Thread: The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

  1. October 25th, 2009, 08:02 #2506
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    No, Ferry. Don't know much about the LET-400, but the LET-410 has a very circular fuselage, and this one is definitely square ! Not A Czech production.
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  2. October 26th, 2009, 08:13 #2507
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    No clue really. Something from Eastern Europe maybe?
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  3. October 26th, 2009, 09:23 #2508
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    It is not European at all.
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    It seems you got us all left!
    A longshot, maybe a Short 360 (C-23 prototpype) with smaller windows?)
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  5. October 26th, 2009, 09:59 #2510
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    On second thought I think the cockpit area does not match with the Short.
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    Right, if Wout and Moses are out of ideas, I think we'll move on. Wout was getting close...

    This is (wait for it) the Nanchang Jing Gang Shan-4 ! (same designer as the Ring Ting Dingaling, you all cry....) It never got past prototype stage in 1970.

    Now, for all you floater lovers , one ahead of its time..
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  7. October 26th, 2009, 11:00 #2512
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    On reflection, not much to go on in that pic. Here's another..
    Last edited by lefty; January 3rd, 2010 at 00:29.
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  8. October 26th, 2009, 11:07 #2513
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    That the Kirkham Air Yacht?
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  9. October 26th, 2009, 11:59 #2514
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    Kirkham Air Yacht it is, although The Jane's of the period refers to it as the 'Air Boat' . Quite a snazzy number for 1925, don't you think ?
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    For 1925, agreed that it looked ahead of it's time. Found some info in the Flight archives.

    Here is one that is armed and dangerous.....well maybe not that dangerous...
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    Well if that wasn't designed by our Anthony, it was somebody looking over his shoulder..........
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    In this case you might look for that guy over the shoulder...
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    Has some "Russian-ness" about it, except for those wheel pants. Then there's the external longitudinal reinforcements reminiscent of a Bloch design. Call me stumped as usual. I'm guessing it was built somewhere around '29 - '32.
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    Don't think it is Russian, or Japanese. Quality of photo and general appearance make me think it is probably an American one-off.
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