brett 2,316 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Nice work Alan, the Canadian Canaero Toucan it is. Only around 40 were produced. Over to you....... Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Thanks Brett, OK I'll delve into my archives and see what I can find for you. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 OK chaps, try this odd looking bird. Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Why it's a Fairey er...um... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Looks like a cross between a Beech T-34 Mentor and a Ju-87 Stuka. John Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Looks like a Fairy Ganuka Designer breeding meets the aircraft industry. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 John could be right or it could be something called the Blackburn B-54/B-88, crazy looking thing either way. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Well that didn't last long, over to you again Brett, It is indeed the Blackburn B88. A competitor for an ASW aircraft for the Royal Navy. Like the winning aircraft it was powered by a a Rolls Royce Double Mamba turboprop. The winning aircraft was of course the Fairey Gannet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_B-88 Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Thanks Alan and thanks to John for sending me in the correct direction Next up.... Good luck all Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Fiat G55? Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 No, sorry John. It was in production for 3 years, then a more modern fighter took it's place. It was also based on an earlier model design. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Mig 3 ? Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Kawasaki Ki 61? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I was thinking it might be Japanese but haven't had time for a real search. John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Lagg 3? Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Lagg 3? By golly, you got it. Well done Alan. I posted the crappiest image I could find of it too, I never would have found it from that pic. You are an ace at this. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov_LaGG-3 it is, over to you........ Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Thanks Brett, that was just a guess, but something about the undercarriage reminded me so I checked my references. Okay, something fairly easy as I'm away for two weeks from Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I thought at first it was some odd variant of the He-177 (which was pretty odd in itself) where they had maybe given up on the paired engines in each nacelle and tried a conventional four engine layout. Obviously not - wing placement, landing gear and twin vertical stabilizers don't match up at all and they wouldn't have changed all that. Back to the ol' drawing board.... John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Boeing B50 ? - it cant be that easy? - no it isn't .....the wings are all wrong! TU 44 ? Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Looks like a Boeing B29A Superfortress. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 945 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Messerschmitt Me 264. Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 JG could be correct with the Boeing B50, the Russian TU 44 I'm not sure, but the Russian's did reverse engineer some B29's that crash landed in Russia during WW2 which had the same cockpit window configuration but were about 1% heavier due to them not being able to manufacture the alloy sheeting to the same composition or thickness. These were designated as the Tupolev Tu-4. Historically the B-29 (Enola Gay) was the aircraft which wiped out Hiroshima, Japan with the first nuclear bomb used against an enemy. I may be wrong, but as far as I'm aware, the German's never had a four-engined heavy bomber during WW2. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 945 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Ray, The dead giveaway is the distinctive BMW radial engines. Research the Amerika Bomber project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Bomber As for the Me 264, three prototypes were built. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_264 Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Andrew, Thanks for those links - I see that only three ME 264's were built, no wonder I missed them! Had an open mind because Germany came up with many weird & wonderful aircraft towards the end of WW2. This puts the ME 264 in the ranks of the American XB-70 (Valkyrie) supersonic aircraft of which only two flew and one of those was destroyed in a mid-air collision in 1966. http://area51specialprojects.com/xb70_crash.html Thank you, Ray. Link to post Share on other sites
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