Aircraft Identification V

[cheddar cheese]

Re.2000

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

damn i'm close 8)

 

[cheddar cheese]

To be specific, its the Reggiane Re.2000 Catapultabile ('Cat') serial no. MM8281.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Yea, that the one PD said several months ago was so ugly they were actually tossing it overboard!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Despite the fact its a pretty airplane 8)

 

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... more pics Re2000
Reggiane Re. 2000 Photoarchive

 

[Kiwikid]

Italian aircraft carrier Aquila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Intended for catapault launch from the Italian WW2 aircraft carrier Aquila

 

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Especially for you, guys:

 

[paaln]

KOR-1 (Beriev Be-2)

 

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paaln

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Here's one...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Hmm got me beat on that one. I wanna say some kind of racing aircraft built by Lockheed or Hughes.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

You're close - I'll give a hint. It is a racer and proposed military plane.

 

[Krabat42]

The Hughes H-1? But it wasn't proposed for military, wasn't it?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

The Hughes H-1? But it wasn't proposed for military, wasn't it?

Nope...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I dont know got me beat on this one.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I'll see if we have any other takers - this one and its designer have an interesting history....

 

[paaln]

It's at Patterson, right?, but is it a Wedell-Williams? The pix I remember of those planes had the wheels in the undercarriage enclosed, but this one has open wheels...

 

[pbfoot]

How about Roscoe Turner

 

[FLYBOYJ]

How about Roscoe Turner

Close!

It's at Patterson, right?, but is it a Wedell-Williams? The pix I remember of those planes had the wheels in the undercarriage enclosed, but this one has open wheels...

Close enough! It is a Wedell-Williams - XP-34. He was trying to sell a retractable version of his racer to the US Army Air Corps.

Here's a bio about Jame Wedell

Jim Wedell

James Wedell

BTW - that's him in the white coveralls...