Aircraft Identification V

[p47thunderbolt]

Another favorite of mine:



looking familiar?

 

[Storch]

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

What about this plane:

 

[Wildcat]

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

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

 

[p47thunderbolt]

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


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

 

[Krabat42]

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]

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]

hello for my plane it's bot an Amiot .

It's a Poland aircraft;

 

[Wildcat]

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]

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/aviation/fairchild-provider-c-119-flight-phoenix-10311.html

 

[p47thunderbolt]

That looks like a Mack truck

 

[A4K]

Ah, THAT's why it looked strange then, Wildcat, thanks!
I'm no expert on the Lincoln either, but as I'm (painfully slowly) building the aircraftof the RNZAF/ RAF NZ sqn's in 1:72, I'll have to tackle this one at some stage.

 

[Krabat42]

Is this from a tandem gear?

 

[Graeme]

Another unusual looking Lincoln version was B.2 (RF561) testing radar in an elongated nose in 1949.

That looks like a Mack truck

Inside the 'Mack truck'...

 

[Graeme]

Is this from a tandem gear?

No. But I must admit Krabat I never thought of that as a possibility! Good thinking!

 

[Storch]

That right Graeme, it was the Nikol A-2.

For your..... ...... I haven't got idea!

May be Convair?

 

[p47thunderbolt]

I first thought B-36 or B-47, but no.....

 

[Krabat42]

Can't be that hard: Big fuselage, probably used as a trainer for wiring operators and since it's from Graeme, it's probably Australian

 

[Graeme]

Two more clues which should provide the identity. First one is the man above standing on the left in the interior shot is Lord Brabazon and the second is this leading edge shot...

 

[p47thunderbolt]

that one?

 

[Graeme]

Yep. The mighty Bristol Brabazon!

having been very busy elsewhere recently (changing tires on my P-47, spring is near)

Been meaning to ask you Chris, your P-47 in your Avatar? And you on the left?