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A DH Vampire?
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Looks like
A Grumman Bearcat?
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Sorry gents, this was neither a jet or a naval ac. As Sycamore suggests, the name was reused for a different type of machine after this one left service.
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Hawker Typhoon?
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Not a Hawker, but it did gain some success in the same role as the Typhoon.
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Westland Whirlwind? Open house if it is.
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Avionker has it
At his request OH |
Question about p5 in this thread
Just out of interest is anyone else having trouble getting onto page 5 of this thread? I normally use a Win 8.1 machine as its the biggest screen I have, however since last night (21 Mar) the only way I can see p5 onwards has been to use my Android phone, which is pretty crummy when it comes to editing, posting and looking at pictures.
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Kitbag,
Maybe it's just me but I don't see how the first and second cutaways you posted could possibly be the same aircraft. |
Let me go back and check, I'll post the unaltered originals later. I'm certain I have the right pictures though.
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OK, I42, bearing in mind hey are left and right views; here is a flickr link which, when you get past the ads has images of a Westland Whirlwind as photos and the drawing I reversed the colours on. This link is a page from AP 1709 Vol 1 which as everybody(?!) knows is the Westland Whirlwind maintenance manual.
Hope that clears things up for you, I know how frustrating these can be. OTOH I see what you mean, the access cut out on the stbd side? |
Mea Culpa, I apologise. I42 has pointed out what a c0ck I've been, the second image is NOT a Whirlwind, the fuselage L&R did not have entry panels.
I'm off for a bit of self flagellation:{ |
Kitbag,
No need to go to extremes. ;) Everyone makes mistakes and yours is serendipitous. Avionker has declared OH, so I propose we just just carry on with your second picture as the next cockpit. |
I42, happy with that, as long as you know what it is, I think I very publicly proved that I don't! :sad:
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After some research, I'm not 100% sure, but I'll plump for the Typhoon (the 24 cylinder one that is).
Edited to say that evansb has priority on the Typhoon. |
Identify the aircraft:
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...%20imaging.jpg |
Boeing
Is this the boeing "Clipper"?
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If you mean the Boeing 314 Flying Boat? Sorry, no.
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As the pic seems to show the aircraft in a hangar, am I correct in assuming this is a landplane rather than a flying boat?
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Boeing 377?
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I'll subtract 70. B307?
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Yes, it is the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first pressurized cabin airliner.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...penthouse4.jpg Your turn. |
Sorry all. I had forgotten I had posted.
Open house. |
No takers?
How about this? I'm not sure if it will be extremely easy or very difficult. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psywiboweq.jpg |
A gunner`s turret control...?
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Going with Sycamores suggestion is it a Frazer-Nash mid upper (dorsal) turret?
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Yes, it's a turret but there is a cockpit in the picture.
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Right, so we're after that little blur of light in the picture?!
I'll still go with an FN turret in the tail of the queen of the skys; Avro Lancaster |
I`ll go with Halifax....
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sycamore,
You're wrong and I'll give a clue why. I took the photo yesterday at the Aerospace Museum in Calgary - no Halifaxes there. ;) Kitbag is correct. It's a Lancaster Mk X., FM136: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psmbc4f9oa.jpg I had wandered around to the tail after I noticed that the rudder trim tabs had external mass balances, which surprised me. I then had a look in the turret and now have even more respect for the poor sods who had to sit in that cramped little space, in the cold, peering into the darkness for nightfighters. I read that the gunners often took out the perspex that I took my photo through, in order to have a better view! The turret doors were open and I realized I could see all the way to the cockpit. Kitbag has control. |
TVM I42. I wouldn't have got anywhere without Sycamores initial suggestion. Anyway, lets see where this big bird goes;
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...2018%20Apr.jpg |
Junkers Ju-90?
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Ratty, close; right country & requirement, wrong manufacturer
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How about the FW 200 Condor? If correct only arrived at with the generosity of the hints and has to be open house as on an early :zzz:
'866 |
866 has it the FW 200 Kurier or Condor
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And it's Open House!
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Identify the aircraft:
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...ket/ha1133.jpg |
I'm going late '20s/early '30s Italian?
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Not Italian, but yes, 1930s.
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