Aircraft Identification V

[kool kitty89]

Yup, one (of the 2 built) is still flying today in the Commemorative air force in Texas.
It was altered to improve stability and really does look like the the P-80's tail doesn't it. Probably would have improved the P-59's stability as a gun platform if it had been used on it too...

 

[Dan]

Here's one, this is probably going to get named correctly within the next 20 seconds of posting this though, but who knows?

 

[Wildcat]

Bell XP-77

 

[kool kitty89]

We're on a roll woth Bell a/c.

How about this one?

 

[Wildcat]

Bell Airacuda.

 

[Graeme]

New one. (sorry-poor photo)

 

[Krabat42]

DH Hornet for the poor guys?

Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You should have erased the registry code

 

[kool kitty89]

It does look alot like the early Hornet prototypes though.

How about this one?

 

[Dan]

How about this one?

I feel like saying ME-262

cant' say what Variant though

 

[Wurger]

Also possibility of Su-9

 

[kool kitty89]

Both are wrong. It's in the same timeframe as the Me 262 though. Maby this will help: it's a prototype variant that didn't emter production.

 

[Grampa]

Heinkel He 280 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
That one?

 

[Graeme]

How about this one?

Is it the Gloster F.9/40M Meteor with the underwing Metrovick F.2 engines?

 

[Wurger]

I've thought about Meteor but the air intake to the engine seems to look a bit different.But....

 

[kool kitty89]

Nope, Grampa. But the He 280 V2 with 004 engines does look alot like that. (the 004 is ironically similar in several other ways to this a/c too )

Some more hints: axial engine, plane saw production (though only one prototype was fitted with this engine model)


Sorry, I missed the last 2 posts.
Gramme, you're right, it's the "Metrovick Meteor".

And the progressive development by Heinkel and Gloster are irriely/ironicly similar: Gloster G.40=He 178 Meteor=He 280 Whittle=Ohain As both the G.40 and He 178 were the first jet a/c of their nations powered by jets made by pioneers of the field developing parrellel to eachother using centrifugal compressors. Both Whittle and Ohain were quite young and had developed their ideas as graduates. Both the He 280 and Meteor were the first fighter jets of their respective countries ans both were fitted with a variety of alternative engines, though both had centrifugal engines designed by Ohain and Whittle as the originally intended engines. Both had single prototypes using longer, heavier axial designs fitted as alternate engines.
Though Ohain had the advantage of being aided by Hinkel early on while Whittle was on his own, though Heinkle wasn't always the best influence on jet development for various factors (though still far better than Rover), he at least was interested and supportive of Ohain early on. While Rover was far worse for Whittle and cost about 2 years of engine development. Rolls-Royce was probably the best thing to happen to Whittle's design and I wonder what would have happened if they'd been chosen initially.

 

[Graeme]

You should have erased the registry code

No markings on this one Krabat!

 

[kool kitty89]

Is it related to the SNCASO SO.6000 Triton?

 

[Graeme]

Is it related to the SNCASO SO.6000 Triton?

No it's Italian, around 1960.

 

[GaryMcL]

Has a kind of Stelio Frati look to it. Maybe a jet follow-on to the SM.260 and Falco?

 

[Krabat42]

Never heard of Stelio Frati but he did some very nice designs. Obviously not this one but I learned something new again.

"No markings on this one Krabat!"

Revenge!!