Dec 17, 2011 #2,281 Airframes Benevolens Magister 62,899 12,376 Aug 24, 2008 Cheshire, UK Hmm. Maybe that Saunders Roe experimental thingy - can't remember the name or number though.
Dec 17, 2011 #2,282 vikingBerserker Lieutenant General 28,790 4,612 Apr 10, 2009 South Carolina GrauGeist said: Hmmm... That looks like the thingy above the cockpit of Flash Gordon's spaceship....right? Click to expand... I think you're right!
GrauGeist said: Hmmm... That looks like the thingy above the cockpit of Flash Gordon's spaceship....right? Click to expand... I think you're right!
Dec 17, 2011 Thread starter #2,283 Geedee Senior Master Sergeant 3,534 628 Dec 5, 2008 Flash has told me that he hasn't flown this babe...yet...but an astronaut has !!. And its not a Saunder roe. Its a single seat, nosewheel jobbie...and its a one-off !
Flash has told me that he hasn't flown this babe...yet...but an astronaut has !!. And its not a Saunder roe. Its a single seat, nosewheel jobbie...and its a one-off !
Dec 17, 2011 #2,284 Aaron Brooks Wolters Brigadier General 16,553 2,426 Jul 28, 2007 Abingdon, VA. It might be an X-15 but I think there were three or more of them.
Dec 18, 2011 Thread starter #2,285 Geedee Senior Master Sergeant 3,534 628 Dec 5, 2008 Not an X-15 but it was experimental !
Dec 18, 2011 #2,287 herman1rg Master Sergeant 2,263 1,066 Dec 3, 2008 Is it one of those NASA lifting bodies?
Dec 18, 2011 Thread starter #2,288 Geedee Senior Master Sergeant 3,534 628 Dec 5, 2008 Good try guys but not quite there yet. Its not a FD 1 or a NASA jobbie
Dec 18, 2011 #2,289 Aaron Brooks Wolters Brigadier General 16,553 2,426 Jul 28, 2007 Abingdon, VA. XP-55 Ascender? But there where three of these.
Dec 18, 2011 #2,290 woljags Staff Sergeant 1,358 8 Dec 28, 2010 maidenhead uk i'm trying to rack my brain as to the name of the experimental jet sea plane at duxford,is it that
Dec 18, 2011 #2,291 Airframes Benevolens Magister 62,899 12,376 Aug 24, 2008 Cheshire, UK Think it's one of the experimental jobbies at Cosford, but don't know the name.
Dec 18, 2011 Thread starter #2,292 Geedee Senior Master Sergeant 3,534 628 Dec 5, 2008 Its not an Ascender and its not a seaplane. It could fly as slow as just under 70 !!!
Dec 18, 2011 #2,293 woljags Staff Sergeant 1,358 8 Dec 28, 2010 maidenhead uk maybe a fairey gyrocopter
Dec 18, 2011 #2,294 woljags Staff Sergeant 1,358 8 Dec 28, 2010 maidenhead uk or even a hawker siddeley Kestral
Dec 18, 2011 #2,295 Aaron Brooks Wolters Brigadier General 16,553 2,426 Jul 28, 2007 Abingdon, VA. I know exactly what it is!!!!! It's the thingamadoodle on top of the whatchamajigger that rotates the doodlemabob at the end of the thing that know one can name.
I know exactly what it is!!!!! It's the thingamadoodle on top of the whatchamajigger that rotates the doodlemabob at the end of the thing that know one can name.
Dec 19, 2011 Thread starter #2,297 Geedee Senior Master Sergeant 3,534 628 Dec 5, 2008 T Bolt said: I think Aaron has it! Click to expand... No he hasn't...he didn't say if it was either a right or left handed doobrie ! Ok chaps, some clues...some good, some not so good Its not a gyrocopter or a Kestrel. It's a single seat, its got a fixed undercart, its got a single engine And its got black paint on it ! Its a British design While it could fly as slow as 70ish, it brothers could do Mach 2 ! And I've seen it !!! If you follow the clues on this handy page, you'll be sure to find it !
T Bolt said: I think Aaron has it! Click to expand... No he hasn't...he didn't say if it was either a right or left handed doobrie ! Ok chaps, some clues...some good, some not so good Its not a gyrocopter or a Kestrel. It's a single seat, its got a fixed undercart, its got a single engine And its got black paint on it ! Its a British design While it could fly as slow as 70ish, it brothers could do Mach 2 ! And I've seen it !!! If you follow the clues on this handy page, you'll be sure to find it !
Dec 19, 2011 #2,298 Crimea_River Marshal 46,020 14,061 Nov 16, 2008 Calgary Can you confirm that you have not turned the picture 90 degrees?
Dec 19, 2011 Thread starter #2,299 Geedee Senior Master Sergeant 3,534 628 Dec 5, 2008 Crimea_River said: Can you confirm that you have not turned the picture 90 degrees? Click to expand... Nope....i've even turned my monitor on its side to check . I've looked at it 115 times and its still the right way ! You are looking at the tail fin and the 'plane is pointing right to left. I can stand by it and look over the canopy its that low
Crimea_River said: Can you confirm that you have not turned the picture 90 degrees? Click to expand... Nope....i've even turned my monitor on its side to check . I've looked at it 115 times and its still the right way ! You are looking at the tail fin and the 'plane is pointing right to left. I can stand by it and look over the canopy its that low
Dec 19, 2011 #2,300 herman1rg Master Sergeant 2,263 1,066 Dec 3, 2008 Handley Page HP.115 looked at it 115 times LOL!