Aircraft Identification V

Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

P-64 would makes sense, and it would look a lot like a Boomerang (both developed from the NA-16)


Here's the full immage:



Actually it looks more like the NA-16/Wirraway than either the T-6 or Boomerang, as the tail and rear fusalage stayed about the same. (the T-6 having the triangular fin, and the Boomerang getting a stocker fusalage and a redesigned fin)
 
Definitely not a Boomerang or a P-64, too long in the fuselage and too much glazing. It has the same tail shape as the Wirraway though whereas the T-6 had the same shape as the P-64. Does the oddly reshaped wing tip ring a bell for anyone?

I still think it is a two seater that has been modified to represent one of the single seaters we have mentioned (in the same way that T-6's were modified to represent Japanese dive bombers in Tora Tora Tora)
 
Wait I looked at the P-64 too and it's got the T-6 type tail.

So maybe one of the Wirraways converted to an emergency fighter.


And it still looks a lot like a Wirrawyay either way. (it Has the Wirraway tail and fusalage)


That 3-blade prop is somthing to note too. (I think all the Wirraways Used 2-blade like the T-6)
 
The P-64 has the angled wingtip as well so, my final call, is NOT a P-64, but a Wirraway altered to look like one. I'd put money on that.

You misunderstand me KK. I'm not saying its one of those, I used that as an example of how the airframe can be altered to look like something else, and the P-64 is a lot less radical a mod than a Zero.
 
And that mystery plane looks like it may have a secod seat (possibly modified for passenger rides like other Warbirds have, or retaining one if it was converted form a Wirraway)

And here's a P-64, fusalage stocky like the Boomerang:

 
Yes, look at the difference in the fuselage and canopy. But by altering a Wirraway with a bit of rear fuselage decking you've got a cheap replica.
 
From tha Website, some also have ronded wing tips AND the Wirraway tail and 2-seats! (some also have prop spinners, but that's out of context)

This one looks almost the same as the earlier pic:


 
Credit where its due KK, that is an excellent find.

I'm not convinced that it is a genuine NA-50 however. I am assuming that the ones on that page *are* genuine, but the glazing does not match with 'our' picture.

That said there are so many variations on this basic design can we really tell for certain?
 
From reading the page you have linked to it would seem that the NA-50 was only built as a single seat fighter. If that is so maybe all the two seaters are just modified Texan/Wirraway airframes?
 
Graeme look at my above posts on the NA-50, it looks almost identical to the mistery a/c in question.

The further development NA-68 (USAAF P-64) had significant modifications. And some NA-50's in the pictures seem to have rounded wings.
 
G'day Wildcat,

Thanks for that forum site. And from it...

"That airplane was built as an NA-50 replica, but is now being called a P-64. It was originally started by Les Crowder and then finished up by Ezell Aviation. I worked on that airplane a fair amount while at Nelson's place, but most of the modification work had already been done by Les Crowder when we got it. It started out as an AT-6, but had the wings shortened, rudder enlarged, T-33 wheels installed, and an R-1820 bolted to the front. The firewall forward is a booger to work on, but I'm told the airplane is a real hoot to fly.Gary"

So lets clarify this. It started life a North American T-6 Texan. They modified it, as Gary states, to look like a NA-50, with obvious vertical fin surgery...



But it is "now being called a P-64" (but still retaining the NA-50 Surgery).




To me, it STILL looks more like a NA-50 than a P-64, but the correct answer is a modified North American T-6 Texan?
 
Wildcat said:
KK is correct, its a replica P-64 made from a T-6.
Click to expand...




Wildcat, you wound me.

But I'm just being a prima donna, having said that about two pages ago

KK, Graeme;
Bearing in mind the tail shape and the three blade prop, isn't it more likely to have been modified from a Wirraway in the first place, otherwise it seems a lot of trouble to go to to fit the 'wrong' shape tail?

As far as I can tell, the curved rudder trailing edge is only a feature of the Wirraway and never appeared on the NA-50 or the P-64. I am looking at the rudder shape in KK's aerial shot at the top of the page and the two side profiles posted by Graeme, all three rudders are different but the one in KK's photo matches the Wirraway, but I rattle on too much, what do you guys think?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)

Similar threads

G
Looking for a WWII aircraft prop
Replies
0
Views
2K
Grounded
G
B
a very simple render
Replies
0
Views
4K
blobs
B
Aircraft Identification
Replies
7
Views
3K
Waynos
W
Aircraft Recognition - Fun Quiz, Part 1.
2
Replies
38
Views
7K
Airframes
R
Aircraft Silhouettes
Replies
1
Views
7K
Micdrow
Menu
Log in
Register