Guess the aircraft thread!

[Mike Rotch]

Dont forget to post a plane EE.....

 

[ExigeEvan]

Here it is :-

 

[Mike Rotch]

Censored the tail marking.

 

[ExigeEvan]

I don't know how diffucult it is. Its a snow day so im all pre-occupied.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Is it one of the MIGs? Looks like one, because of the nose and the tail look like they come from a MIG design.

 

[ExigeEvan]

thats what I want you to think

 

[Mike Rotch]

Something from the Super-Sabre family?

 

[ExigeEvan]

not american, russian is closer

 

[Solid Fro]

I was going to say, the F-100 has it's intake in the nose, the pic doesn't have this.

Russian? Russia copied most American fighter designs...

 

[ExigeEvan]

it isn't russian, but that is a more accurate guess than america.......want a clue?

 

[Mike Rotch]

Is it Polish?

 

[ExigeEvan]

no.

[CLUE] It is a predecssor of the draken and vigen.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Wasaabie.

 

[ExigeEvan]

well done, thats a start
I want the full name please.

I know this is off topic, but have any of you read Dale Browns Dreamland or Patrick Mclanen (sp) series.

 

[Solid Fro]

You gotta admit, the SAAB JAS39 Gripen looks bad ass.

 

[ExigeEvan]

yeah it does, you gonna make a guess Viper Zero, or are you boycotting this round?

 

[Solid Fro]

Oh, I know the answer already. What's the point? I cheated and did a search on Google. No fun.

 

[ExigeEvan]

oh come on, say then. Just so you can correct all wrongs save us from hell.

 

[Mike Rotch]

So what if you found it on google. As long as you first had a crack at it via your own knowledge. If google isnt used as a last resort, this thread wont last.

 

[ExigeEvan]

well this thread is dying now, if I come on tomorrow and no-one has guessed it i'll either forfeit or get an easier one.

Its a SAAB people, they haven't made that many planes.

 

[Mike Rotch]

A-32 Lanson?

 

[ExigeEvan]

woo yeah, 'bout time and all!

You got it, your turn.

 

[Mike Rotch]

I feel so honoured. Gimme a few mins to find a snorter

 

[Mike Rotch]

[Hint]Dont rely too much on markings[/Hint]

(they do offer clues though..)

 

[ExigeEvan]

swiss airforce? WW2, single seater piston fighter. hmm.

 

[Duke]

Google is not verboten. It can be used for confirmation of you ideas. Just don't go type in "biplane" in the Image Search and then spend 20 minutes looking at thumbnails hoping to get lucky.

The current fighter looks to be a Dewotine of some type, sold to the Swiss AF. Now I'll go to Google and see if I can turn up the model.

 

[ExigeEvan]

that tail is quite distinctive.
It is almost triangular and the horizontal stibalizers are rather low down. weird.

 

[Duke]

Phew! I had a new message all typed out, but GTP hung and I couldn't post it, so here goes again:

I looked up the Dewotine D-520 and it was close but no guitar, which means it has to come from France's other major manufacturer, Moraine Solnier (sp?). That means it's probably an MS-410.

 

[ExigeEvan]

its actually a MS-406. But neon duke can have it cause i googled it while confirming his guess.

 

[Duke]

OK, here's an easy one.

Yes, it actually flew.