Deskpilot Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hindley Street is still famous, or should that be infamous, especially at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 This is an odd one - a one off prototype, circa 1939. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Irbitis VEF I-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 That's the one, Peter. Latvian designed and built, flew with Soviet markings after the Soviet occupation, then with German markings after the German invasion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Sorry Willie, I cheated. (Hehee). I used Google Image Search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 And I erased the prefix lettering and everything. Ok, how about this one - not overly successful either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I've found it, but I'll let someone else have a crack at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Look like an early thirties Nakajima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Irbitis VEF I-16 Neat machine, and a bit more suitable for building as a warbird replica than many fighters of that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Front end looks like a Polikarpov (sp?) but the rear end looks a bit spindly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 And I erased the prefix lettering and everything. Ok, how about this one - not overly successful either. [ATTACH=full]44913[/ATTACH] OK. It's been a cuppla hours. So here it is. Grigorovich IP-4 (DG-53) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Correct, Peter. I think the IP-4 had four 45mm. cannons and the first prototype tried two 75mm. cannon. They say that's why the horizontal stabilizer is so high, to avoid the cannon gases. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Enough of prototypes - this one was an operational warbird. Apologies for the low resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 OK I'm out. Beats me. Looks very much like a Focke-Wulf Fw190, but the 190 doesnt have a bracing strut uder the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 It's not Russian. Same company, post war, made some agricultural aircraft and light sports/trainers. Pre-war production was mainly fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ok, no takers - it's a Romanian I.A.R.81. I think at some stage during the War I.A.R. also license built Messerschmitt Bf-109's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Interesting, Willie. When I googled I.A.R.81, I found your photo, only a mirror image. Funny the Image Search couldn't locate it. Looking at photos from other angles, it looks like the pilot could almost see the u/c under the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Engine running with no one in the cockpit? Nev. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I'll have to fess up, Peter. I removed the markings and reversed the image to make it a bit trickier. So the image you found was the original. Had a look at other photos, and I see what you mean about the undercarriage. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 What a cunning stunt. What willedoo next? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 What a cunning stunt. What willedoo next? He is a stunning... er... bloke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Don't know if this one's been shown before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 looks a lot like a Globe Swift- maybe a early prototype? Tail is wrong shape and cowl a bit weird but? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 No, LS, it's not the Swift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Started out as a high performance (for it's time) two place retractable under one name. Taken over, upgraded to four place under a different name. This is the four place. Enough hints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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