Mystery Aircraft Competition

[dr_gn]

How about a 'mystery aircraft' thread? No Prizes - just for fun! Rules could be:

No models,

Aircraft must have flown at least once.

Here's one:





Cheers,

Edited by dr_gn on Tuesday 30th June 11:54

[Eric Mc]

Bit of a guess - Short 184?

Edited by Eric Mc on Tuesday 30th June 11:09

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

Bit of a guess - Short 184?

Edited by Eric Mc on Tuesday 30th June 11:09

Nope!

[Eric Mc]

Armstrong Whitworth FK8?

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

Armstrong Whitworth FK8?

No, you were closer with the first guess.

[dr_gn]

Heres a few more, then someone else can have a go!

a)



b)



c)



d)



Cheers,

[Eric Mc]

dr_gn said:

Eric Mc said:

Armstrong Whitworth FK8?

No, you were closer with the first guess.

I'm not that well up on the more obscure World War 1 types.

[mybrainhurts]

Come on, come on, I don't have all day.....

[dr_gn]

mybrainhurts said:

Come on, come on, I don't have all day.....

I think you broke rule 2 of the thread

[mybrainhurts]

dr_gn said:

mybrainhurts said:

Come on, come on, I don't have all day.....

I think you broke rule 2 of the thread

WRONG..

It's real...

It flew...

Next...?

[magpie215]

is "C" a HS748?

[dr_gn]

magpie215 said:

is "C" a HS748?

No, think a bit smaller.

[dr_gn]

mybrainhurts said:

dr_gn said:

mybrainhurts said:

Come on, come on, I don't have all day.....

I think you broke rule 2 of the thread

WRONG..

It's real...

It flew...

Next...?

No, it didn't:

Assuming the balloon is about 2m diameter x 4m long, that gives a volume of approx. 12,570 litres.

Hydrogen gives about 1.1g of lift per litre (Helium gives even less), so that balloon would give around 13.7kg of lift.

It is having to lift probably 10 times that figure.

In summary: It never flew.

[Eric Mc]

C looks like the back end of a DC-3.

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

C looks like the back end of a DC-3.

Much later.
Clue: turboprop.

[Mr Dave]

A is it a Blackbird?

B is concorde

C is it a jetstream?

D is it a Tomcat?

Edited by Mr Dave on Tuesday 30th June 14:58

Edited by Mr Dave on Tuesday 30th June 14:59

[dr_gn]

Mr Dave said:

A is it a Blackbird?

B is concorde

C is it a jetstream?

D is it a Tomcat?

Edited by Mr Dave on Tuesday 30th June 14:58

Edited by Mr Dave on Tuesday 30th June 14:59

I'm impressed! All correct apart from D.

[Eric Mc]

D - F15?

[Nicholas Blair]

D Crusader F8?

[tank slapper]

D looks like it is US Navy colours rather than USAF, so I think it is something like an F8 or A7. Trying to think what else has that much space below the canopy.