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Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: Furball on July 04, 2003, 11:20:11 AM

im determined to catch you all out....
if you get this one... im gonna keep getting harder ones til i win!! bwahaha




(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_71_1057335695.jpg)

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: SELECTOR on July 04, 2003, 12:34:03 PM

you couldnt post it bigger?..
ill take a pop at b24..

Title: Re: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: HoHun on July 04, 2003, 12:37:43 PM

C-87

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: pugg666 on July 04, 2003, 01:04:37 PM

Furball your gonna be hard pressed to stump some of the guys on this board.

I've only managed to stump everyone once, and that was my name this person thread a few posts down the from this one.

other than that I have no shrecking clue what that plane is :)

can say for sure it's not a b-24 or a c-87 though ;)

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: frank3 on July 04, 2003, 01:06:45 PM

it must be a cargo plane

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: Widewing on July 04, 2003, 01:07:25 PM

Looks like a Hercules powered Halifax, possibly a C.Mk.VI or VII.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: Dr Zhivago on July 04, 2003, 01:46:17 PM

Could be Avro York C mkII...

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: HoHun on July 04, 2003, 02:14:19 PM

Hi Dr. Zhivago,

>Could be Avro York C mkII...

Actually, I think it's a standard Avro York C.I - the large dark spinner with the specular light just give the wrong impression of being a radial engine with spinner-less hub.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: Halo on July 04, 2003, 03:36:52 PM

You guys are really good ... yep, the Avro York (no, I didn't start the thread, wait for the verification from Furball).

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: pugg666 on July 04, 2003, 04:16:47 PM

see what I mean furball ;)

take a close look at the cockpit
though this one seems to be a different variant than the one you posted, no stardome (what do you call that dome anyways? it's for navigation at night right?)

(http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/29252/35.jpg)

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: HoHun on July 04, 2003, 04:47:39 PM

Hi Pugg,

>no stardome (what do you call that dome anyways? it's for navigation at night right?)

Astrodome, for celestial navigation - the navigator will use a sextant under the astrodome to fix his position with the help of the stars just like the old-time sailors did.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: pugg666 on July 04, 2003, 04:59:02 PM

Thanks Hohun, I was 90% sure what it was used for, I just couldn't remember the name

Title: Name this wwii aircraft
Post by: Furball on July 05, 2003, 04:50:35 AM

Wtg! yup, Avro York it is!

Gonna be on the lookout for a harder one.  I tried to give you a bit of a clue by including the engine on this one, one good way of recognising it.