Aircraft Identification V

[amrit]

Folland FO.108

British Aircraft of World War II - FOLLAND FO.108

 

[Civettone]

You nailed it amrit! The Fo.108 was essentially an engine testbed.

Any idea on the previous one? The clue I gave should limit the options...
Kris

 

[amrit]

No idea!

And a nice easy one for my first question:

 

[Krabat42]

The pic in Post 999 is a Bristol Blenheim

 

[Krabat42]

Oh, and the other one is a Vickers F7/41. High altitude figher project. Looks like a Mosquito on Steroids.

 

[amrit]

Oh, and the other one is a Vickers F7/41. High altitude figher project. Looks like a Mosquito on Steroids.

Yep. Always thought it was a missed opportunity.

 

[Krabat42]

Taking a DH Hornet a give her high-altitude wingtips would have been a cheaper alternative. And as far as I remember the armament of the Vickers would have been a meager four .303 machine guns. Or was this the Mosquito-NF-conversion? I have to check this.

 

[amrit]

the armament of the Vickers would have been a meager four .303 machine guns. Or was this the Mosquito-NF-conversion? I have to check this.

It was supposed to have six 20-mm cannon in a ventral pack.

 

[Krabat42]

That should be enough But with a ventral pack it would have looked strange, like a pregnant Mossi on Steroids And the four MG equipment was for the Mosquito NKF Mk. XV. Now that I have access to my sources...

 

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What's this?

 

[amrit]

Liberty Belle B-17

Was used as a test bed by Pratt Whitney for their engines in the 1940s 50s - the wing-engines would be feathered during flight.

 

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[amrit]

Cheers.

What's this?

 

[paaln]

It's the Fokker D.XXI Prototype, sitting at Schipol in 1936

 

[amrit]

Spot-on on all counts.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Here's one....

 

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[paaln]

it looks kinda like an argentinian Ae.C.2, but it has a different engine from the pic I have in a book, but it is the closest thing I've found.

Now I've just found your pic on a site,
Escuela De Aeromodelismo Cutral Co - Ae. C. 2 - Ae. M. e. 1
and caption reads Ae.C.1 Prototipo, but C.1's had closed cockpit, and the same pic I mention above as C.2 is described here as Ae.M.E.1, so now I am stumped.

At least it is an FMA

 

[FLYBOYJ]

You got it!!

 

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