The What is it? Game

[vikingBerserker]

KB-29 or a KB-50?????

 

[buffnut453]

I think VB's close...I think it's a Super Guppy. Maybe the retractable wheels allow the nose to hinge for loading/unloading?

 

[nuuumannn]

Guppy

You can just see the fairing aft of the underside blade aerial behind the nose gear. The wheels extend on a shaft and drive the swinging nose door open to the left, supported by the nose wheel assembly. The pad just behind the fairing extends down and supports the front of the opening during loading. The break line is between the fairing where the wheels are and the extendable pad.

Ironic that Airbusses had their first flights in a Boeing...

 

[GrauGeist]

Ahh...cool, so I wasn't imagining an "outrigger" there by the wheels, then.

Good job, guys!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done, and excellent choice!!

 

[nuuumannn]

Yes, well done Mark.

Well done, and excellent choice!!

You were getting hot with the B-29 references...

 

[buffnut453]

For such a bunch of know-it-alls, this should be pretty easy:

Sorry it's not more challenging but I'm living out of a hotel room at present and don't have much in the way of resources.

 

[nuuumannn]

Not more challenging? Looks like a port hole on a ship! That's some heavy framing.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Damn these are hard!

 

[buffnut453]

Not more challenging? Looks like a port hole on a ship! That's some heavy framing.

You're on the right track.

 

[Airframes]

Catalina mooring hatch in the nose ?

 

[buffnut453]

Nope.

 

[GrauGeist]

Hmm...perhaps related to early high-altitude aircraft construction?

 

[nuuumannn]

So, a flying boat or nautical aircraft? What era?

 

[A4K]

Heavy framing (and rivets) sounds like something Grumman... wonder if this is part of a wingfold.

 

[wuzak]

Looks like a window frame for a pressurised cabin.

XF-12 Rainbow, perhaps?

 

[buffnut453]

Hmm...perhaps related to early high-altitude aircraft construction?

Alas not.

So, a flying boat or nautical aircraft? What era?

That's the right ballpark. Era was 1930s-1940s.

Heavy framing (and rivets) sounds like something Grumman... wonder if this is part of a wingfold.

Not part of a wing fold.

Looks like a window frame for a pressurised cabin.

XF-12 Rainbow, perhaps?

Definitely not a pressurized cabin.

 

[vikingBerserker]

For such a bunch of know-it-alls, this should be pretty easy:
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Well, apparently you're safe!

 

[buffnut453]

Terry was very close to the mark.

 

[nuuumannn]

What nationality, and did you take the photo?