Guess that Plane! Resurrection!

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Greycap
Quite a specific one... basically a Mustang but technically not, rather an A-36A Apache, the dive bomber version of the P-51A distinguished by the dive brakes on the wings.
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You've got me there - I didn't even notice the slats; I just saw the razorback canopy and the nose intake and went for the gusto. Serves me right for getting complacent after some of the easier ones posted lately. Very well played, both of you.

Flyin' Finn, you're up!
 
Mine's_GTR
Focke Wulf Fw 190
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Sorry, no - it's likely an Me-109 derivative, but the real test is trying to figure out exactly which obscure, small-run, special-purpose, licensed-production version Greycap has hit us up with...
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Hrrrrm... non-inverted V engine. Curiouser and curiouser. Is it a Hispano-Suiza of some licensed kind painted like a Bf 109?
 
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Obscure - I wouldn't say so. Certainly well known in the warbird circles.
Small run - well, compared to the Bf 109 run, yes. Then again pretty much everything is.
Special purpose - nope. Just a fighter.
Licenced production - yep.
Hispano Suiza - nope.
 
OK, if it's not a Hispano-Suiza, then it has to be the Chekoslovakian one... Asa? Ava?
 
Duke
OK, if it's not a Hispano-Suiza, then it has to be the Chekoslovakian one... Asa? Ava?
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You're meaning the Avia S-199 "Mezec", I guess. It's not the correct answer but you're about as close in the principle as you can get without getting it right. And having said that it's not a Hispano Suiza, that only means the engine... the factory was, to my knowledge, named simply Hispano.
 
Greycap
You're meaning the Avia S-199 "Mezec", I guess. It's not the correct answer but you're about as close in the principle as you can get without getting it right. And having said that it's not a Hispano Suiza, that only means the engine... the factory was, to my knowledge, named simply Hispano.
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Gah. I try to do this without Googling anything and this is what I get... ;)
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OK, OK, it's a Hispano HA1109. And yes, I was thinking of the Avia S-99 (I guess there was an S-199 also) because you said 'no' to Hispano-Suiza.
 
I could continue this a bit more... :P

But no, I'll call it a day for now. It's not a Hispano HA-1109-J1L or -K1L, that would have had the Hispano-Suiza HS12Z engine, but the HA-1112-M1L "Buchon" that was powered (ironically) by a RR Merlin driving a four-bladed Rotol propeller. If you'll ever see the movie classic "Battle of Britain" you'll notice that the Bf 109E's in it are actually Buchons painted in German colours.

About the Avia S-99 and S-199, the former was a licence built Bf 109G-14 with a DB605, looking every bit like a normal G-14. The latter was the solution to the shortage of DB605's, the fuselage was modified to take a Jumo 211 that was available in larger numbers. It was quite a hopeless piece of machinery all round.

Your turn!
 
Oh, hey, I guess it's my turn, but I don't have anything. Take it away!
 
Here we go!

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I believe that's a Curtiss R3 - Schneider Trophy racer.
 
you got it Duke, yet Serge had accurate answer.. toss a coin which one shall go. Some day, when I finally have mastered the Gmax, I'll model that plane for CFS3..
 
I've seen this plane in a museum in London. From what I recall it was labelled CA-16 MK2 (maybe, not definite.).
 

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