Aircraft Identification V

Krabat42 · Sep 9, 2008

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 · Sep 9, 2008

Krabat42 said:
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 · Sep 9, 2008

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

Emilio Lafuente · Sep 9, 2008

Could he be Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith???

Graeme · Sep 9, 2008

Emilio Lafuente said:
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)...

Emilio Lafuente said:
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 · Sep 9, 2008

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 · Sep 9, 2008

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

er, below.

Waynos · Sep 9, 2008

Graeme · Sep 9, 2008

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

Hi Waynos, the Fairchild T-46...

Fairchild T-46 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Krabat42 said:
O.K., back to business:

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

B-17engineer · Sep 9, 2008

What was the point of the Antonov Flying tank??

Emilio Lafuente · Sep 10, 2008

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

Krabat42 · Sep 10, 2008

... 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 · Sep 10, 2008

Graeme said:
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 · Sep 11, 2008

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

Krabat

Waynos · Sep 11, 2008

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

Graeme · Sep 11, 2008

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

kool kitty89 · Sep 11, 2008

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

Emilio Lafuente · Sep 12, 2008

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

Patoruzu · Sep 12, 2008

Ok - Same answer an Lockheed XF90

Graeme · Sep 12, 2008

kool kitty89 said:
My first thought was the XF-90, but I'm not sure about the tail.

Emilio Lafuente said:
I´m happy with the Lockheed XF-90 answer, too.

Patoruzu said:
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.

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