 | Aircraft Identification V| Aviation Discuss Aircraft Identification V in the World War II - Aviation forums; Martin-Baker MB.5?... |
|
08-24-2005, 04:27 PM
|
#151 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
Posts: 3,001
Country:  | Martin-Baker MB.5?
__________________ 
When you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train, you know it's time to run for your life | 
|  | |
08-25-2005, 01:02 PM
|
#152 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 232
| Its not an MB5 or Fury prototype. | 
| | |
08-26-2005, 02:39 AM
|
#153 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Gaza Strip
Posts: 326
|  
Yeah, Now its fine,
__________________
Your mind is your closest ally, But it is allso, Your most distent enigma..... | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 03:11 AM
|
#154 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 19,959
Country: | i've never actually seen that one before..........
(i copied the adress and actually looked at the pic on the site lol, it doesn't say what it is though)
__________________ 
"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 06:39 AM
|
#155 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 533
| Lockheed L-1000 experimental jet fighter, using an axial flow jet engine with afterburner dating from 1937 which was called the XJ 37. The engine had problems tho.
The plane used thrusters for roll control, like a spaceship
The contraprop Fury look-alike is puzzling | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 07:12 AM
|
#156 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country:  | Quote: |
Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass i've never actually seen that one before..........
(i copied the adress and actually looked at the pic on the site lol, it doesn't say what it is though) | Thats because theyre on image hosting sites... 
I really dont know what the top one is. Im sure I recognise from somewhere though.
__________________  with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 07:31 AM
|
#157 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Gaza Strip
Posts: 326
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Smokey Lockheed L-1000 experimental jet fighter, using an axial flow jet engine with afterburner dating from 1937 which was called the XJ 37. The engine had problems tho.
The plane used thrusters for roll control, like a spaceship
The contraprop Fury look-alike is puzzling | The engine was called the L-1000, The plane it self is called the L-133,
__________________
Your mind is your closest ally, But it is allso, Your most distent enigma..... | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 08:48 AM
|
#158 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 533
| Yeah, there is very little info on the plane
Its a real shame that there were problems with the jet engine and some of the bosses in the USAF didn't trust the new technology. As a result it didn't go into service
It makes even modern jets look ancient | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 08:55 AM
|
#159 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 12,511
Country:  | The L-133's wing was used on the P-80
__________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"  | |
| | |
08-26-2005, 12:05 PM
|
#160 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 232
| Want me to tell you about the Fury lookalike? Its not surprising it looks like a Fury really.
The Germans were closer to getting the Sanger Hypersonic Orbital bomber to work than the US was of getting the L-133 to fly. | |
| | |
08-28-2005, 12:13 PM
|
#161 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 232
| 
I'll leave the other for a while. In the meantime, what is this? | |
| | |
08-28-2005, 02:15 PM
|
#162 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 533
| Blackburn B20 
It was designed to reduce drag by having a the fuselage open like a giant landing skid for water opertion and close in flight to reduce frontal area.
Duncan Roberts, Sam McMillan and Flt Lt Bailey were lost with the prototype, Flt Lt Bailey stayed with the aircraft until the last possible moment to give the other two crew members a chance to escape, his parachute did not open fully and he was drowned
It was nicknamed the "nutcracker", referring to the fate of anyone on the central float when it was retracted. http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_b20.htm | |
| | |
08-29-2005, 03:08 AM
|
#163 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Adelaide
Posts: 3,168
Country:  | Crazy!
__________________  | |
| | |
08-29-2005, 05:23 AM
|
#164 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 232
| Crazy? It would have worked quite well without the vultures.
The one I posted before that various people guessed as a Fury Prototype and the Martin-Baker 5 are wrong. The aircraft is actually a Hawker Tempest powered by a Rolls-Royce Eagle engine giving 3500hp. 500mph+.
Now, what is this? Or these?  | |
| | |
08-29-2005, 05:49 AM
|
#165 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | Is that the planned "Super Stirling"?
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | 
LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/aircraft-identification-v-1737.html | | Posted By | For | Type | Date | | Alice - Rechercher | This thread | Refback | 11-19-2006 11:10 AM | All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:47 PM. | | |
