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Airframes · Mar 28, 2022

Ah, that's an easy one.

It's the Barber's pole, attached to the tail of the prototype Barber - Shop BS-1 carrier-borne light attack bomber, which attempted its first flight in February, 1951.
Unfortunately, due to this "aircraft" being a two storey, brown-stone building, with a gross weight of 22 tons, it failed to get airborne, and was wrecked.
As far as I know, the image posted is the only known surviving record of this project.
Damn, this particular bottle of cabernet Sauvignon is good ........

Glider · Mar 28, 2022

Airframes said:
Ah, that's an easy one.

It's the Barber's pole, attached to the tail of the prototype Barber - Shop BS-1 carrier-borne light attack bomber, which attempted its first flight in February, 1951.
Unfortunately, due to this "aircraft" being a two storey, brown-stone building, with a gross weight of 22 tons, it failed to get airborne, and was wrecked.
As far as I know, the image posted is the only known surviving record of this project.
Damn, this particular bottle of cabernet Sauvignon is good ........

Best reply I have seen in a long time

Capt. Vick · Mar 28, 2022

Well he got the BS right

GrauGeist · Mar 28, 2022

In all seriousness, it looks like a tail-hook on an F-15.

Geedee · Mar 29, 2022

GrauGeist said:
In all seriousness, it looks like a tail-hook on an F-15.

Good guess but sorry, not an F15.
A few clues...
Not what you would normally expect to see on this airframe (No...Not Terry ! ) It's single engined and sits low to the ground

Capt. Vick · Mar 29, 2022

F-104?

SaparotRob · Mar 29, 2022

Geedee said:
Good guess but sorry, not an F15.
A few clues...
Not what you would normally expect to see on this airframe (No...Not Terry ! ) It's single engined and sits low to the ground

Jim Hall's Chaparral?

Jagdflieger · Mar 29, 2022

hmm...what single engine aircraft has twin wheels on the back? some strangely modified Harrier II Plus (AV-8B) for arrester hook trials?

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buffnut453 · Mar 29, 2022

I started thinking of the Folland Gnats used in the movie "Hot Shots!" but I can't find a single image showing an arrestor hook as part of the modification.

GrauGeist · Mar 29, 2022

Hmmm...

How about a T-45 Goshawk?

vikingBerserker · Mar 29, 2022

Dash119 · Mar 29, 2022

Wheels look like they are on a dolly or cart, not part of the landing gear...

Jagdflieger · Mar 29, 2022

Dash119 said:
Wheels look like they are on a dolly or cart, not part of the landing gear...

yep - that was my thought too, independently of my harrier guess.
What I also find strange - is that due to the pivot bracket, the arrester-hook would actually swivel sideways and not downward?

Regards
Jagdflieger

Dash119 · Mar 29, 2022

I think

vikingBerserker got it right, U-2.

Geedee · Mar 29, 2022

vikingBerserker said:
U-2

And we have a winner...well done mate . This is the U2 on display at Moffett Federal Airfield and she was used in Operation Fish Hawk, the only aircraft carrier launched spy mission ever. Normally pretty hard to get to see but when you turn up in 5 Warbirds, you tend to be let in
And that's my better half having a looksee on the inside...I didn't get a complete pic of the airframe

Jagdflieger · Mar 29, 2022

Geedee said:
And we have a winner...well done mate . This is the U2 on display at Moffett Federal Airfield and she was used in Operation Fish Hawk, the only aircraft carrier launched spy mission ever. Normally pretty hard to get to see but when you turn up in 5 Warbirds, you tend to be let in
And that's my better half having a looksee on the inside...I didn't get a complete pic of the airframe

darn it, this was the first aircraft I checked - but never assumed that the arrester-hook would be in the middle of the aircraft.

Regards
Jagdflieger

Dash119 · Mar 29, 2022

A lot of things about the U-2 were out of the realm of normal...

vikingBerserker · Mar 29, 2022

I would like to think pure luck with her assistance

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Geedee · Mar 29, 2022

Looks like a civvy version of the Tupolev TB3 ?

vikingBerserker · Mar 29, 2022

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