Aircraft Identification V
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Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
This one might be easy.
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
You got it Waynos . The Canadian gov't told Avro to drop it and stick to building CF-100s.
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Hi all,
I can assure you I have spent a lot of time searching for the 4/5 engined transport/bomber but to not avail. I would say French, or European, but I´m not sure. Could you, please, give us any clue??
I can assure you I have spent a lot of time searching for the 4/5 engined transport/bomber but to not avail. I would say French, or European, but I´m not sure. Could you, please, give us any clue??
Sure. It's a 4-engine German aircraft. You mentioned the manufacturer in a post above. Here's another shot of it...
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Aha!!
Then, maybe the Dornier Do.K3. I knew the photo you showed as a clue, but I didn´t know she was a 4 engined aircraft!!
Thanks again, Graeme.
Then, maybe the Dornier Do.K3. I knew the photo you showed as a clue, but I didn´t know she was a 4 engined aircraft!!
Thanks again, Graeme.
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
It seems obvious it´s a British one, G-ABxx, but I can´t say if Blackburn, Boulton-Paul, Hawker, Westland or what...
Yep. An Armstrong Whitworth Atlas II (G-ABKE) testing an AWA designed manually-operated balanced gun turret in the thirties that was subsequently used on the Anson and early Whitleys.
BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
Looks like the He162's little bro... 
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
No way to find
I´m afraid I need more than some clues in this case...
In that case Emilio it's probably not on the internet and clues won't help, so...
Looks like a mini-He162, but it was actually inspired by the Lockheed U-2. Two designers, Dick Hunt and Bob Hammer, recognised the potential of the U-2 for civilian purposes and hoped to provide a high altitude flying camera platform for photo/mapping missions.
Planned to have a ceiling of around 60,000ft and a potential climb rate of 15,000ft/min, it incorporated the wings of a Teledyne Ryan 147 drone, the nose gear of Mooney Mk 21 and a Learjet 24 nacelle inlet ring, the Hunt HH-1 Zipper was described as an "unprecedented endeavour." Sadly, it crashed on August 15 1979, killing Hunt and the project.
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Thanks a lot again for letting us to know such rare birds, Graeme.
That's ol' Graeme. You can be sure he surprises you every time.
By the way: Do you know how he could get out of the plane in case of an emergency? At least the He-162 had an ejection seat. Did the "Zipper" had one too? Or was it just a matter of opening a zipper on the bottom of the cockpit and fall away?
Krabat
By the way: Do you know how he could get out of the plane in case of an emergency? At least the He-162 had an ejection seat. Did the "Zipper" had one too? Or was it just a matter of opening a zipper on the bottom of the cockpit and fall away?
Krabat
