The What is it? Game (1 Viewer)

Clayton Magnet · Oct 9, 2014

It certainly is. I was hoping the lack of a spinner on the Canadian built Mk.XII would throw some people off. But the fat Hawker wing with two .303's outboard was still visible.

Taken at the Reynolds museum in Alberta, also home to the Canadian aviation hall of fame.
Off to you, Capt.Vick...

Capt. Vick · Oct 9, 2014

Yeah for me! Try this one:

vikingBerserker · Oct 9, 2014

Man I would never have guessed that one with that spinner, nicely done Jim!

Airframes · Oct 9, 2014

Good stuff Jim.
As for the new one, I have no idea ! Looks like an Ambassador with a Comet's nose and jet engines !

Capt. Vick · Oct 9, 2014

Thanks brothers.

Yeah, I just learned about this one last night. And those are not jets...

Airframes · Oct 9, 2014

I think I've seen it somewhere before, and think it's a Dornier design, something like Do 31 or Do316.

Capt. Vick · Oct 10, 2014

It does seem like that Terry, now that you say it, but it is not German. Hint?

Airframes · Oct 10, 2014

Hmm. My brain hurts ....................

vikingBerserker · Oct 10, 2014

This is sad, we have a pic of most of the aircraft and I got nothing.

GrauGeist · Oct 10, 2014

It has the looks of an Antonov

Capt. Vick · Oct 10, 2014

Don't beat yourself up brother. It's so rare that they never flew it!

Geedee · Oct 10, 2014

It's a Sud-Aviation Haventgotafrikkinclue

Clayton Magnet · Oct 10, 2014

Thats funny, my first thought was Sud-aviation too. Turned up nothing

GrauGeist · Oct 10, 2014

Capt. Vick said:
Don't beat yourself up brother. It's so rare that they never flew it!

Ok man...it's time for you to be forth-coming with clues for the clueless masses!

First off, is it a Soviet (Russian) design?

Geedee · Oct 11, 2014

Probably find it's not a Russian design...looks too pretty...and that it's some kind of helicopter / auto gyro , bit like the Fairy Rotodyne concept. Probably got a fixed undercart as well, hanging from what looks like the engine pods

vikingBerserker · Oct 11, 2014

Wait second, is that a bird concerted into a house?????????????

Capt. Vick · Oct 11, 2014

It is Russian.
The role it was supposed to play was eventually filled by an Antonov.
The designer left his native country when the fascist came to power there.

Airframes · Oct 11, 2014

Ah, it's a Caproniovishin !

norab · Oct 11, 2014

even though it's not the most common picture of it, let's try the VVA-14

Airframes · Oct 11, 2014

It certainly loos more like the Dornier, as seen in this pic from the Dornier Museum at Friederickshaven.

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