rob16584 42 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Well done Alan! It is indeed the Stipa-Caproni Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Got to be just about the ugliest thing that ever flew! Looks like someone tried to fly a Chipmunk through a gas pipe! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Ok guys, try this curious beast. Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Rutland Reindeer G-AFOH from "no Highway" Would've been harder if you hadn't left the pic with the reg in it Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Got it in one, I didn't think the reg would have made a difference to a fictional aircraft. The close ups were filmed using part of an HP Halton. It was a pretty good film for 1951 and the added pull of James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich made it a big success. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn9gvBYKSkc Over to you buddy! Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Yay, I got something right Ok, here's one that should be fairly easy Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Looks vaguely Russian. Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Not a bad start, considering it has more seats in the front row than a movie theatre and a glass nose, but it could be several ol' Russian bangers Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 IL-76, maybe, from the window frames. John Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 nope, not an IL-76. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Antonov AN12 Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 nope, not an AN-12 either. Little hint. One of these once utterly embarrassed good ol' Nikita Khrushchev. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Tu-114, which would become the mighty Tu-95 'Bear' Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I was debating whether or not to say that one as well Kieran. I'm sure you're correct though. Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 It is indeed the cockpit a TU-114, so it's over to you, Sir. You did however get the history wrong. The Tu-95 was the base of the 114, not a derivate. It's creation was a typical case of 'Mine's bigger than your's'. When landing for the Geneva conference in 1954, good ol' Nikita saw that the American president had already arrived in his shiny new Lockheed Constellation, while he sat in a rather modest Illyushin IL-14, He didn't like it. So, back in mother Russia, he gave a directive that ordered the Tupolev design bureau to built a passenger plane based on the Tu-95 bomber. The result was the Tu-114 that was presented a year later. When visiting the US of A in 1959 Nikita landed at Andrews Airforce Base in his shiny new 114 only to find that the Americans didn't have any airstairs high enough to reach the Tupolev's doors and he had to leave the plane in a somewhat undignified manner, using the emergency escape ladders Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Even more remarkable is the fact that the TU95 had its origins inthe USA! When the Russians reverse engineered the Boeing B29 after capturing a few, they set about improving the design, the first of these was the TU-4, aderitive of this was the TU-80 which kept the fuselage and wing of the TU4 but had a new tail fin and a stepped windscreen arangement. Another spin off from this programme was the TU-70 and TU-75 transport which looked like a single deck Boeing B377 but again with the stepped nose. However they continued to evolve the design and with access to new turboprop engines the thought was given to a new bomber based on the TU-75, that is where the B29 basic design changed dramaticaly, the big Kuznetzov turboprops showed they could handle a lot more performance that a straight winged design, the decision was made to give the aircraft swept wings and in 1956 the giant TU-20 (Design buearue designation TU-95) entered service with the VVS. It was when Kruschev wanted his new transport that the new TU114 transport deritive was born. But it can still tace its ancestry back to the original B-29 Superfortress! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The Tu-95 engines are still the largest turbo-props ever to go into series production at around 16,000 shp each - to this day very impressive engines, if not exactly quiet or economical, but they get the job done. A distant second place is the Airbus A400M engines (SNECMA?) at about 11,000 shp per copy. The Tu-95 became, for all practical purposes, the Soviet Union's B-52. John Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 For those interested in this beast - there is a brilliant FS2004 model of it by Dmitri Samborski It was also adapted to FSX IIRC, An absolutely brilliant plane. Just make sure you have something like 10.000ft runway Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The noise of these things is incredible! Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 I might go and download that! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Right folks, here is the next one: Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 How the hell do they fit a pilot in that thing? Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 There is some debate about whether it flew before the war started or not...... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Bugatti P100 John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 You got it the same time as me john , I just PMd the awnser to him! I was waiting to see if anyone else knew! LOL http://silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bugatti-100P-Plane-.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
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