Name that plane - Page 46

JagdtigerI · #**1126** (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 09:45 PM

Do you guys need some more hints

TiredOldSoldier · #**1127** (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 09:56 PM

That inline engine and cigar shape look Albatros but not a D fighter.

JagdtigerI · #**1128** (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 10:04 PM

Could assertion, but wrong country.

Kruska · #**1129** (**permalink**) July 8th, 2009, 04:46 PM

Hmm...., I had the same thoughts as T.O.S.

could it be a license build Albatros in the Austro-Hungarian airforce, such as the Albatros C.X ?

Regards
Kruska

JagdtigerI · #**1130** (**permalink**) July 8th, 2009, 05:00 PM

Nope not an Albatross of any kind. Not German, Austrian, or Hungarian.

blacksnake · #**1131** (**permalink**) July 9th, 2009, 08:13 PM

Been away for a bit, so thought I'd come back with a vengeance...

Czech built Recon bomber ... Smolik Sm-1.

JagdtigerI · #**1132** (**permalink**) July 9th, 2009, 08:27 PM

Back with a vengence indeed, you're correct

blacksnake · #**1133** (**permalink**) July 10th, 2009, 07:29 AM

Have a go at this one ...

TiredOldSoldier · #**1134** (**permalink**) July 10th, 2009, 04:12 PM

At first look I would say Italian or French and somewhere around 1927. It looks civil but there is a suspicious big round (as in roundel) darker area on the lower wing.

blacksnake · #**1135** (**permalink**) July 11th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiredOldSoldier

At first look I would say Italian or French and somewhere around 1927. It looks civil but there is a suspicious big round (as in roundel) darker area on the lower wing.

Correct decade. Not Italian or French. It was military, but used in a joint role capacity.

As for the 'roundel' ... The photo is un-doctored (by myself) so unsure what it is. The country that used it, displayed a roundel but the country of manufacture did not.

JagdtigerI · #**1136** (**permalink**) July 12th, 2009, 08:46 PM

Is it German or possibly British? You can see a soldier standing nearby watching, I am trying to decipher what country it could possibly be.

blacksnake · #**1137** (**permalink**) July 12th, 2009, 10:35 PM

Not German or British ... The last time I was in control and 'dropped' a clue I shot myself in the foot (so to speak) ... I'm still trying to find something that wont give the game away.

It's obvious from the photo that it was fitted with a piston driven 'pusher' and 'tractor' engine ... It also has three open cockpits, two for gunners and one for the pilot. Can't reveal the country as yet without giving it away. Keep guessing and I'll confirm or deny appropriately.

343 · #**1138** (**permalink**) July 14th, 2009, 12:55 AM

Is it a derivative of the Kawasaki Ka-87

blacksnake · #**1139** (**permalink**) July 14th, 2009, 01:01 AM

No ... It aint Japanese either. If no one gets close by tomorrow evening I'll give y'all the country.

blacksnake · #**1140** (**permalink**) July 14th, 2009, 05:49 PM

Okay ... I may be about to shoot myself in the foot again, but I think this one has lasted long enough anyway.

The plane in question was in service for (but not manufactured by) the Bolivian Airforce ...

JagdtigerI · #**1141** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 12:39 AM

Seeing that a lot of Bolivia's planes today originate from the U.S. is it American made?

MastahCheef117 · #**1142** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 02:52 AM

I kind of doubt it was American, maybe Austrian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Russian? IDKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

JagdtigerI · #**1143** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 03:22 AM

I have got to hand it to you Blacksnake, this is a good one

TiredOldSoldier · #**1144** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 07:20 AM

If not French or Italian Dornier also had a liking for the push-pull engine configuration. But can't find anything resembling it.

343 · #**1145** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 08:44 PM

Is it the Comte AC-3?

blacksnake · #**1146** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 343

Is it the Comte AC-3?

Well done 343 .... It is the Swiss built Comte AC.3, produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte in the 1920's as a bomber/transport plane for the Bolivian Airforce.

Didn't know where else to go with the clues on that 'puppy' ... although I knew what it was, I struggled to find any info on it ... Thought you would have got that T/O/S, what with the push/pull engines

If it was up to me 343, you'd get two go's in control for getting that one !!

343 · #**1147** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 09:44 PM

Thank you, Blacksnake, well here is one that I found that I'd never seen before that I thought looked intersting

blacksnake · #**1148** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 10:14 PM

Hmmm ... Bears a passing resemblance to our Vulcan Bomber that does ... are the 'twin' tail fins for a VTO experimental 'summit or other' ???

blacksnake · #**1149** (**permalink**) July 15th, 2009, 11:21 PM

Interesting indeed 343 ... first thought the intakes on the wings where for jet engines, because you can't see the 'pusher' engine on the back in your photo ...

Whilst taking a closer look at the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender I hit on your one ... The Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. Looks like your image was taken after the second test flight, after the size of the 'dorsal fin' was increased.

343 · #**1150** (**permalink**) July 16th, 2009, 01:27 AM

Wow that was fast, but your correct as usual, it is the XP-56 Black Bullet