Mystery Aircraft

[gumbyk]

Anyone got an idea what this aircraft is?

 

[fubar57]

Looks Lockheedyish

 

[fubar57]

.....and of course Google Images never fails to disappoint: typed in "Lockheed Sirius"...

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[Crimea_River]

I was thinking the same Geo. Maybe a Lockheed Altair?

 

[fubar57]

Went through "Lockheed Aircraft since 1913". The Altair looks very similar Andy but it was the first Lockheed aircraft with a retractable undercarriage, no spats. This was done at the request of Charles Lindbergh. Unless its a one-off, not a Lockheed

 

[Crimea_River]

Ah yes. I didn't look close enough to notice the spats. I thought at first and only glance that they were the folded bay doors.

 

[*SkyChimp*]

Looks like Lockheed, Northrop, Seversky and Grandville all contributed parts.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Modified Northrop Gamma?

 

[*SkyChimp*]

Propeller cone, tear-drop wheel spats, weird wing dihedral, huge lettering under the wing, Kamikaze-ish paint job, palm tree in the back ground. Could be Japanese. Looks C5M Bab'ish to me. That's not it, but looks Japanese.

 

[Airframes]

Looks a bit like the Weddel Williams Racer, but I don't think it is.

 

[Wildr1]

Could it be a 1935 Bendix race GEE BEE QED RACER, looking at the first image the tail is taller.

 

[Wurger]

Rather no. the plane has the tail wheel while the Gee Bee has the skid.

I have enlarged the pic and worked on it with the Gamma correction. It revealed the black number on the wing undersides. Judging by the number shape the pic seems to be reverted. I inverted that and the number looks like the R 32 or R 22.

 

[T Bolt]

Not stubby enough to be a Seversky

 

[vikingBerserker]

It looks like a Curtiss Hawk 75 with an elongated nose. Then landing gear certainly looks similar to the export versions.

 

[mexchiwa]

This pic has been on a couple of other forums - no one has gotten it yet, I certainly don't know what it is...

 

[Capt. Vick]

A Google search of the photo provided the following:

"A few days ago an interesting group of photos of Spanish military aircraft made towards August 1941 in San Javier was put on sale in allcollection.Among them appears this strange plane that I have not been able to identify. Does anyone recognize it?"

 

[Capt. Vick]

Can we eliminate it being Japanese?

 

[Wurger]

I wouldn't exclude the Japanese kite. If you have a close up look at the forest in the pic you can notice that these trees are palms. That may suggest the Pacific Ocean region.

 

[Graeme]

This pic has been on a couple of other forums - no one has gotten it yet, I certainly don't know what it is...

Indeed. Seems to have all started late last year?

Here's 8 pages worth - note the last post...

Please Identify This Plane

(Anyone remember that bogus unknown German fighter photo that did the rounds on the net about 10 years ago?)

 

[GrauGeist]

Honestly looks to have a Jack Northrop feel about it...