Can you ID this Fighter Jet

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  1. PackMule

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    Boy that was a toughie.


    Guess I missed the mark with the Raven.......
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  4. Like A Virgin

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    How about Curtiss or Boeing for the engine cowling

    Douglas and Lockheed for the window on pontoons.

    Twin boons...

    aircraft resgistration roles....

    Amphibian, twin tail

    ......open cockpit with broad shoulder..... pilot looking starboard....

    historical aircraft paint patterns.

    B&W light refractions of background aviation pictures....
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  6. tok-tokkie

    tok-tokkie Been here awhile

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    Strangly not listed in Israeli Airforce lists (separate list for navy?).
    EDIT. Sorry now see it was ID'd 30 minutes before while i was still hunting about.
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    Not listed because maybe this is the model that didn't shoot up the USS Liberty.
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  10. street tracker

    street tracker High, wide, and handsome

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    Wow, that's got a lot of Granville Brothers (GeeBee) influences in it but it's not one of theirs...

    EDIT: found it after seeing the photo link. Seeing the year it was built I bet that's exactly where they got some of their ideas.
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    tok-tokkie Been here awhile

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    Not as obscure as as the flying barrels and stuff to be seen here lately. Whymsical NATO name though:
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    Looks like a Concorde? Or were you talking about the one in front?
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    Hawker P 1127 VSTOL circa 1960
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  16. D R

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    Name this plane....

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    РЕДКИЙ РУССКИЙ МЕДВЕЖОНОК
    [FONT=Timesse Cyr,Times New Roman]BOROVKOV-FLOROV I-207/3
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