Can you ID this Fighter Jet

[a65l]

Bet that open cockpit was comfy in the winter.....

I'm betting less than 20 seconds to ID this one....

[Daniii]

Gremlin?

[scoon66]

Originally Posted by Klay

Cool. Can you take pictures at work?

If I can remember to bring my camera

I'll try to get a couple this weekend. I'll have to obscure the tail number on the planes that have the customers registration on them.

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Daniii

Gremlin?

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin. I think it's already been up to bat here (hard to keep track, fo sho)

[tok-tokkie]

[quote=Klay]There are a few unidentified ones outstanding.

This is a real plane. I bet a65l will be able to figure it out:




This one is for the nice picture:




Then there's this one:

Max Holste HM 1521C Broussard.
New to me. Apparently extremely good in Algeria.
That particular aircraft is in the States:

[Like A Virgin]

Originally Posted by GTomic

"Arctic Tern aka EMSCO Arctic Tern 1932 = 3pO/CmwMF; 300hp Wasp Junior (or 420hp Wasp). Charles Rocheville. Wing from a Lockheed Sirius, tail from a Lockheed Vega. Special-purpose plane for Shell Oil Co in Alaskan photographic explorations. Pilot in open cockpit in small nacelle, crew in enclosed pods atop pontoons. Crashed in June 1933 during testing [NR221Y]."

Damm expertimental builders....
This one KICKED MY AVIATION KNOWLEDGE ASS

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Like A Virgin

Damm expertimental builders....
This one KICKED MY AVIATION KNOWLEDGE ASS

Yeah, I'm glad someone put that one to bed. I was getting seriously pissed trying to find it yesterday.


If Master Klay was looking for it, how would he search? I found a lot of cool shit, but nothing even remotely resembling that whackjob plane.

[Like A Virgin]

Originally Posted by Like A Virgin

Damm expertimental builders....
This one KICKED MY AVIATION KNOWLEDGE ASS

TWO FUCKING DAYS...my wife thought I ws going nuts.

What's remarkable is the how many aircraft have been built.

[Grunt]

Originally Posted by Klay

Rocheville Arctic Tern

They should have called it the Rocheville Butt Ugly.

Edit: "Crashed in June 1933 during testing [NR221Y]."

No wonder it crashed. Nothing that ugly is supposed to fly.

Grunt

[GTomic]

Originally Posted by Grunt

No wonder it crashed. Nothing that ugly is supposed to fly.

Insert Mother In Law joke here.

[Klay]

Originally Posted by PackMule

If Master Klay was looking for it, how would he search? I found a lot of cool shit, but nothing even remotely resembling that whackjob plane.

I'm not sure if I would have been able to find that one. I would have started by googling "1930s twin-pontoon radial engine seaplane." Then it's a matter of following a hunch.

I wasn't able to get this one, but a65l got it pretty fast. I think he's the best at this game. How'd you do it, a65l?

[Klay]

Originally Posted by Like A Virgin

What's remarkable is the how many aircraft have been built.

It's really amazing.

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Klay

I'm not sure if I would have been able to find that one. I would have started by googling "1930s twin-pontoon radial engine seaplane." Then it's a matter of following a hunch.

That's pretty much the lines I was searching along. I actually started with seaplane, then switched to floatplane as it seemed most of the "seaplanes" were boat-hull type.

Didn't even get a sniff of it. Tough one.

[Klay]

Originally Posted by PackMule

That's pretty much the lines I was searching along. I actually started with seaplane, then switched to floatplane as it seemed most of the "seaplanes" were boat-hull type.

Didn't even get a sniff of it. Tough one.

Switching to "twin-pontoon" is another way to get away from seaplane hull.

[Wallace]

Originally Posted by Klay

I gots to know....

Incredible thread guys!