge
 

Sorry Keith, this one was not a Sukhoy SU - 12 or a Spotter & Reconnaissance Aircraft it was designed as a bomber.
Mel

Obviously nobody reads `Aeroplane` any more ; Belyaev DB-LK.....
help yourselves....Syc.

Mel's Challenge
 

sycamore
As you say it would appear that not many read the Aeroplane these days, I thought when I put this one up it would be spotted immediately. It is indeed the Belyaev DB-LK.:ok::D, which was the subject of a recent article in the "Aeroplane".
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...-LKBatwing.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ft/DB-LK_2.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ft/DB-LK_1.jpg
Do I take it that you are declaring "Open House", if so after all the effort norwich put in I suggest he takes up the challenge.
Mel

Well done Sycamore, and well done Mel ! That was one megga challange !
I hope this is "open house" as I am going to post a realy easy one, and then go to bed ! So here goes .....

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...kpits/cop8.jpg

Airship of some sort. I mean dirigble (sp).

The Goodyear blimp, I'd say. Circa late 1980s or 1990s. I believe it has a glass cockpit now.

Glenn

Ozbeowulf has it, It's said to be Goodyear Blimp N1A "Mayflower" photo of 1971.
Difficult to track down as Goodyear seem to use the same registration and names for different craft ! Over to you Glenn.

Thanks, Keith...

When I confirmed my initial guesstimate, I found a 1989 photo. Even 18 years later, you can't mistake that big wood-rimmed pitch trimmer!

Here's a challenge from the big bird end of the ramp....

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../wotzit_17.jpg

Ginger-beers panel on Concorde ?

Sorry, not the Concorde.