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TheThang · « **on:** August 05, 2005, 11:44:27 PM »

these

Found these while browsing and buiding up plane knowlage =)

hogenbor · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2005, 01:40:14 AM »

The first looks like a Seversky design, probably a P-35, the second... well it has American markings but it looks suspiciously like a Yak to me. Not a clue really.

Edit: I had a strong suspicion that it has an early turbo supercharger so I googled a bit and stumbled across the Consolidated P-30/PB-2

http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/p30tt_1.htm

But nice try, I never heard of the P-30 before.

What do I win?

TheThang · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2005, 01:09:09 PM »

at least i finnaly stumped you guys for a little while =) give me some credit this time and yes it is a p30 and p35

hogenbor · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2005, 03:19:42 AM »

Hehe.

I'm not nearly as good as some other guys here, notably Widewing. Show him a single rivet and he knows that it is from an F4U-4 and he will probably list the factory it was built in, its serial, its service record, the pilot who got the most sorties in it and the second mechanic's oldest brother in law's girlfriend sister

Widewing · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2005, 11:39:13 AM »

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Originally posted by hogenbor
Hehe.

I'm not nearly as good as some other guys here, notably Widewing. Show him a single rivet and he knows that it is from an F4U-4 and he will probably list the factory it was built in, its serial, its service record, the pilot who got the most sorties in it and the second mechanic's oldest brother in law's girlfriend sister

That sister is way homely....

Oh yeah, those are a P-35A and the P-30A, from Seversky and Consolidated respectively.

The P-30 was developed from the Y1P-25, which was itself developed from the Detroit-Lockheed YP-24. I don't have scanned photo of the single seat version, the PB-2A, that flew in competition against the Seversky SEV-1XP and the Curtiss H-75. The Seversky won. Curtiss would resubmit their revised fighter as the Y1P-36 and eventually get a contract for the P-36A.

My regards,

Widewing

MOIL · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2005, 09:26:38 PM »

"That sister is way homely.... "

hogenbor · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2005, 01:52:49 AM »

I have some pretty obscure aircraft in my 'library' of aviation books, it would be nice to have Widewing stumped for once.

That reminds me, in Eindhoven (the city in the Netherlands where I work) is a woooonderful aviation bookstore. They have everything there. Maybe I can drop by today, I have some money burning in my pocket.

Widewing, can you recommend some good aviation books? Most of the books I own are a rag-tag bunch with mostly beautiful pictures and very little content (although I have some jewels as well). I am interested mostly in good in-depth information on LW planes and how the air war was fought over Europe (ETO). I also would like to read more on captured aircraft on both sides.

Kind regards,

Ronald

FalconSix · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2005, 05:51:25 AM »

Hey TheThang, it might have been considerably more difficult if the image names were something different than "p35-2.jpg" and "conso-p30a.jpg". You know everyone can right-click an image and get its name.

Krusty · « **Reply #8 on:** August 08, 2005, 06:14:55 PM »

Also, only do one at a time. I knew the p35 instantly. The p30 I'd never heard of.

MiloMorai · « **Reply #9 on:** August 08, 2005, 08:37:02 PM »

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Originally posted by FalconSix
Hey TheThang, it might have been considerably more difficult if the image names were something different than "p35-2.jpg" and "conso-p30a.jpg". You know everyone can right-click an image and get its name.

Only cheaters do that.