Mystery Planes
Here are some photos of planes you won't see everyday.
http://www.aviationpics.de/mystery/page_02.htm |
True... But I can name a fair few of of them, am familiar with nearly all and I'll bet Aerohack would achieve a very high score...
There's a Spitfire in there though, can you imagine... Good selection of pics though! Good night, Treadders! |
Here's one that bothers me. I believe it is a Curtis all wood, XP?
http://www.aviationpics.de/mystery/mystery0022.jpg |
Bell XP-77: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p77.htm
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PT Thanks. That rings a Bell. I was searching for a Curtis.
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Hah! Just beat me to it!
Another interesting shot is the B-17 http://www.aviationpics.de/mystery/mystery0015.jpg Did this really have the Wrights removed or has this pic been airbrushed? I know I've seen photos of it with the turbine turning and the Wrights shut down... but this one does look a bit faked! The airframe still exists and is (was) being rebuilt at Tom Reilly's Tardis at Kissimmee! |
Tom Reilly is still working on that one, it has been sold though according to a recent Flypast Magazine, can't remember who the owner is now.
The 'single engined' version definitively never existed, that picture is fake! |
I'm not sure, but I think the one with Breguet 941 written in large letters down the side of the fuselage might be a Breguet 941.
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That Bell XP-77 is lovely. What a wonderful PFA (Experimental) project a lightweight version of that would make.
The single turbine B-17 is definately a fake. |
29 Looks as if it might be a Beverly, and 30 a Blackburn Firebrand.
27 is an Ekranoplan. 30 appears to be a Super Fortress. Thought 21 was an Intruder, but it isn't quite. One of it's predecessors maybe? Can we make this into an official quiz please:) |
21 is not an Intruder prototype, it is the Bell X-5 which was used for early polymorphic trials - the wing sweep could be changed manually on the ground for research purposes. It was based on a German research ac discovered after the end of WW II.
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23 thru 26 are Bell XV-3 of 1955 (4147 A/C 1 & 4148 A/C 2). 38 & 39 are the same Bristol Type 164 Brigand B Mk.1 of which "167 were built of all types when production ceased in 1949".
Sources: "VSTOL" Mike Rogers and "The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft", Edited by David Donald. |
Anyone with additions/corrections? :p
I'll do some more later. 0001 Stearman Hammond 'Y' 0002 0003 Boeing Stratoliner 0004 HP Hereford 0005 Tupolev Tu-4 'Bull' 0006 Airspeed 'Fleet Shadower' 0007 NA AJ-1 Savage 0008 Amiot 143 0009 Curtiss AT-9 0010 Scaled AT3 ATT 0011 Boeing Skyfox 0012 0013 AvroCanada Jetliner 0014 Avro Manchester 0015 Boeing B17 Engine testbed (fake) 0016 Boeing XB38 (B17 with Allison engines) 0017 NA B45 Tornado 0018 EE Lightning T4 Trainer 0019 Beriev Be10 0020 Bell XFM-1 Airacuda 0021 Bell X-5 0022 Bell XP-77 0023,24, 25, 26, 27 Bell XV-3 0028 0029 Blackburn Beverly 0030 Blackburn Firebrand 0031 0032 Boeing B-50 0033 Boeing Vertol 347 0034 M-50 'Bounder' 0035 0036 0037 Breguet 941 0038, 39 Bristol Brigand 0040 Burnelli UB-14 0041 Douglas Globemaster 0042 Fairchild 'Packet' 0043 0044 CAAC something 0045 0046 0047 0048 0049 Curtiss 'Owl' 0050 Curtiss AT-9 0051 Curtiss XP55 Ascender 0052 D-21 Drone 0053 0054 DeHavilland Hornet 0055 0056 0057 Dewetoine D520 0058 0059 0060 DeHavilland DH108 Swallow 0061 0062 0063 Dornier Do31 0064 Dornier Do31 0071 F16XL 0072 F-107A 0077 FW154 0078 Fokker G-1 0080 XF-85 Goblin 0081 Grumman F5F 0082 HP Hastings 0083 Supermarine Attacker 0084 HP Heyford 0086 Hawker Henley 0087 Hawker Seahawk prototype 0088 Heinkel He111Z Zwilling 0090 Rockwell HIMAT 0098 Aerocar 0105 Boeing KB-50 0119 Leduc O.21 0122 B-36 Peacemaker 0123 Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne 0125 Lockheed Constitution 0126 Lockheed XFV-1 Pogo 0127 Lockheed F-94 Starfire 0128 Lockheed P-38 Lightning 0133 Lockheed Neptune 0134 Martin PBM-5 0137 Martin Baker MB5 0142 XF-85 Goblin 0149 Northrop N-9M 0151 B-45 Tornado 0154 A-6 Intruder 0155 Nord Penguin 0157 Northrop A-9A 0158, 159, 160, 161 XP-56 Black Bullet 0163 Tupolev TU95 'Bear' 0164 Lockheed Neptune 0165 Lockheed P-38 Lightning 0167 Curtiss P-40 0168 P-51 Mustang (fake) 0169 Northrop XP-79 Ram 0173, 174 Scaled Proteus 0176 Bell XP-56A with fake prop 0181 Bristol Brittania 0182 Carvair 0185 Dassault Mercure 0187 Fokker-VFW 614 0188 Northrop A-9A 0190 Fairey FD-2 0194 Hawker P1052 0198 Vickers 'Nene' Viking |
43: Sikorsky S-56/H-37
45: Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind 48: WSK-MIELEC M-15 61: Dinfia Guarani (Argentina) Can I can hear the rustling of exceedingly ancient copies of the Observers books in the background?! |
Fantastic site!
No 147 intrigues me. There is one other (earlier) pic of a diffrent russkie aircraft with the same bizarre landing gear - a retractable leg and saucer shaped footplate a la Lunar Module. What on earth kind of planes were these? VTOL, ekranoplan? Any ideas? |
Looks rather like a cross between a hydrofoil and an ekranoplane - may be they tried mixing the "technologies" a bit.
I seem to recall that there was an Auster which flew with some sort of hydrofoil undercarriage... where did I see that pic? |
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