Guess that Plane! Resurrection!
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With that antenna extension on the port wing, and those balloon tires, it looks just like an old U-control model! Is there a giant standing off to the right of the picture with a handle and some wires?
Hard to tell if it's a parasol or a mid-high wing...
First guess is Moraine-Saulnier M-3something?
Hard to tell if it's a parasol or a mid-high wing...
First guess is Moraine-Saulnier M-3something?
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You're right jammyozzy, it is a PZL. Actually I'm not sure of the number myself, I searched for a certain number and this is said to be it but it looks a bit suspicious to me, so... but anyway, I'll see if someone can get it before tomorrow night, if not, I'll reveal the number. 
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Where's the cockpit? Or was it one of those things where the pilot was supposed to lie down and look out a little nosecone window? I would think that no forward visibility at all would be a sure way to kill the pilot...Bachem Ba349 Natter. The first vertical take off interceptor in the world, designed for point defence. Proved to be a total failure, pretty much every test flight killed the pilot.👍
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No, I don't think so. Doesn't have the Hawker tail on it.
The wing shape and the shoulder where it's joining the fuselage is making me think it's a Miles design, but I can't place it.
[edit] A-ha. The shape of the tail was bugging me as being un-British, as was the intake and the belly radiator outlet. The turtledeck and cowling look Italian, so does the rudder. I've guessed "Macchi 205" so many times that that can't be it, so I'm going with Fiat G50 or 55.
The wing shape and the shoulder where it's joining the fuselage is making me think it's a Miles design, but I can't place it.
[edit] A-ha. The shape of the tail was bugging me as being un-British, as was the intake and the belly radiator outlet. The turtledeck and cowling look Italian, so does the rudder. I've guessed "Macchi 205" so many times that that can't be it, so I'm going with Fiat G50 or 55.
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I'm almost 100% certain it's a G.55, the stabilizers on the tail of the Macchi 205 sit further forward than the ones on that plane.
Also, if anyone cares, the pilot of the Ba 349 sat here:
The idea was the plane would takeoff from its vertical launch rail and approach the bomber formation on autopilot. Once it got close the 'pilot' would launch all the rockets hidden behind the nosecone before effectively dismantling the plane in midair and parachuting back down.
Also, if anyone cares, the pilot of the Ba 349 sat here:
The idea was the plane would takeoff from its vertical launch rail and approach the bomber formation on autopilot. Once it got close the 'pilot' would launch all the rockets hidden behind the nosecone before effectively dismantling the plane in midair and parachuting back down.
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Duke paves the way for jammyozzy, Fiat G.55 is the correct answer. Funny how the RAF roundels seemed to fool Serge even after the correct answer had been mentioned...
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i answered hawker hurricane and then duke said:i dont think so.then i said thats the best i found after seeing 200 photos.
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No need to look at the file name, that's a Westland Welkin, developed from the Westland Whirlwind as a very high altitude interceptor, hence the long wings and the huge tail surfaces. In the end such an aircraft wasn't needed as the Germans stopped their Ju86 raids on England, only 75 Welkins were completed.
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