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Posted by modelsheek91 on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:13 PM

Blackburn Roc?

On the bench:

Too much

In the hangar:

Again....too much

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:17 PM

Scorpiomikey

I never would have gotten that one.

I got the idea from your previous glider question Yeah

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:20 PM

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)

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:38 PM

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.

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Posted by Geezer on Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:11 PM

scorpiomikey, i guess i'm disqualified?

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:33 PM

You can answer if you want. I know where you got the answer lol.

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Sunday, February 3, 2013 2:14 AM

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.

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Posted by PhilB on Sunday, February 3, 2013 3:13 AM

DH Venom

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Posted by PhilB on Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:43 AM

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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Posted by PhilB on Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:44 AM

'borrowed' even!!

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:10 PM

yes. well done phil. It was originally designed to test a tailless swept wing design for the dh comet.

Over to you phil.

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Posted by PhilB on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:47 PM

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.

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Posted by wolfhammer1 on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:54 PM

F-104 starfighter, probably the S model

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Posted by PhilB on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:50 AM

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.

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Posted by Geezer on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:59 PM

dc-3, dc-2 - flew with us, japan and russia. at lieast i think it japan  had a few, captured or cloned...

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Posted by PhilB on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:29 PM

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.

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Posted by Geezer on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:39 PM

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

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Posted by PhilB on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:51 PM

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.

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Posted by Geezer on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:14 PM

no worries. not disputing that it was a wrong answer. Lyle..

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Posted by wolfhammer1 on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:00 PM

P-36/Hawk 75?

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Posted by PhilB on Thursday, February 7, 2013 1:45 AM

The P-36/Hawk 75 was a contemporary of the type I'm looking for.

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Posted by roony on Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:30 AM

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

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Posted by PhilB on Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:34 AM

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.

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, February 7, 2013 6:02 PM

Cavalier Mustang II?

edit: ignore this, just read some of the clues i missed lol.

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Posted by Ghostrider114 on Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:56 PM

Lets see if I can't give it a try, is it the Hawker Hurricane Mk I?

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Posted by wolfhammer1 on Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:53 PM

Another guess, the Messerschmidt Me109 E

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Posted by PhilB on Friday, February 8, 2013 1:49 AM

No, but you are in the right area historically, and there are some parallels with the type I'm looking for.

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Posted by PhilB on Friday, February 8, 2013 1:52 AM

Not sure how this fits the clues

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Posted by PhilB on Friday, February 8, 2013 2:53 PM

The type was named after both a battle and its reward and thus had tenuous links to a war leader's beginning and end.

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Posted by roony on Sunday, February 10, 2013 9:23 AM

The Bristol BLENHEIM,  Named for a battle that one of Churchill's ancestors won.  As for the clues I'm not sure.  But this might help some else.

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