The What is it? Game (2 Viewers)

[oldcrowcv63]

Or maybe Curtiss-Wright F8C Falcon?

 

[T Bolt]

I'll give that one to you Andy. The F4B-4. In my opinion the coolest looking biplane ever made. It was the Navy version of the P-12.......but you should have guessed better given the color, F4Bs were gray or white and P-12s were green (I know, I'm a smart ass )

 

[Crimea_River]

Oh yeah????? Here's a P-12 that's NOT green! SO THERE!

OK, next up, try this one. It might go fast, but then again. Clearly another biplane but which one? And I'm not going to be a smarta$$!

 

[T Bolt]

Oh yeah????? Here's a P-12 that's NOT green! SO THERE!

OK you've got me there Andy. I didn't know there was P-12 in the Royal Thai Air Force Museum.

No idea about that new pic. I'll have to think on it some.

 

[oldcrowcv63]

a modified Waco UPF-7? wild guess...

 

[Crimea_River]

Too wild unfortunately. Not a Waco.

 

[oldcrowcv63]

You mean I was whacko to suggest a waco? How about a Kiebitz Doppledecker or a DeHaviland Tiger Moth with upper wing fuel tank replaced by twin view ports and with tank being moved to some other location?

 

[Crimea_River]

No to both.

 

[oldcrowcv63]

I am not too proud to ask for a hint... but am happy to await your pleasure. When ever you think the time is right... but don't let me rush you. like I said anytime you want... no rush... any time will be fine...


OK: Curtiss Wright Travel Air?

General (recreation) aviation or military... I've going under the assumption its general.

 

[Crimea_River]

I'll give a hint after others take a shot.

Oh, and no, it's not a Travel Air.

 

[oldcrowcv63]

A Vickers FB 19? (struts look wrong but transparent panels appear pretty similar) No wait! The Vickers F.B.24D appears to have all the features... Stupid me!!! It's a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter...

 

[Crimea_River]

Well done, you got it! Sopwith 1.5, pic taken at the Hamilton Airshow last June. Looks like the very same rig as in your photo above.

 

[oldcrowcv63]

Gove me half a mo to get ready... just woke up (almost 9 AM !!!) and no coffee!!! Be back later to post something have no idea what Good Morning

 

[Airframes]

Good call. Got splinters in my fingers through scratching my head so much !!

 

[oldcrowcv63]

I couldn't sleep last night (Nothing to do with this). Got up in the middle of the night and started yet another internet search for a clue as to what this baby was.

The transparent wing panels should have been a dead giveaway but just couldn't find the right mix of supports or presence of windows. Figured it must be some kind of custom job but that didn't work either. All along my alligator brain was whispering in my ear, "Sopwith... Sopwith..." but I didn't listen. Went through every possibility imaginable. Finally used the above terminology and it slowly came to light. First the Vickers than the Soppy.

Sure looks like the same plane CR photoed. Sometimes its a good thing to be an obsessive-compulsive type... but not usually.

 

[oldcrowcv63]

OK here it is... an interesting one I think.... I hope not too easy.

 

[norab]

Vultee B-13, modiified to look like a "Val" dive bomber ?

 

[oldcrowcv63]

Dam*n! I am just too easy! you even got the basis for the replica, which I didn't realize. However, the literature says it was done from a BT-15 which looks pretty much like your BT-13 so it seems only fair to give it to you. After all, you may be right and the literature wrong. Congratulations! the monkey is now off mine and onto your back. Have fun!

Evidently BT-13s were used as the basis for the B5N portayals in Tora Tora Tora according to wiki. Some of the senior pilots in my squadron including our CO flew those reconstructions for the film. When we returned from our WESTPAC cruise, we stopped at Pear Harbor and carried two of the faux IJN aircraft back to the states on our flight deck, I assume for museums. Walking around the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk with a pair of WW2 Japanese A/C tied down was nothing short of weird.

 

[norab]

OK this one may be a bit of a challenge, pictures about 15 years old and the birds a bit bent, enjoy

 

[T Bolt]

Vickers Viscount