I thought the surrounds looked very Japanese - the machine far left looks like a Tachikawa Ki-74 - but this one escapes me too !
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I thought the surrounds looked very Japanese - the machine far left looks like a Tachikawa Ki-74 - but this one escapes me too !
Moses03 is right. Its from the Far East.:ernae:
Lefty is closer and is correct with he builder, but what Ki- number???:ernae:
Year 1945. Number: 1
You got me, Wout - it ain't the 77, so must be a very hush-hush Tachikawa !
Not in my books anyway.
Off to a wedding today (yawn - I hate weddings) so won't be forumming for another 48 hrs or so.
The closest I have found so far is the Tachikawa Ki-92. Not sure at all though.
Moss03, It is the Ki-92! :applause:
That picture I posted is the only one I have ever seen of the Ki-92. Yours is a new one to me.
Time to turn back the clock-
This one was designed for army use but nothing came of it.
Here is a side view.
This angle will surely give away it's famous lineage...
A Blériot ?
Not a Bleriot, but is a French lady. This was the last aircraft from this designer.
Deperdussin ?
This one was from Hubert Latham of Antoinette fame. The Antoinette Military Monoplane or Antoinette Monobloc of 1911.
Here is one you might like- a floater!
Never let a floater go by..........
This little lady is a Commonwealth Trimmer, which sounds as though she ought to be Australian, but in fact came all the way from Long Island N.Y.
Didn't think it would last. A stout to the Scotsman. :icon29:
Thank you Kevin.
A nice purposeful transport now...
The 3-bladed prop is a bit unusual for this vintage. Maybe something German or a tad further east?
Go East, young man........ (or maybe south-east)
OK, another East European Horror sails away unmolested - this is the ICAR Turing, built in Rumania in 1937.
Back to matters aquatic - an easy one - ?
1937 eh? Thought it was a late 1920's design.
The flashy amphib is a Beriev MBR-5.
Hmm...I have that same one labeled MBR-5. Another designation maybe?
Edit: Found the same pic at this Russian site.
Your Russian site tells more or less the same story - I have it as the Samsonov MBR-5 ! (Gunston's Encyclopaedia)
Just being pedantic - it's my age you know - over to you sir. :icon29:
(Been at a funeral today - great fun - MUCH better than weddings ! :ernae:)
Thanks. Well now that we have that settled, how about something not so old?
Another one I would like to see modeled for FS.
A Grob Strato 2C.
Right on Naki. :icon29:
The Strato set the world altitude record for manned piston engined aircraft at 60,897' in 1995.