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No, but you are in the right area historically, and there are some parallels with the type I'm looking for.
Another guess, the Messerschmidt Me109 E
Lets see if I can't give it a try, is it the Hawker Hurricane Mk I?
Cavalier Mustang II?
edit: ignore this, just read some of the clues i missed lol.
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Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming
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The PBY as flown by 29 airforces/navies. The particular type I'm looking for was ONLY flown by four air forces.
Another clue. The type, of which the subtype I'm looking for was the first variant, had a jingoistic pedigree.
PBY ? Built in Canada as the Canso, In USSR as the GST. Built in Canada by Boeing & Vickers. In USA by Consolidated and the US Naval Aircraft Factory. The Sub type would be the Amphibian version
The P-36/Hawk 75 was a contemporary of the type I'm looking for.
P-36/Hawk 75?
no worries. not disputing that it was a wrong answer. Lyle..
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Whilst the DST/DC3 was a development of the DC2 and bore a family resemblance, they were very different aircraft. Lusinov built 4937 in the USSR, Showa/Nakajima built 487 in Japan. All the Russian and Japanese aircraft were legitimately built under licences issued in the 1930s and there were many detailed differences to the Douglas built machines. As you can see, the type doesn't fit the clues.
I'm aware they are different, but very close. Sort of a father/son relationship. worth a shot. actualy, i could not remember if the dc-2 or -3 was what japan copied
The DC2 and DC3 were different aircraft. Both the DC2 and DC3 were used by a far greater number of operators then the number stated in the question.
dc-3, dc-2 - flew with us, japan and russia. at lieast i think it japan had a few, captured or cloned...
No. The numbers don't tally. This the sub type of this aircraft was involved in some tortuous international politics, which, along with captures, saw it in service on both sides of a conflict.
F-104 starfighter, probably the S model
This type was built in 3 countries by 5 different manufacturers and flew for four countries' forces. I'm looking for a type and the specific sub type to which the above refers.
yes. well done phil. It was originally designed to test a tailless swept wing design for the dh comet.
Over to you phil.
'borrowed' even!!
Ooops! I'm 500 miles from home and the wife's i-Pad seems to have malfunctioned as it only showed the last clue. I have broowed a PC and the answer is the DH108 Swallow
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The insect was a mossie, the myth was a vampire. The connection was parts of the mossie were used in the vampire.
The aircraft im after was built from the fuselage of a vampire.
You can answer if you want. I know where you got the answer lol.
scorpiomikey, i guess i'm disqualified?
The myths sister was absolute poison, and both aircrafts big sister was a real fox.
The bird was made from bits of the myth, it held several records in its home country.
Only 3 were built.
lol nice.
No not the Blackburn Roc
Made by the same people who made a famous insect.
Shares a heritage with said insect.
Insect
Myth
Bird (<-------thats the one i want)
Scorpiomikey I never would have gotten that one.
I never would have gotten that one.
I got the idea from your previous glider question
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Blackburn Roc?
On the bench:
Too much
In the hangar:
Again....too much
Ill post one, see if you can guess it.
This "bird" was based on a "legend".
The Legend was named after a myth.
It achieved a number of firsts for its country of origin.
It was initially designed to test features on a much larger aircraft, which never ended up adopting the features in question.
Congrats Milairjunkie, you have beaten the combined brains of the aviation trivia world! I've got a real stinker for my next question but as I'll be out of internet coverage from Wednesday (yes it could take at least that long!) for a couple of days, I won't volunteer for now.
OK, no takers & it's been over a week, so it's over to whoever wants a go.
The aircraft in question was the Cornelius XFG-1 fuel glider, Cornelius was the archaeologist in "Planet of the Apes" & the XFG-1 had a variable incidence, forward swept wing. The variable incidence wing was used by the F-8 Crusader ("The last gunfighter") & the forward swept wing was used by the Su-47 Berkut (bird of prey).
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