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Kitbag 21st Mar 2015 22:00

This should finish it off

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Mar%201.jpg

evansb 21st Mar 2015 23:48

A DH Vampire?

oldpax 22nd Mar 2015 01:18

Looks like
 
A Grumman Bearcat?

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 05:59

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.

evansb 22nd Mar 2015 06:05

Hawker Typhoon?

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 07:23

Not a Hawker, but it did gain some success in the same role as the Typhoon.

Avionker 22nd Mar 2015 09:52

Westland Whirlwind? Open house if it is.

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 11:33

Avionker has it
At his request OH

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 11:38

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.

India Four Two 22nd Mar 2015 15:59

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.

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 16:25

Let me go back and check, I'll post the unaltered originals later. I'm certain I have the right pictures though.

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 16:52

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?

Kitbag 22nd Mar 2015 16:56

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:{

India Four Two 23rd Mar 2015 04:38

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.

Kitbag 23rd Mar 2015 09:57

I42, happy with that, as long as you know what it is, I think I very publicly proved that I don't! :sad:

India Four Two 26th Mar 2015 02:33

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.

evansb 28th Mar 2015 21:53

Identify the aircraft:
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...%20imaging.jpg

oldpax 29th Mar 2015 00:46

Boeing
 
Is this the boeing "Clipper"?

evansb 29th Mar 2015 00:47

If you mean the Boeing 314 Flying Boat? Sorry, no.

Harley Quinn 29th Mar 2015 09:04

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?

NutherA2 29th Mar 2015 09:41

Boeing 377?

India Four Two 29th Mar 2015 14:15

I'll subtract 70. B307?

evansb 29th Mar 2015 18:54

Yes, it is the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first pressurized cabin airliner.

http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...penthouse4.jpg
Your turn.

India Four Two 31st Mar 2015 21:56

Sorry all. I had forgotten I had posted.

Open house.

India Four Two 16th Apr 2015 23:55

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

sycamore 17th Apr 2015 09:40

A gunner`s turret control...?

Kitbag 17th Apr 2015 11:06

Going with Sycamores suggestion is it a Frazer-Nash mid upper (dorsal) turret?

India Four Two 17th Apr 2015 13:53

Yes, it's a turret but there is a cockpit in the picture.

Kitbag 17th Apr 2015 17:04

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

sycamore 17th Apr 2015 20:51

I`ll go with Halifax....

India Four Two 17th Apr 2015 21:14

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.

Kitbag 18th Apr 2015 15:52

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

hangarrat101 19th Apr 2015 23:11

Junkers Ju-90?

Kitbag 20th Apr 2015 05:08

Ratty, close; right country & requirement, wrong manufacturer

asw28-866 20th Apr 2015 06:46

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

Kitbag 20th Apr 2015 09:34

866 has it the FW 200 Kurier or Condor

Kitbag 20th Apr 2015 09:35

And it's Open House!

evansb 20th Apr 2015 20:25

Identify the aircraft:
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...ket/ha1133.jpg

hangarrat101 21st Apr 2015 09:58

I'm going late '20s/early '30s Italian?

evansb 21st Apr 2015 13:54

Not Italian, but yes, 1930s.


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