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Lightning Mate 22nd Mar 2012 23:05

Possibly the Savoia Marchetti S66.

MReyn24050 23rd Mar 2012 00:12

Not the Savoia Marchetti S66, David.

Lightning Mate 23rd Mar 2012 08:24

Good morning Mel. :)

But it is a flying boat is it not?

Kitbag 23rd Mar 2012 09:02

Perchance one of these?

http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/france/loire_130.jpg

Loire 130

OH if correct

MReyn24050 23rd Mar 2012 10:18

Good Morning David, yes it was a Flying boat and kitbag has got it :ok:. The Loire 130. Kitbag has requested Open House.

Lightning Mate 23rd Mar 2012 14:00

I see you are still around Mel, so don't get bored.

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...ng_29/OH-5.jpg

evansb 25th Mar 2012 13:49

Virgin Galactic Spacecraft 2 ?

Lightning Mate 25th Mar 2012 14:30

Nice shot Bri, but no.

Karlark 25th Mar 2012 14:45

Buran space shuttle?

Some sort of spacecraft?

Lightning Mate 25th Mar 2012 15:07

Not Russian mate, but it is indeed a space vehicle. :ok:

safetypee 26th Mar 2012 12:19

The vent pipe, left side, looks like a Rolls Royce engine?

Lightning Mate 26th Mar 2012 13:09

Not RR.

US Rocketdyne AR2-3 rocket engine.

Kitbag 26th Mar 2012 14:20

Boeing X-37 then? there do not seem to be many uses of the Rocketdyne AR2-3, except the NF104 which shows how old it is.

Lightning Mate 26th Mar 2012 14:51

At last - a winner. :ok:

The X-37 it is.

All yours mate.

Kitbag 26th Mar 2012 18:33

Right, OH then while I go do a search for something

Lightning Mate 26th Mar 2012 18:36

...reheat Kitbag..............BURNER.....................

Kitbag 26th Mar 2012 18:49

Don't think this one had thrust augmentation by burning additional fuel in the jet pipe:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...Chall26Mar.jpg

sabredog 26th Mar 2012 19:52

Horton 229?

Kitbag 27th Mar 2012 05:31

indeed it is

You have control

sabredog 27th Mar 2012 06:54

Thank you.
Open House

Lightning Mate 28th Mar 2012 09:33

This thread has been very quiet......

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u..._29/double.jpg

Ridge Runner 28th Mar 2012 10:09

Kraguj, David?

Lightning Mate 28th Mar 2012 10:15

Afraid not mate.

No response to your SC? ;)

Ridge Runner 28th Mar 2012 11:00

Yugoslav, though?

Lightning Mate 28th Mar 2012 11:06

No Martin - American.

trucky04 28th Mar 2012 14:14

Twin seat, Cantilever wing, radial engine...stab stab

trucky04 28th Mar 2012 14:15

.....and is a tail dragger

Lightning Mate 28th Mar 2012 14:34


Twin seat, Cantilever wing, radial engine...stab stab
....no - yes - no...stab stab

Horizontally-opposed 6 cylinder and six seats.

Ridge Runner 28th Mar 2012 14:58

Helio Courier?

Lightning Mate 28th Mar 2012 15:09

It's the Helio H-392 Strato-Courier, which has those augmentor exhausts.

All yours Martin. :ok:

Ridge Runner 28th Mar 2012 15:21

ah, thanks David and bugger ..... It'll have to be OPEN HOUSE!

evansb 28th Mar 2012 15:38

The next challenge:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/SQUATTER.jpg

Ridge Runner 28th Mar 2012 15:59

NA FJ-1 Fury, Brian????

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraf...y-kneeling.jpg

OPEN HOUSE please

evansb 28th Mar 2012 17:04

RR is correct. The caption reads North American XJF-1 Fury. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE

Lightning Mate 29th Mar 2012 10:08

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...ng_29/OH-6.jpg

evansb 29th Mar 2012 21:57

Beech E-18S Super 18 ?

Lightning Mate 30th Mar 2012 07:24

That's a deal mate.

Your thread. :ok:

evansb 30th Mar 2012 15:31

Thank you. Here is the next one:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WEX120330.jpg

Ridge Runner 30th Mar 2012 15:49

Flogger??????? If so, OPEN HOUSE, Brian!!!

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/...SC_6088PS1.jpg

Probably a pile of twisted metal now!!!!! I had some time close up with these in Tripoli a few years back. RR

Kitbag 30th Mar 2012 21:23

This one?

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Chal30Mar.jpg


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