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Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: brady on October 23, 2003, 11:57:02 AM
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Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: Dr Zhivago on October 23, 2003, 12:07:32 PM
BT-9... ???
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Post by: nuchpatrick on October 23, 2003, 12:32:05 PM
Chevy 4-Door Sedan?
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Post by: boxboy28 on October 23, 2003, 01:46:55 PM
Lubick Texas (i cant spell)  but its the pilot training base there!
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Post by: frank3 on October 23, 2003, 02:27:42 PM
I don't know about the car/guy but that's a T-6 I think

Nice pic!
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Post by: Heretik on October 23, 2003, 02:39:04 PM
SBD Dauntless on final.
43 dodge in the foreground?
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Post by: Arlo on October 23, 2003, 03:01:49 PM
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Originally posted by boxboy28
Lubick Texas (i cant spell)  but its the pilot training base there!


The road south of Reese Technology Center (formerly Reese Air Force Base) at Lubbock, Texas is now a 4 lane "highway" but the aircraft approach sure looks kinda familiar (though the planes I ducked were T-38s and T-37s).
Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: OverBkil on October 23, 2003, 03:51:37 PM
Can't be Dauntless (was my 1st thought too), cuz shape of tail fin is different.
Could be Vultee BT-13 or BT-15...

Edit:

I think it's BT-13 (pre/early war markings)
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Post by: MiloMorai on October 23, 2003, 04:11:11 PM
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Originally posted by OverBkil
Can't be Dauntless (was my 1st thought too), cuz shape of tail fin is different.
Could be Vultee BT-13 or BT-15...

Edit:

I think it's BT-13 (pre/early war markings)


Wrong fin for a BT-13.

Go with the BT-9.
Title: Hard to tell from that awful photo,
Post by: rshubert on October 23, 2003, 05:56:11 PM
but I think it is a North American BC-1, one of the 'intermediate" designs that led from the bt-9 to the at-6 texans.  Essentially, it was a bt-9 with an aluminum fuselage, and a revised wing.

Not to be confused with the BC-1A or -1B, both of which had the later (at-6) style tail.
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Post by: Mister Fork on October 23, 2003, 06:04:50 PM
Looks like a Texan trainer.
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Post by: bigjava on October 23, 2003, 06:46:53 PM
difficult to say...
no bt 13 becouse tail shape different..
no at-6 becouse gear with no air protections and tail..
may be a BT-9  B model
.....but something does not convince to me :rolleyes:
i mean the shape under the pland just behind the engine...

May be rshubert
say rigth about ..... transition model

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Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: M.C.202 on October 24, 2003, 01:00:32 AM
North American NJ-1?
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Post by: nuchpatrick on October 24, 2003, 11:20:34 AM
Gezz Heretik.. ya got me on that one and I'm a MOPAR diehard... (The Car) I should have paid a bit more to detail of the fenders.

It's actually a 1941 Plymouth P11 Staff Car

The plane is BT-9/NJ-1/Yale.. I'd lean toward the NJ-1
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Post by: rshubert on October 24, 2003, 02:25:08 PM
Well, to tell the difference between these EXTREMELY similar models (NJ-1, AT-9, BC-1) we will need a better picture.  This one is porked.



shubie
Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: MiloMorai on October 24, 2003, 03:24:21 PM
Is not the North American NA-64 Yale, the name given to the RCAF trainer? The a/c in the photo is in American markings.
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Post by: rshubert on October 24, 2003, 03:35:36 PM
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Originally posted by MiloMorai
Is not the North American NA-64 Yale, the name given to the RCAF trainer? The a/c in the photo is in American markings.


You are correct, sir!
Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: Widewing on October 24, 2003, 03:57:16 PM
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Originally posted by rshubert
Well, to tell the difference between these EXTREMELY similar models (NJ-1, AT-9, BC-1) we will need a better picture.  This one is porked.



shubie


It isn't a Navy NJ-1, they didn't operate from USAAC bases in the middle of Texas, and the Navy aircraft retained the wheel fairings/spats. NJ-1s were powered by the much larger P&W R-1340 engine, and this plane is surely fitted with the Wright R-975. Most, if not all NJ-1s were stationed at NAS Anacostia, Pensacola or San Diego.

This is probably a BT-9C or BT-9D, impossible to tell from this photo.

My regards,

Widewing
Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: MiloMorai on October 24, 2003, 03:59:09 PM
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Originally posted by rshubert
You are correct, sir!


Thanks for the compliment, by calling me sir.;)  

Can any tell if the aft fuselage is metal or fabric covered.

fabric > BT-9

metal > BT-14 + more powerful engine
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Post by: BenDover on October 24, 2003, 09:28:46 PM
looks fabric to me, can't see no joints where the metal plates would fit together.

Speaking of fabric, just me or does the image look a little fabricated, like the plane was added in later...maybe i'm just tired.
Title: Name This...(663)
Post by: brady on October 24, 2003, 10:39:11 PM
BT-9A, it is:)