Airplane in Old Navy Commercial?

• Aug 16, 2020

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elbmc1969

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Can someone identify the airplane in the Old Navy kid's clothing TV commercial?

Single radial engine biplane, ring cowling, appears to have a gun in each upper wing? I feel as though I should recognize it, but biplanes aren't my field.


Solved! See Pat's answer here: Airplane in Old Navy Commercial?

Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the source photo!

(I was very, very mistaken about the ring cowling ...)

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2020

• Aug 16, 2020

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MiTasol

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Aw flaming stralia

without a link I would not have the foggiest, and unless you can find someone who does not tune out commercials I guess that your chances of a good answer are low

 

• Aug 16, 2020

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MiTasol said:

without a link I would not have the foggiest, and unless you can find someone who does not tune out commercials I guess that your chances of a good answer are low

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Found it!

 

• Aug 16, 2020

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And ?

 

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Airframes said:

And ?

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Embedded at top of page?

Oh, I meant I found the ad on Youtube so that people can ID the plane.

 

• Aug 16, 2020

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Capt. Vick

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Looks like a Gloster Gladiator

 

• Aug 16, 2020

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Crimea_River

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Not a Gladiator as the cabane struts are wrong and no guns in the upper wing. That said I don't know what it is.

 

• Aug 16, 2020

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It's a nothing. CGI invention.

 

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It might be Photoshop, but it's certainly not CGI. OK, the prop is an animation with the hub in the wrong place (because of cropping), but that's obvious.

 

• Aug 16, 2020

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I know I've seen a biplane with the guns in the upper wings before, but I cannot match the upper wing bracing.

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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It's a falsie.

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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vikingBerserker said:

I know I've seen a biplane with the guns in the upper wings before, but I cannot match the upper wing bracing.

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It's bugging me, too. The cowling and cockpit are really familiar.

The prop (obviously) is animated.

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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Hi,
I believe that it is a Vought V-93S Corsair
Pat


J1 | Vought V-93S Corsair | Thailand - Royal Thai Air Force | Arjun Sarup | JetPhotos

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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Yes!
That's the one - well done!

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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Wow....good stuff

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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Good on you, Pat!

I was sure that somehow it was a British design.

Cheers,



Dana

 

• Aug 17, 2020

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• Aug 19, 2020

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Dana Bell said:

Good on you, Pat!

I was sure that somehow it was a British design.

Cheers,

Dana

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Wow. That's a rare bird indeed.

I was sure it was British, as well.

 

• Aug 19, 2020

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Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the source photo!

 

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GrauGeist

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elbmc1969 said:

Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the source photo!

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Chances are, the advertising agency used a stock photo, so searching for the image would be a bit more complex, as the archives most likely won't have Vought's type information in their file info/keywords.