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#3469820 - 12/07/11 09:26 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread *** [Re: Sauron]  
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Thought so. Well done! biggrin


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#3469823 - 12/07/11 09:31 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Here's an uncluttered view. Looks like the Censor made a half-hearted attempt to erase the towing attachment.



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#3469843 - 12/07/11 09:56 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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A very odd looking twin..
Old Dux, it's probably the Witham ,although they all look the same to me.. wink
Here's one for you.


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#3469846 - 12/07/11 09:59 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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It could easily be a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. Unsure, but the 4 propellers and double deck cabin suggest it.

#3469851 - 12/07/11 10:04 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Hmm.. or more likely, the Lockheed R6V Constitution... I prefer this latter in fact.

#3470080 - 12/08/11 09:08 AM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Yes, it's the latter! yep


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#3470100 - 12/08/11 10:47 AM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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BTW: The Albemarle was the first RAF service aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage.


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#3470482 - 12/08/11 10:44 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Go on Lieste, give us another one! smile


In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
#3470800 - 12/09/11 03:20 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Quicky! Double points for mark number.



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#3470803 - 12/09/11 03:24 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Firefly AS6

Last edited by KraziKanuK; 12/09/11 03:33 PM.

There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#3470815 - 12/09/11 03:41 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Damn...5 minutes late!


In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
#3470852 - 12/09/11 04:41 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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Originally Posted By: KraziKanuK
Firefly AS6


That's what I thought but it's down as FR4. confused


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#3470930 - 12/09/11 06:02 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Yep, Griffon power smile VG962 = Firefly FR.4.

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#3471349 - 12/10/11 01:28 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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A trio of -----? from an advertisement page in Flight Magazine:1941





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#3471553 - 12/10/11 09:11 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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1941?
I would have said Percival Pembroke's but they were somewhat later, 1950 odd
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#3471575 - 12/10/11 09:38 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Looks a bit like a Blackburn B26 Botha, but the wings should have a more pronounced dihedral:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Botha

It has the partial retracting undercarriage, right side bomber window in the nose same config.

#3471591 - 12/10/11 10:16 PM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: JAMF]  
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Originally Posted By: JAMF
Looks a bit like a Blackburn B26 Botha, but the wings should have a more pronounced dihedral:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Botha

It has the partial retracting undercarriage, right side bomber window in the nose same config.


You are correct! There is a bit of artistic licence but the basic shape is reasonably presented. They were underpowered and would have been so even with the denied Taurus engines. Quite a handful to fly on one engine, potentially lethal in fact to pilots low on experience of type. Some were flown from RAF Millom which is surrounded by high ground. Easy to imagine the casualty rate there.


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#3471644 - 12/11/11 12:12 AM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Those surroundings and those aircraft, not ideal then? smile

OK, new one:


#3471803 - 12/11/11 09:22 AM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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Looks similar to the prone pilot Reid & Sigrist RS4 Bobsleigh but the nose is too short and the pilot is much too big!

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#3471834 - 12/11/11 11:36 AM Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread [Re: Sauron]  
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smile On this version of the airframe, the pilot would indeed be prone.

[EDIT] The Reid & Sigrist would have been a good candidate for identification.

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