The What is it? Game

[Airframes]

Just as well, 'cos I meant the 'Salamander' Volksjager He thingy !!!

 

[Geedee]

aha !....that makes sense now...errrrrr.

It's not however one of them thingies either.

Heres a few clues
It's a single seater jet
To take this shot was quite a stretch !

 

[Marcogrifo]

Hi all,
nice to see a new challenge in the thread

Gary, that cockpit looks like an early jet fighter's one: might it be some british prototype?

Cheers

 

[Geedee]

might it be some british prototype?

Indeed it might well be

 

[Airframes]

English Electric P1 ?

 

[Marcogrifo]

Indeed it might well be

I see, thank you

@ Airframes:
oh yes, your is a good deduction, that cockpit is really far from ground!

Cheers

 

[Geedee]

Sorry....no I aint ! ... its not a P1. It's English. I was using my tripod, fully extended and like a monopod, at arms reach and on tiptoes to get this shot.

 

[Marcogrifo]

OK.
And what about the Fairey FD2?

Cheers

 

[Geedee]

Dude...you been looking over my shoulder ?

Yup, its the British Aircraft Corporation 221 AKA the Fairy Delta 2. This is one well tall bird on its stalky undercart. This one is at Yeovilton Air museum. Caused no end of amusement to other visitors when I was trying to get the internal cockpit shot as I knew very few people would have seen inside her.

The shot looking directly at the nose-wheel leg was taken at eye level...bl**dy cockpit's another 10 feet plus above me !!!!

Over to you.

 

[Airframes]

Good one, and that's one long-legged bird!!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

No kidding, kinda puts you in the mind of a flamingo.

 

[Marcogrifo]

Dude...you been looking over my shoulder ?

hehe, who knows, maybe...

Seriously, a bit of luck, some deductive guess and and, above all, the hints you gave us did the trick.

ok, and now new for you:

This ain't brit.

Cheers

 

[Airframes]

It's familiar, and I think French, but can't think of the type!

 

[A4K]

To me too...can't remember what though...

 

[Marcogrifo]

Sorry, not french plane.

Cheers

 

[magnu]

Early Piaggio jet?

 

[Marcogrifo]

Early Piaggio jet?

Nope, not italian, sorry.

Cheers

 

[Marcogrifo]

No answer?

ok, it's time for a hint: it's not a french nor italian aircraft, but not too far from there...

Cheers

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I'm thinking along the lines of the first British jet powered airliner but I don't think it's quite large enough to be that.

 

[Airframes]

The half full sized (?) test prototype for the SAAB Draken?