The What is it? Game (15 Viewers)

[Capt. Vick]

Yes Sir! Good going!

 

[nuuumannn]

Okay then, here's mine.

First clue; the Galapagos Islands were first seen from here...

 

[gumbyk]

Il28 - Beagle...

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great Clue!

 

[nuuumannn]

Too easy, Aaron! Should have come up with a harder clue. It's actually an Il-28U Mascot, but I couldn't resist the Beagle reference.

 

[Capt. Vick]

That would be one sleek plane without the original cockpit.

 

[gumbyk]

Rihgto then, try this fit little thing!

 

[Airframes]

Bristol F2b Fighter?

 

[gumbyk]

Bugger!
That's right, the Brisfit!

 

[Airframes]

Nice pic!
I'll admit, I wasn't sure, so more of a guess really!
OK, try this one.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wow, that picture is messing with my vision. On one hand it looks as if the left side is more in the foreground, but then it switches to the right! Bla!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Lancaster?

 

[norab]

F8F bearcat ?

 

[nuuumannn]

Take a seat, Capt.Vick...

Yep, with norab; from that pic I can deduce that it was taken at Duxford, very recently in fact. Or you can just look at Terry and Karl's thread on the Duxford airshow in the Warbirds section, where you'll find the image it is cropped from!

 

[Airframes]

It is indeed a Bearcat and, as Grant correctly announced, it's Stephen Gray's example at Duxford, taken on Sunday 8th September this year.

 

[norab]

Ok, here is an older bird

 

[GrauGeist]

U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC

 

[nuuumannn]

Douglas Dolphin?

 

[norab]

not a Curtiss, you are very close nuuumannn

 

[nuuumannn]

Out came the Douglas book; either a Y1C-26A, which is an AAC Dolphin or the bigger YOA-5, although I'm angling for the AAC Dolphin-by-another-name.