Guess the aircraft thread!

[Duke]

Originally posted by 911_Carrera
ah... C-125 Raider

Yup 911's go!

 

[911_Carrera]

I hope this isn't TOO easy.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Is it a Rikugun Ki-93?

Edit: Or a Nakajima night fighter perhaps?

 

[911_Carrera]

Nope


and...




























No.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Is it German or Japanese. It looks very familiar to me but think I am confusing things.

 

[911_Carrera]

It looks like it must be a German or Japanese night fighter or medium bomber but...

it's British!

 

[DQuaN]

It looks like a sort of De Havilland

 

[Duke]

It looks kind of like a Bristol Beaufighter, but it's got way too much greenhouse. Not a Beaufort or Buckingham, either, I know.

 

[DQuaN]

Aha! is it a Bristol Brigand?

 

[911_Carrera]

It is a Bristol Brigand. I think it's an early one, possibly the prototype.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Nice find 911. Had me drawing blanks. 👍

 

[DQuaN]

ok next up.............

 

[Solid Fro]

Oh! I so know it, but I can't think of the name! I think it was in a 007 movie.

 

[911_Carrera]

Lockheed Jetstar?

 

[DQuaN]

Originally posted by 911_Carrera
Lockheed Jetstar?

👍

 

[Duke]

Good go, 911! Post one up...

 

[911_Carrera]

I hope this hasn't been done before.

 

[Mike Rotch]

A Vickers-Armstrong Warwick ?

 

[911_Carrera]

Not a Warwick

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by 911_Carrera
I hope this hasn't been done before.

It looks very much like a Vickers product, but with that forward-mounted rudder I think it's a Blackburn.

Blackburn Botha, maybe?

 

[DQuaN]

Confirmed Duke, good job 👍

 

[911_Carrera]

It is indeed a Botha.

Hence the file name "Pik".

A joke that I suspect will be wasted on my audience.

 

[Duke]

Built for one thing only.

 

[911_Carrera]

Originally posted by neon_duke
Built for one thing only.

And would that be "appearing in computer games"? Or is it a plane designed to look like it's CGI?

Ah...is that a computer-generated John Travolta I can see in the cockpit?

 

[Mike Rotch]

Originally posted by 911_Carrera
It is indeed a Botha.

Hence the file name "Pik".

A joke that I suspect will be wasted on my audience.

Indeed not! I know who Pik Botha is, I was just to sleepy to get it

Incidentally it looks like a modified Mustand of sorts.

 

[911_Carrera]

I'm sure I came across this one when looking for "contra-rotating propellors". I think it was said to have been owned by John Travolta. With a name like Magic Jet, Jet Plane, Jet Washer, Something Jet. It's a highly-modified p51 Mustang for racing.

 

[Duke]

That's actually a real picture, not CGI!

And yes, that's Precious Metal, a very highly modified P-51 that currently holds the closed-course airspeed record at something over 450 knots - flow around pylons at less than 100 feet off the deck!

The Reno Air Races are a sight to behold. One day I want to get there.

Mike and 911 both got it, so whoever wants can have the next go.

 

[911_Carrera]

"World Jet" was the name of the sponsor painted on the side.

And it seems this was before it had the name Precious Metal.

I knew it was something to do with Jet.

I still can't find a reference to John Travolta. Maybe I dreamed that bit.

Here are some pictures, including of the Griffon engine.

http://warbird.com/wjet1.html

 

[Duke]

Well, somebody post one!

 

[911_Carrera]

This one is really rare