Aircraft Identification V

[Krabat42]

Iss ja herrlich. Einer meiner WG-Mitbewohner hat auch Jahre in Buenos gelebt. Die Welt ist ein Dorf.

O.K., back to business:



Krabat

 

[Graeme]

O.K., back to business:

Hi Krabat. The Kalinin K-7.

Kalinin K 7

I'd like the name of the plane and the "middle man"...

 

[Emilio Lafuente]

Hi all,
Well, the aircraft is a Wackett Gannet, but the "middle man" would take more searching time...

 

[Emilio Lafuente]

Could he be Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith???

 

[Graeme]

Hi all,
Well, the aircraft is a Wackett Gannet, but the "middle man" would take more searching time...

Hi Emilo.

It's the Wackett LJW6 Codock, which was the basis for the Gannet (LJW7)...

Could he be Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith???

Sure is. He bought it for 3,500 pounds and flew it on its maiden flight on March 6 1934. He flew it rarely and it was a troublesome aircraft that ended its days in a paddock on a winery, until destroyed by a fire.

 

[Krabat42]

I should have known that it's from downunder. Yepp, you're right Emilio. Found this:

http://www-prod.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2007/oct07/story-2.pdf

The picture is on page 4.

Krabat

 

[Waynos]

here's a fairly recent one, should be easy.

er, below.

 

[Waynos]

 

[Graeme]

here's a fairly recent one, should be easy.

Hi Waynos, the Fairchild T-46...

Fairchild T-46 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

O.K., back to business:

Found another Russian "giant" while sourcing your K-7 photo Krabat...

 

[B-17engineer]

What was the point of the Antonov Flying tank??

 

[Emilio Lafuente]

Hi Graeme,
The giant russian bomber is a Slesarev Svyatogor
Slesarev Svyatogor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Krabat42]

... which is sgain named after a mythological russian hero just like Sikorsky's Ilja Muromez - I'm such a smartass.

Svyatogor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Krabat

 

[runningdog]

Yeah, the destruction of the DeHavilland 110 at Farnborough with the violent pitch up resulting in the engines/cockpit separating...

Sorry to go back in time lads, been away on my hols.
I was there that day, nowhere near the crash. The full horror of it didn't impinge until I saw it on Pathe News............

 

[Krabat42]

Wow. But I know how this is. I was at Duxford when the Firefly crashed.

Krabat

 

[Waynos]

Was that Russian creation designed by a person who had ever seen a plane before?

 

[Graeme]

Probably still not enough personnel in front to mask the identity of this one...

 

[kool kitty89]

My first thought was the XF-90, but I'm not sure about the tail.

 

[Emilio Lafuente]

I´m happy with the Lockheed XF-90 answer, too.

 

[Patoruzu]

Ok - Same answer an Lockheed XF90

 

[Graeme]

My first thought was the XF-90, but I'm not sure about the tail.

I´m happy with the Lockheed XF-90 answer, too.

Ok - Same answer an Lockheed XF90

The "Skunk Works" 1949. Johnson and LeVier are missing but Hall Hibbard is at front centre, with arms folded, and Don Palmer next to him.
And yes, uncompleted in the background is the XF-90.