The What is it? Game (6 Viewers)

[Clayton Magnet]

RV-7?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

And Clayton has it folks. It is a RV-7A.

 

[Airframes]

Never heard of it, but then I'm way out of touch with light aviation. I've just heard that de Havilland have launched a new aircraft, Tiger Moth or something .....

 

[Clayton Magnet]

Sorry, I'm a little swamped at work. Ill try and post a picture tonight.

 

[Clayton Magnet]

Here is the clue...

 

[norab]

Lysander ?

 

[Clayton Magnet]

It is not a Lysander.

 

[Airframes]

Blenheim/Bollingbroke ?

 

[Geedee]

Hmmmm. initial thought was a Swordfish but the prop is wrong. then I thought it was a Polikarpov fighter but aint convinced. I'll have another think

 

[Airframes]

It's what appears to be a bob weight on the prop which is throwing me off.

 

[Clayton Magnet]

Well that didnt take very long! Airframes got it. Its a Bolingbroke IV, from the same museum as the Fleet Fawn.

 

[Clayton Magnet]

The bob weight is the counter balance for the variable pitch propeller.

 

[Airframes]

Yes I know - it was just the angle of the photo, with the edge of the bob weight visible, made it look smaller than a Blenheim, which is why I had doubts.
Anyway, try this one. Apologies for the grain/pixelation, but I think it shouldn't take too long to solve.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I have no idea but here's a guess. PBY Catalina?

 

[Airframes]

Good guess Aaron, but no cigar I'm afraid. It has, however, got the same amount of wings and engines as a PBY ...................

 

[wuzak]

C-46?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

B-25 in Navy colors?

 

[Airframes]

Not a C-46 or B-25, but part of it is grey !

 

[Capt. Vick]

Mosquito? I'm really going out on a limb here as it really dosn't match the clues but...

 

[Airframes]

Matches the clues very well Jim.
It's grey in parts (most of it in fact!), it's a monoplane, and it's got two engines, and it is a Mosquito!
It's the Mosquito NFII of Tony Agar, who started the restoration in the early 1970s, with some small sections and a cockpit, and it now has both engines running, and is based at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington.