A very interesting and complex aircraft - what frightened me was reading once about an F-11 test pilot who was asked if it was possible to land one with the wings swept back (at around 200kt)

"Sure" he said " just like every landing in a B-58....."

We have an open house for more than 36 hours.
My apologies if I jump in too early

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f75006dd5.jpeg

Bleriot XI Monoplane

Northrop-Grumman B-2 Spirit (Stealth Cockpit)

- Ed

De Blériot 11 It is
This replica of the Lelystad Early birds foundation of the late Jaap van Mesdag.

Oncemorealoft has control
The plane is white as a Ghost but I yet have find any connection to the B-2 Spirit

Oncemore aloft has control

I’m having problems uploading an image so Open House.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....12a02c86b.jpeg
Sorted out uploading.

Looking at the power levers I would say that's an early twin turboprop.

looking at the trim wheels it looks very industrial - hardly FBW I think.......................

It sort of vaguely reminds me of an Atlantic or an F-27 - it's neither but I'm thinking something substantial...........

But The Friendship, Viscount and Dart Herald all look older so perhaps not that old

Dart engine instruments.

"Darts".
I'll go with YS-11

Dook, as a non-pilot myself, what are the clues that make it Dart powered as opposed to any other contemporary turboprop? There seems a lot of engine related levers compared to a pure jet or even modern turboprop.

The conditioning levers distinguish it from modern turboprops and therefore most likely Darts.

I have only flown one turboprop and it had single-lever controls like a jet.

does look like a YS-11...............

NAMC YS-11 it is.

I believe dixi188 has it.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ae6475898f.jpg
Try this one.
Dam. I've just seen something that should give it away.

Oh dear - you certainly did and it does.

Why don't you remove it, brush it out and then replace it.

we won't look.....................

Too late me thinks.
I got the photo so you couldn't see the name on the control column, but missed the other one.
Have this one on me.
I remember a demo of one of these in the '80s. Amazing that wouldn't stall, just kept dipping the nose.

I think in the circumstances we should let Dixi have another try....................

"Amazing that wouldn't stall, just kept dipping the nose"

That's because the canard stalls before the mainplane, the second advantage of a canard configuration.

Sorry guys, it is the Beech Starship 1 as it says on the ADI.
Try this one.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....52d9c94294.jpg

'artnoon dixi.

I've flown the two-seat version of that so I'll keep quiet.

I did not decipher the starship 1 logo.
and was looking at the Piaggio-180 canard.
By coincidence that uses the same name of flight instruments...

Sorry bear, Dook and Ast' lead me to post another.

No problem
From the silhouette of the bomb display:
T-tail
Short wings sloping down
confirmed by searching
Emergency nozzle closure

F-104 Starfighter

When I followed a Management course I got some lessons on planning. The teacher/professor had been involved in a planning problem at Fokker building the Starfighters in license.
They could not get the aircraft from the pre-delivery flight test stations, so holding up delivery.
It seemed that after each test flight the amount of problems got bigger instead of smaller.

After analysis of the various problems they split the pre-flight stations in Radar repair and all other repair.
They first made an aircraft completely ready and did a test flight without radar. Then they went to a radar repair bay where they fixed the radar ASAP before something other broke down again. Time between failure of the radar was 10 hours after delivery I believe, but stand to be corrected.

SLB has it.
F104G
Too easy really when you see the bomb diagram on the panel.




and the antennae tilt bottom right?!

Splot

Thanks Dixi,
Now this:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....aa3689732.jpeg

That has to be experimental surely.

I've seen this before somewhere - it was experimental and I think it may have been French........ but what the big tube was for is beyond me ................. maybe a duct for a jet engine?? :eek:

This aircraft has been identified before on this thread but at that time it was collateral damage as the challenge was another cockpit.

SUD OUEST Triton SO.6000J, first airframe designed with nose intake for French designed engine, later powered by a Junkers Jumo engine. Final version powered by RR (Hispano-Suiza built) Nene.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....67ab9949ad.jpg

That's the one!

But why the tube? The Triton had jet air inlets at the wing root, not the nose, so was the tube for?

Something that worried me as well..

https://www.militaryfactory.com/airc...rcraft_id=1237


The SO 6000 was being designed as early as 1943 in secret within German-occupied France. The initial approach called for a stressed metal skin monoplane aircraft powered by a single turbojet engine. The turbojet was to be aspirated by a wide-mouth air intake arrangement at the front of the aircraft. Unlike other jet aircraft of the early post-war years, the French design offered two interesting design qualities - its engine was buried within the fuselage (as opposed to underslung nacelles) and a crew of two were seated in a side-by-side arrangement. A tricycle undercarriage was also worked into the airframe and ejection seats were planned.The resulting design was a clean, if unorthodox, first entry into the world of jet-powered flight.

The side-by-side seating required a wide fuselage and this gave the aircraft an appearance akin to a modern corporate jet. The wide-mouth intake was replaced with two small side intakes. The fuselage shape was well-rounded and tapered noticeably from nose to tail. The low monoplane wing appendages were straight with rounded tips. Similarly, the tailplanes followed with a rounded look to them and complemented a single vertical tailfin. The tricycle undercarriage was made up of three legs (two main, one nose) and each sported a single wheel - the main legs retracting under the wings.

Attempting to recover lost technical ground from the war, French officials were sold on the promising Sud-Ouest endeavor and quickly moved to order six prototypes (one to serve in the static test role). Development of a French-originated turbojet proved slower than anticipated so this led to the selection of the rather unreliable German Junkers Jumo 004B to power the aircraft. These engines were built during the war on French soil so the decision was sound to help the SO 6000 project along. It also powered the famous wartime Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" jet fighter.

The use of the Junkers engine produced the "SO 6000J" designation and would power the first two prototypes

First flight of the Triton was recorded on November 11th, 1946, marking a major stepping stone for French aviation. The flight lasted roughly 10 minutes and the aircraft managed a speed of only 180 miles per hour but progress was progress. The Triton then garnered considerable interest as a static display during the 1946 Paris Air Exhibit and much was expected from this impressive-looking French product going forward. Some delays brought on by technical challenges brought the program to a standstill flying-wise but the aircraft went airborne against to net a maximum speed of 250 miles per hour.

Three subsequent prototypes were initially selected to receive the British Rolls-Royce "Derwent" turbojet engine but this was not to be (the pairing generated the designation of "SO 6000N" as a result). Instead, the Rolls-Royce "Nene" 101 series turbojet engine (4,8501b thrust), already being produced locally under license for French de Havilland Vampires (through Hispano-Suiza), was set aside to also serve the Triton program. First flight of a Nene-powered SO 6000 (Prototype 04) was on March 19th, 1949 and further testing clocked the airframe at 555 miles per hour.

The Triton continued in testing for years later and went on to serve in its intended role as trainer for an all-new generation of French aviator - the jet fighter pilot. The platform proved valuable in introducing airmen to the nuances and speeds at which jet-powered aircraft operated, particularly when compared to even the fastest prop-powered fighters they were use to. While not a stunning technological achievement when compared to advances seen in Britain and the United States, the SO 6000 Triton still served French aviation well - particularly into the 1950s and 1960s with the Soviet Union now replacing Nazi Germany as the world's global threat.

All six SO 6000 aircraft were completed. Prototype 01 was the first French aircraft to fly under jet power but ended its career with just eight flights to its record before ultimately being retired in 1947. Prototype 02 was never flown as it awaited the original French turbojet engine that was not to be. Prototype 03 installed a powered ejection seat (unlike the first two prototypes) but only flew twice. Prototype 04 managed the most influential flying career of them all when it accounted for 189 flights. Prototype 05 was flown just eight times before being retired and Prototype 06 never advanced beyond its intended static testbed role.

Prototype 03 survives today as a protected museum showpiece at the Musee de 'IAir et de l'Espace of Le Bourget Airport in Paris. The Triton managed to reach a maximum speed of 593 miles per hour during its flying life as well as a service ceiling of 39,375 feet.

Can I still claim points for that first identification? ;)

Here is the next mystery cockpit:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5e05f973fa.jpg

This one was done in November. :)

Evansb was the first on this contest and has control.
Jan Hieminga gets the bogus points :ok: