dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 JU87G with overwing "Courier pods" Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Got it in one.... Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Sorry John, I love the JU-87, unmistakeable. Have a go at this one, should be easy for them that knows! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 JU87G with overwing "Courier pods" That is really something. Wouldn't the ride be a bit worse out there on the wing? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 The ride is not the worst of it. The pods were designed to hold two people in tandem each and to be released in a shallow dive (I didn't know Stuka pilots knew how to do a shallow dive). The pods would descend under parachutes. It appears the view of the occupants would be straight down. If it's not a haystack it must be pretty terrifying. These were designed and flown but according to everything I can find, never used operationally. The Germans made some pretty neat toys before and during the war but they had their share of hair-brained schemes too. John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 This idea keeps re-appearing though. From what I gather a similar sort of thing has been developed to be carried on the stub wings of an AH-64 Apache ! Now I don't know about you but i'd be somewhat wary of the pilot hitting the wrong ordnance drop button if he was engaged by EA somewhere en route! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 No guesses yet? a clue then, other versions of this aircraft are very well known. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 It is Vickers Wellington Mk VI W5798 - the third of 20 machines ordered as Mk V's and completed as Mk VI's. This is a high-altitude pressurised aircraft, but failed to enter service due to the appearance of the Mosquito. To escape in an emergancy, you had to unscrew the floor! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 It is indeed Kieran, the Wellie Mk VI. probably one of the strangest looking aircraft produced by Britain. Wish someone would make one of these plus the Vickers Warwick and Windsor for FS Over to you. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thanks Alan. Have a punt at this one folks! Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I was stumped on that one. Well done Kieran. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 It never flew, but was in competition shortly after the Second World War Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Looks like a cross between a B52 and two Bonanzas. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 The company who made this aircraft eventually became part of Boeing Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 what was it's intended role? Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 those wing tanks look like they came off an F84 thunderstreak. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not the XF88 by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Getting warmer, but nope. This thing is an awful lot larger! Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 So, could be Convair, by way of MD then Boeing....looking Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Sorry I missed question there - it was intended to be a big bomber Right about it becoming part of MDD, then Boeing, but there's a clue to the original company in the McDonnel Douglas part Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Just cannot find any reference to post war douglas bombers that were cancelled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Nearest thing I can find is the XB56, a deritive of the B47 but with 4 Allison J35 engines. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 OK - maybe I made this one too difficult. Here is the full photo: It never got as far as getting a B-XX number, but the aircraft that beat it was an aircraft that had "six turning, four burning", or by early crews about engine fires "two turning, two burning, two smoking, two joking, and two more unaccounted for." Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Wow, that's some piece of work. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yeeeesh! No wonder I couldnt find it! Seems like the Convair B36 was the better option! That monster looks about 20 years too early! Sort of like a B47 fitted with the wings of a TU95 ! Where did you find this pic? Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now