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by **Dan4th** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:46 pm

Nose doesn't appear to have room for much
of an engine, especially with the twin props....

Is the donk mounted behind the pilot driving
the prop(s) through a shaft or something?

Nose-mounted cannon looks like....

One of those German aircraft that never got
fully developed??????

Danf.

by **Stevieboy** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:16 pm

Mr W. Some of your compatriots will be very upset. [-x

by **Spitfire** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:42 am

You're peeking through your bobble hat stitches =))

He knows - again ~x(

Have you been reading plane books since you were a toddler :-o

by **RLN** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:21 am

As I'm on nights at the moment, and I have actually been busy tonight, I've just seen this. Stevieboy is right with the country of origin.

Dan4th- the engine is mounted as you say :ymapplause:

by **Dan4th** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:19 am

Made by Bell Aircraft, peut-etre?????

Maybe Curtis.....

Danf.

by **Saracenman** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:06 am

so hang on - i asked if it was Murkin and got an "X"

is it Murkin or not then?

confuzzed

by **RLN** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:45 am

I didn't give you an X. It is Murkin and very few were made.

Not Bell or Curtis.

by **Stevieboy** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:32 am

Saracenman wrote:so hang on - i asked if it was Murkin and got an "X"

is it Murkin or not then?

confuzzed

Pay attention at the back SM. You asked four questions with the third being "Murkin?". The response was XX

X

Less time torturing kitty and more attention please. [-x

by **Saracenman** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:32 pm

aha - i gerrit now :ymblushing:

still no clue though! =))

by **RLN** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:52 pm

I can see you are all struggling (except for SB), so here's a clue. It was built by a division of GM.

by **Xplumberlives** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:54 pm

An early Vauxhall Vectra? :ymapplause:

by **RLN** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:04 pm

In terms of the practical performance against the theory, the comparison is a fair one XPL =))

(Sorry if anyone has a Vectra - don't want to keep upsetting folk)

by **Dan4th** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:16 pm

GM = Allison, so was it thus powered?

I know GM built B-24s at their H-U-G-E
Willow Run assembly plant......

I'm gonna have to go look at GM's other
aviation connections....

Back later.

Dan4th

by **Xplumberlives** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:27 pm

But D4th, GM purchased Willow Run in 1953, that looks too late for the subject of the picture.

by **Dan4th** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:59 pm

Well, here 'tis.....

Fisher P-75 Eagle, six produced. Fisher Body was a subsidiary of GM and this WAS
Allison-powered with two V-12s mated together.

Oh, and Willow Run was bought BACK by GM in 1953 from Henry J. Kaiser. Originally
built by GM to turn-out B-24s and was largest building in the world for quite a while.

Here's the wiki for P-75:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-75_Eagle

I'll have something up later:::::::

Dan4th

by **Xplumberlives** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:13 pm

looks like a Murkin Wyvern!

by **Saracenman** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:35 pm

aha - so the "XX

X" i got back was misleading then - did i not say 1950's Murkin? :((

off to look back....

yeah, i did...

more modern that it might at first appear? 1950s? Murkin? Naval?

by **Stevieboy** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:51 pm

Saracenman wrote:aha - so the "XX X" i got back was misleading then - did i not say 1950's Murkin?

off to look back....

yeah, i did...

more modern that it might at first appear? 1950s? Murkin? Naval?

by **RLN** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:31 pm

All yours Dan4th

by **Dan4th** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:09 pm

No, SM, first half of 40s.

Naval, yes to the extent it had landing
gear from the F4-U Corsair.

By the time it got 1/2 way there it wasn't
needed, and 2 X 12 cylinders never gave
it the airspeed they hoped for....

Ah, well.....

Back later with what Stevieboy will probably
shoot-down toutes suites!!!!!

OKAY! Perhaps too easy, but need Manufacturer, Model #
and Nickname. Oh, and a little history would be nice, too.....

Danf.

by **Mackrick** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:15 pm

Dam I know its nickname and who made it but as for the model No....

Ok I'll have a go Curtiss JN2 Jenny ?

by **Dan4th** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:25 pm

MR:

REALLY close, so I'll give it to you:::::

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. Flown by both our
Air Forces and made in large numbers.
Cornerstone of daredevil barnstorming
in USA and the first aircraft ever seen
by millions!

Over to Y'all, Crick!!!!

by **Mackrick** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:33 pm

I didn't know it served this side of the pond.

Ok here you go

by **Saracenman** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:41 pm

XB-70 Valkyrie

by **Mackrick** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:43 pm

Poo....

Over to you SM

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