The What is it? Game

[GrauGeist]

Italian?

 

[ww2restorer]

Sorry not Italian

 

[GrauGeist]

hmmm...those coolant lines are intriguing...


would that by any chance be the He100 V1?

 

[ww2restorer]

You have it, it is the firewall of the He100

 

[Airframes]

Hell's teeth !
That was impressive !

 

[Capt. Vick]

Golly! Would have never thought of that! (And that's one of my favs!)

ww2restorer Please tell me you have more previously unseen photos of the He 100?

 

[GrauGeist]

Hell's teeth !
That was impressive !

Thanks, Terry!

The quality of that photo made it difficult to figure it out while I was viewing it on the ipad, but once I got on the computer, it became clear what I was looking at!

And the He100 is my favorite too, Jim!

Ok, here's the next challenge...it may be easy, then again, it may not.

 

[ww2restorer]

Airframes and capt Vick, yes it s very impressive. The two arms extending forward are actually the engine mount which is integral to the cowling.
On the right hand arm(left aircraft side) you can also see the arm incorporated the turbo charger fan. In the center is the large hole that 20mm cannon
passed through. Heinkel was truly ahead of his time and the He100 was a missed fighter that had potential.
Also Capt Vick, the answer is yes.

 

[GrauGeist]

Another give away on that He100 photo is the duct at the port wing-root.

 

[Capt. Vick]

That is an airship my friend, or at least the gondola. Good year built?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Also Capt Vick, the answer is yes.

So... How do I get you to share them my new best friend?

 

[GrauGeist]

That is an airship my friend, or at least the gondola. Good year built?

Good eye!

Yes, it's the control car to K-28 on display at the New England Air Museum (not my photo, of course) and it was manufactured by Goodyear. Block K-9 through K-30 were ordered on 14 October 1942. K-28 was powered by two P&W R-1340-AN2 engines.

K-28 At New England Air Museum:

K-84 being serviced during the war:

It's all yours, Jim!

 

[ww2restorer]

Capt Vick, I will look through my stock and see what I can share, what are your looking for: Photos, blueprints, flight test data?

 

[Capt. Vick]

If it was one thing , I would say cockpit photo's. But honestly if this one post is any indication, you have material that (as far as I know) has never been published. Am I right?

 

[ww2restorer]

Just for you capt Vick, the only known photos of the cockpit.

 

[Capt. Vick]

OMG! Thanks! Totally awesome! Where did you get them?

(I'm such a airplane nerd )

 

[ww2restorer]

From TsAGI with thousands of pages of info

 

[GrauGeist]

Hey Jim, you do realize that we're waiting on your next challenge, right?

Those are some awesome photos of the He100, so it's understandable

 

[ww2restorer]

Sorry to have sidetracked his attention

 

[Capt. Vick]

Look a puppy! Wow how cute....huh....oh, try this one: