Guess that Plane! Resurrection!

  • Thread starter Mike Rotch
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King Cockery
Yes it was ilushin Il-76. You have a great knowledge about aircrafts apparently.
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Well, yes... it's been one of my primary hobbies for about seven years now. :P
 
Greycap
OK, here goes.

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I'm kind of a Republic experimental fighter fan, and I used to know them all, back in the day, but I've forgotten what this one was.

It's one of the "XF" series, of course, but it isn't one of the many 84 variants, and it isn't a 103, either. There were a few with numbers in the high-eighties and nineties, so I'll toss out a few designations.

It's either an XF-88, XF-91, or possibly XF-92. That's as close as I can get with Googling.
 
Greycap
Only one of those you mentioned is a Republic... ;)
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Okay. 91 seems to ring a bell as being a Republic. That's my best guess.

(D'oh! In my previous post I meant "without Googling", not "with". Geez...)
 
It is Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor. One of the most weird looking aircraft I've ever seen with those wings, tapering the wrong way! I wonder what they were trying to achieve...

Anyway, you were right and it's your turn! :)
 
Greycap
It is Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor. One of the most weird looking aircraft I've ever seen with those wings, tapering the wrong way! I wonder what they were trying to achieve...

Anyway, you were right and it's your turn! :)
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That's not the only plane I've seen with those wrong-taper wings, but I can't remember what they were. I'm like you, though. I wonder what the idea is...

Anyway, here's an interesting one. It was designed to be one kind of craft, but was used as another:

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Armstrong-Whitworth Albemarle, designed as a bomber, used as a glider tug. :)

Let's do like this from now on: If I know the answer, the next visitor can post a new picture. OK?
 
Greycap
Armstrong-Whitworth Albemarle, designed as a bomber, used as a glider tug. :)

Let's do like this from now on: If I know the answer, the next visitor can post a new picture. OK?
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I'm seriously impressed. I thought sure that one would be fairly tough.
 
Zardoz
Anyway, here's an interesting one. It was designed to be one kind of craft, but was used as another:

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Looks like an Armstrong Albermarle, maybe. I don't know the back story on, though, if that's right.

[edit] Do'h! Treed by Greycap. Nice work, man!
 
Mike Rotch
As per Greycaps request...:)

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Ohhh, boy, there are a number of things that could be. I'm going to go with an Xtra 230, though. The little Russian numbers all tend to have radials, even in the aerobatic ships.
 
It probably is a 300, with the 3-blade prop. Is there a 400 model too? I forget. No wheel pants, but those are always easy to remove.

It's definitely not a Laser.
 
It doesn't look stubby enough to be a Giles. Not fat enough to be a CAP 21. Could it be a Zlin - first airplane to do the dreaded lomchevak?
 
Duke was closest :D Its a Zlin 50L. Zlin were building aerobatic planes well before Extra I think.

Ah Duke, whats wrong with a backwards flying plane! :scared:

First come = next to post ;)
 
Part of me is saying Martin-Baker MB-3.

Part of me is saying Supermarine Spiteful.

I'm going with the latter part.
 
No cheating, because I'll say up front the aircraft name is in the filename of the image, but it's the view I liked the best. In keeping with Mike's theme:

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Here's another view.

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Here's a hint: It's not a Pitts Special. Anybody else? If it dies again, I'll post something differentn.
 
OK, nobody went for that one. It's a Starduster Too, a 2-seat version of the Starduster homebuilt aerobatic bipe.

OK, let's go back to the older military stuff and see what people come up with. How about this one?

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I think he's right.

not to derail the topic, but..

I'm going to start flying lessons in February! It's going to be at a certified Cessna center, so the instruction is based on the Cessna 172. I can't freakin wait!
 
High-Test
I think he's right.

not to derail the topic, but..

I'm going to start flying lessons in February! It's going to be at a certified Cessna center, so the instruction is based on the Cessna 172. I can't freakin wait!
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He is right. It's a McDonnel FH/FD Phantom, the first full-jet carrier aircraft. The Vietnam workhorse everybody knows as the Phantom is actually the Phantom II. Post one up!

Congratualtions on starting flying lessons! It's a lot of fun. I started taking lessons as a teenager, but I just couldn't afford to keep it up. If I hit the lottery, I'm definitely getting my ticket and a 4-seater light plane.
 
Gah! I actually knew this one. I can't believe I missed it. :grumpy:

The planes seem to be much harder this time round.
 

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