Aircraft Identification Thread 2

[cheddar cheese]

No because the American stripes only have 2 colours, red and white, he said there was 3. Im thinking it was French, Belgian or evan an IRISH plane

That one?

Is it French, Belgium or Irish?

 

[KraziKanuK]

Lets say 2 of the countries.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

my money's on ireland...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Why, did you lose it there when you was on holiday or something?

I honestly have no idea what it is.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

me neither, more clues............

 

[cheddar cheese]

A picture might be helpful.

 

[KraziKanuK]

Engine was from a company that also made very good cars.

The a/c flew pre ww2.

Total Length : 28.018 ft/8.540 m

Greatest height : 9.514 ft/2.900 m

Wingspan : 38.189 ft/11.640 m

Wing area : 204.516 sqf/19.000 m2^

Max take off weight : 4851.0 lbs/2200.0 kg

Weight empty : 3307.5 lbs/1500.0 kg

 

[CharlesBronson]

What you can tell about this...pretty, really pretty.

 

[JCS]

Thats a Westland Welkin aint it?

 

[KraziKanuK]

Thats a Westland Welkin aint it?

That is what I first thought but the landing gear configuration is not what I can see on any photos I could find.


CC, I thought you would have guessed the country which would have made it easy to guess what a/c. Anyways here is a photo, http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/Aviher/Preservation/Renard/R36-19.jpg

 

[R Pope]

FMA I.Ae.30 Namcu
Single-seat escort fighter. The Namcu was a twin-engine monoplane with exceptionally clean lines, reminescent in many respects of the British de Havilland Hornet. Performance was excellent, but there was no money to finance series production. One built.

Type: I.Ae.30 Namcu
Country: Argentina
Function: fighter
Year: 1948 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 2035hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 134/135
Wing Span: 15.00m Length: 11.52m Height: 5.16m Wing Area: 35.32m2
Empty Weight: 5585kg Max.Weight: 8755kg
Speed: 740km/h Ceiling: Range: 2700km
Armament: 6-20mm

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

nice, never heard of that one before...............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Im still stumped on KK's one

 

[CharlesBronson]

Well done.

 

[Medvedya]

C.B, you can try and get this lot stumped on I.D'ing a warbird as much as you can - but it won't work!

At least not yet.....

 

[CharlesBronson]

I mean " well done" for the identification of my aircraft, the FMA IA-30,

acomplished by Pope, ...I don´t try to Stump anybody.

 

[Medvedya]

Oh no! If you think you can then go for it!

 

[CharlesBronson]

Really..?....okay...try this.

 

[R Pope]

KK--your pic looks a lot like a product of the French Arsenal works, the exhaust ports show it to have a Hispano engine, but the OO registration isn't French. Belgian??

 

[KraziKanuK]

KK--your pic looks a lot like a product of the French Arsenal works, the exhaust ports show it to have a Hispano engine, but the OO registration isn't French. Belgian??

A Belgium a/c using the H-S 12Y engine. The R-37 was a re-engined R-36 using the Gnome-Rhone 14N-21 radial engine. The Renard R-38 used a Merlin engine and was being flight tested when the Germans invaded.