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Thanks Bri, that was a great challenge. Keeping on the Float Plane theme here is the next.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ettequiz12.jpg
Mel

Yokosuka E14Y1 "GLEN" ?

Got in one RETDPI, it is the Yokosuka E14Y1 "GLEN":ok:
You have control.

Thanks Mel, a bit cheeky jumping in so quick , but I had this one ready:http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...ilo60001-1.gif

RETDI's challenge

No takers? Looks a bit Spanish to me with possibly a British radial.
Mel

You're on the trail Mel.
Also look at the front view in isolation.
A WW2 fighter from a name that initially became famous in WW1 was apparently used as a source of components for this production aircraft.

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A WW2 fighter from a name that initially became famous in WW1 was apparently used as a source of components for this production aircraft.

Are we talking about a well known Dutch aircraft manufacturer?

RETDI's challenge

That will be the Hispano-Suiza H.42 then.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...SuizaHS-42.jpg
Mel

Spot On Mel!

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...ick/HS-42B.jpg

During the Spanish Civil War Fokker supplied (secretly) the Republicans with support in the form of ,apparently, 25 fuselages and 50 wing sets for their D XXI fighter.
Before these could be produced as full airframes however, the victorious fascist forces over ran the assembly plant.
In later building the Hispano HS-42 trainer, advantage was taken of this and many components of the Dutch fighter were used in its construction. So there we have a bit of technical and political history rolled together, resulting in this Iberian oddity.

Mel - the floor is yours.

Thanks RETDPI that was a great challenge and an interesting aircraft. Here is the next one, something a little different.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...uettequiz4.jpg

Nord 500. If I'm right, open house. (If not, then I apologise for my arrogance)

Kitbag. Please do not apologise there was nothing arrogant about your answer, it is indeed the Nord 500.:ok:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...te/Nord500.jpg

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The Nord 500 was a single seat, company funded research aircraft. Its mission was to evaluate principles of the Tilt Duct propulsion concept for VTOL aircraft. The enclosed cabin contained an ejection seat. Two 317hp Allison T63-A-5A (or Allison T63-A5T, or 250-C18, depending on the source) turboshaft engines were located side by side in the rear part of the fuselage. They drove two 1.5m diameter props through interconnected shafts. Moveable vanes in the propeller slipstream controlled the duct positions aerodynamically.
The first prototype was completed in Spring 1967 and was used for mechanical and ground tests. The second prototype made its first tethered flight during July 1968.
Nord merged with the Aerospatiale Corporation in about 1970, and the aircraft became known as the Aerospatiale N 500. Although a more sophisticated and more powerful version was in planning, all efforts on the Nord 500 appear to have stopped by 1971.

As Kitbag says "Open House"

This one shouldn't take too long.......
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u.../Silo70001.gif

Umm...I'm thinking WWII Japanese?

Daz

A clue.
This Aeroplane is post war European and one example is extant in storage in a Museum fairly close to the Mediterranean.

Off the top of my [sore] head, some form of Potez?
watp,iktch

IKARUS 214. Yours has the Ranger in-line engines. This one, the 214-P, has Pratt & Whitney radials.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...r640/ik214.gif

Quite correct of course, designed by the the Yugoslav Ing. Prof. Sima Mulutinovic and produced as the Ikarus 214 in a number of variants - including one with an ASV Chin Radar.
The prototype as illustrated had the Ranger SGV-770s and was underpowered. These were later replaced with P&W R1340s. One Ikarus 214 is still around, albeit unassembled.
Over to you Evans!

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u.../Ikarus214.jpg

Hi all
Just passing, while awaiting Evan's reply, check this one out...........

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9.../Macchi001.jpg

Daz