The What is it? Game (5 Viewers)

[wuzak]

Douglas Skyraider?

Yep. Thought it may be easy.

Perhaps I should have used this clue?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Good one Terry!

 

[Airframes]

OK, here's an easy-ish one, as my connection problem prevents me from searching far in my files whilst on-line.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Handley Page Victor?

 

[Airframes]

Not a Victor, but I can see why you thought so.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I need a hint.

 

[Airframes]

OK, it's a jet, in service with a number of countries, from the early 1950s until the 1960s.

 

[Airframes]

Hmm. Quite a few more views, but no attempts. Maybe this is a bit harder than I anticipated when posting. OK, another clue - it's single-engined, and takes its name from a much older weapon ......

 

[Airframes]

Still no answers? OK, here's a bit more of it, from a different angle - this should give it away.

 

[rochie]

Schimitar ?

 

[Airframes]

Nope.

 

[rochie]

of course, you said single engine, think i know what it is now but will wait till tomorrow to answer and see if someone else gets it !

 

[T Bolt]

AN-2?

 

[Airframes]

Not an AN-2 - it's a jet fighter, and not Russian.

 

[norab]

F-86 sabre ?

 

[rochie]

i think you have it norab

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I think he does to. I kept thinking it was British for some unbeknownst reason.

 

[Airframes]

Norab has it. It's a F-86A Sabre, with the early 'split' screen. Here's the full views of the two shots posted, and the full aircraft. This example is at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry, UK and has just been signed over by the IWM as a permanent exhibit. It will be re-painted in the near future.

 

[norab]

I'll post something in a couple of hours, when I get back to my regular computer can find something suitably evil