Good skills, Skytrain!

Yes, this is part of an aircraft (one that only concerns itself with the troposphere!).

Looking at

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an engine?

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Mmmm, not sure quite how to answer that... :8

Mmmm, not quite sure what I think about that, either, in this context!

Not being obstructive - you'll understand my answers when things slot into place. ;)

I did toy with this idea yesterday. Spaceship One

Sorry, Harley, you're thinking along the wrong lines there.

I'll try to answer Skytrain a little better:

Part of the image shows part of an engine. An engineer would tell you that the whole thing is not an engine.

Astazou to you tooo.... off a Wetdream or a Gazelle...OH if correct...

Gesundheit!

Sycamore has it... :ok:

...the intake and reduction gearbox on an Astazou (on a Jetstream, as it happens).

You can see one in situ about half-way down this page of smashing photos: Latest News

Open House is declared.

OK, I'm struggling to reconcile the sharply swept fairing centre left of the challenge, could you show the uncropped image please?

This should help:

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/.../7Feb20123.jpg

I didn't get to know the aircraft well enough to find out the purpose of the fairing; thinking about it, it probably carries the harness for the propeller deicing. There's one on each engine in the one o'clock position (viewed from the rear).

Brilliant, thank you, I can see it is the reduction gearbox now.

Is this the cooling intake for a de Havilland inverted engine or an outlet for an exhaust?

Evening Harley.

It's the outlet for a ducted fan.
Japanese motor-glider.

(Found it while looking for Ken's motor-glider on SC)

Thought that one was supposed to be Argentinian?

I'm was searching for motor-gliders in general.

Yes, if you find it, let me know.... :)

Mine above is Japanese.

Found a side view that might match up; Nippi NP100A?

http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/drwg/s/np100.gif

That's the one Harley. :ok:

Your control.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/9239/img435g.jpg

This may not be a good pic:

http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/...Q/Chal8Feb.jpg

But its the best I can come up with.

I like it! :ok:

Polikarpov I-153, according to the caption...

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9582/img438.jpg

Good shooting, the I153DM with two gasoline fuelled ramjets under the wings.

YHC

Thanks Harley. Here's another...

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4158/pprune.jpg

Izzata Beechcraft Beechjet ?