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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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