Aircraft Identification V

A4K · 03-03-2008, 01:38 AM

Storch and Krabat!

I think your English is bloody good! It's a hard language to learn, especially as we keep "borrowing" words - did you know that the modern English language is only 10 percent original English ?

My greatest respect to you guys, and also to Thunderbolt, Wurger and every one else on this site from a non-English speaking country.

..as for these bloody aircraft, you guys just do my head in...

Krabat42 · 03-03-2008, 02:13 AM

Thanks, A4K. Being a fan of old aircraft without learning english is next to impossible. But the best benefit is when you are able to read english books. It helps a lot too. By the way, I'm reading Pratchett's "The last continent" at the moment, shoud be fun for you Australians and New Zealanders

Strange people there

To be honest again: I had no idea abbout the chinese one (so much for doing my head in)

, and didn't know about the V-tail-X1 either. But it looks well thought out. Innovative people people at Bell's.

Krabat

Krabat42 · 03-03-2008, 10:03 AM

O.K. next one. Not much of a quiz but I liked the picture:

Storch · 03-03-2008, 10:19 AM

Thanks A4K!

Sorry for latness I just want to say that my Chinese plane was the Fu-Shing AP-1
.I'm happy I achieve to find a (very

) difficult plane to Graeme

: and the other too!

Your aircraft Krabat I tihnk is an Avro Shakleton !But it's make me too easy

p47thunderbolt · 03-03-2008, 12:38 PM

Storch, indeed a very difficult aircraft to solve.....good choice!

Krabat, i think this might be some more scrap iron of your sort:

Avro Lincoln?

p47thunderbolt · 03-03-2008, 12:59 PM

Another favorite of mine:

looking familiar?

Storch · 03-03-2008, 03:05 PM

Yes very easy it's The Phoenix!!Different part of a Fairchild C-82!

What about this plane:

Wildcat · 03-03-2008, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krabat42

O.K. next one. Not much of a quiz but I liked the picture:

GAF Lincoln Mk.31. Australian built maritime patrol version.

p47thunderbolt · 03-04-2008, 12:27 AM

Brilliant, Wildcat!Often the little differences (Avro/GAF) make the difference...got me beat on that one....

Storch.......Amiot 110S?

Krabat42 · 03-04-2008, 02:08 AM

Half a point each for thunderbolt (for being faster) and for wildcat (for being exact). I should have known better than using an australian type.

A4K · 03-04-2008, 03:46 AM

I thought that was a Lincoln!

Wildcat, was there a noticable difference between the GAF built machines and their Avro counterparts? No.75 (NZ) sqn. also used Mk.31s in the RAF, but I think the nose was a bit different (?) - especialy round the nose turret.

Storch · 03-04-2008, 02:57 PM

hello for my plane it's bot an Amiot .

It's a Poland aircraft;

Wildcat · 03-04-2008, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A4K

I thought that was a Lincoln!

Wildcat, was there a noticable difference between the GAF built machines and their Avro counterparts? No.75 (NZ) sqn. also used Mk.31s in the RAF, but I think the nose was a bit different (?) - especialy round the nose turret.

I'm no expert on the Lincoln, but would assume 75 sqn would have used either the Lincoln I or II model. The Mk 30 was the variant produced in Australia which I believe was similar to the British version bar a few interior modifications. The Mk31 was a unique Australian model being a Mk30 modified with an extra 6 feet added to the nose to house ASW equipment and its operator.

Graeme · 03-04-2008, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Storch

hello for my plane it's bot an Amiot .

It's a Poland aircraft;

Ahhhh...Not French or Russian (a lot of similar looking French ones!) Then it's the Nikol A-2. Thanks for the tip Storch!

A new one...

PS Storch, a little more on the Phoenix here...

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/avi...nix-10311.html (THE FAIRCHILD PROVIDER C-119 The Flight of the Phoenix)

p47thunderbolt · 03-05-2008, 01:48 AM

That looks like a Mack truck