Aircraft Identification Thread 2

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It is a Weir W-6. A Scottish Company.

With the assistance of Juan de la Cierva, the Weir Company had formed an aircraft department in Scotland in 1932. The W-5 was the Weir Company's first true helicopter design. Initially, the W-5 was a coaxial design, but concerns about stability and control as well as the success of the Fa-61 led to the redevelopment as a lateral side-by-side configuration, which flew successfully in June 1938. Control was achieved with cyclic pitch but there was no collective pitch; vertical control was obtained by altering the rotor speed, a cumbersome feature used also on the Fa-61. The W-5 reached speeds of 70 mph in forward flight. The Weir W-5 (and later the W-6) and the Fa-61 were technically ahead of Sikorsky's VS-300 in terms of flight capability, but the VS-300 was ultimately to set the new standard for helicopter design. The Weir W-6, which first flew in 1939, was a much larger version of the W-5 but still used the lateral side-by-side rotor configuration. Further work on the Weir designs was suspended at the outbreak of World War 2.
http://www.enae.umd.edu/AGRC/Aero/history.html

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

oh come on i thought that was pretty hard!!

ok try this one...........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Alright you have me beat on this one.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i don't expect anyone to get this one to be honest............

also did you know the W-6 was the first helicopter in the world to lift 3 people............

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That I did not know.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I will get this one...well someone better, otherwise the lanc will gloat until the cows come home...

 

[mosquitoman]

Mooooooo
Hurry up, I think I can hear them

 

[cheddar cheese]

I will get this...

 

[Blenheim]

BAC Drone perhaps?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Please be right...


Welcome by the way! 8)

 

[Blenheim]

Thank you, Cheddar Cheese. Now we wait. It's the waiting that gets you, isn't it?

 

[JCS]

Yup, thats it......

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Alright someone got it!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yay! 8)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here are 2 different aircraft can you guess what they are:

 

[JCS]

I know that second one but I just cant remember it.......

 

[cheddar cheese]

Me too. Is the first one an LB-30?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Nope it is not a LB-30. A LB-30 is only a B-24 that was transfered from the USAAF to the RAF. But you are looking in the right direction.

Six of seven YB-24s built and twenty B-24As were transfered to Great Britain for use beginning in March 1941. These planes were redesignated LB30 and given standard British serial numbers. LB was short for Liberator British. The US Army adopted the Liberator nickname for its B-24s.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/bombers/b2-34.htm

 

[KraziKanuK]

A F-7 from block 42-73115/73164 is the 1st pic.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Nope sorry wrong again, it is not a F-7 recon Liberator. You guys are in the general direction though.