The What is it? Game (3 Viewers)

[Airframes]

Wey hey! That's the thingy I was thinking of! It's possibly even the one that was airworthy in the UK, and looked great flying around - very nimble and nippy, and I believe quite an effective COIN aircraft.
I'll get something sorted and posted later - got to go and do a scientific gravity test on some specialised fluids. (OK, so I'm off to the pub - haven't had a pint for four weeks!).

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

WAY TO GO TERRY!
And have fun at the pub.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Aaron. Just got time to post this, before my motorised carriage arrives! Probably won't take long to solve.

 

[Geedee]

Shot in the dark....Jaguar ?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wey hey! That's the thingy I was thinking of! It's possibly even the one that was airworthy in the UK, and looked great flying around - very nimble and nippy, and I believe quite an effective COIN aircraft.
I'll get something sorted and posted later - got to go and do a scientific gravity test on some specialised fluids. (OK, so I'm off to the pub - haven't had a pint for four weeks!).

FOUR WEEKS?!?!?!?!

 

[Grampa]

Mig 31?

 

[A4K]

I realised after my last guess (P-47) that the clue was that it has a 3 blade prop. Doesn't seem to fit the Tempest (or P-47).

Ah, good point, overlooked that myself!

As for Terry's, it's something British isn't it? Puts me in mind of a Hawk somehow.

 

[Airframes]

Sorry for the delay chaps, had connection problems. Gary got it - it's a Sepecat Jaguar.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Way to go Gary!

 

[Tankworks]

Next?

 

[Geedee]

Sorry chaps, been busy. Here's a quick one to keep you going for a few minutes.....

 

[T Bolt]

sikorsky r-4 hoverfly?

 

[Airframes]

Nah, it's obviously a B-1 RD .....

 

[Airframes]

I think it might be that little Polish helicopter at Newark - can't remember the name/number, something like LU-1 ?
EDIT: Just remembered, not LU-1, but maybe ZP-1 ?

 

[Geedee]

Sikorsky r-4 hoverfly?

Sorry Glen, not a Hoverfly

obviously a B-1 RD .....

I think it might be that little Polish helicopter at Newark

Its not at Newark (good guess tho' !)

Right, some clues as I seem to have you stumped at the moment. Its not a tail-dragger and its not nosewheel. Crew of two.

Big give away.....part of it originated from Africa !

 

[Airframes]

A pure guess - Rotorbuggy, the flying Jeep ?

 

[Tankworks]

God, I hope you are right!

 

[Geedee]

A pure guess - Rotorbuggy, the flying Jeep ?

A what ? a flying Jeep ...dude, I'll have some of your falling down water...and I'll bring along some Spitfire and together, we'll take it for a spin and either p*ss ourself laughing or scare oureselves hitless. Yup. Terry got (as I knew he would), it is in fact a Rotorbuggy.

Now as to the clues...and they were going to get really cryptic...flew with bombers, all wheel drive etc etc ...where did the Africa bit come from ?. For this you need to know a bit about Popeye !. Popeye had a magical dog that could dissapear (a bit like mine when its VET time !) and was called Jeep...cos thats the only sound it could make and Jeep was originaly from Africa. And the Jeep was named after the Jeep....no, not that Jeep, the other Jeep...Jeepers !!!

They only built one and when they finally managed to fly a circuit, they effectively did what Terry and I would do in the first sentence. And they decided there and then that it was not a feasable idea and binned it.

Quite an interesting idea I reckon, either that or plain bl**dy daft

Take it away Terry.

 

[T Bolt]

Just looked it up on Wikipedia. SCARY!! How would you like to be the two guys in that thing being pulled by a Whitley 400' in the air!

 

[woljags]

having owned a willy M.B recently i wouldn't have wanted to land in one of these let alone fly one