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Exotic Aircraft Identification Thread
Hidden | 11/30/2010 | Self

Posted on 11/30/2010 5:00:39 PM PST by ccmay

Just for fun, how about we stump each other with exotic or unusual airplane photos. Upload to Tinypic so no one can cheat by looking at the image source.

I'll go first. What is this aircraft?




TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: airplane; aviation; plane; wwii
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To: Fresh Wind

Hmm. Brewster Buffalo?


21 posted on 11/30/2010 5:14:41 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: ccmay

Yep. Too easy.


22 posted on 11/30/2010 5:15:23 PM PST by Fresh Wind
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To: ccmay

xp-47 Chrysler powered. it was water cooled.


23 posted on 11/30/2010 5:15:27 PM PST by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Fresh Wind

Brewster F2A “Buffalo”


24 posted on 11/30/2010 5:15:32 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: JPG

>>>It’s the plane that Boehner told Pelosi she would have to use from now on.

Designation O’Cedar Air flight 666.


25 posted on 11/30/2010 5:16:17 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: central_va

an experimental swiss army knife?


26 posted on 11/30/2010 5:16:50 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just reload)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour; Bon mots

Too bad thread posters don’t have a delete button for smart asses!


27 posted on 11/30/2010 5:17:26 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: central_va
Hmm...Caproni Campini N.1


28 posted on 11/30/2010 5:18:08 PM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Fresh Wind

Utter failure, but a cute little bugger.


29 posted on 11/30/2010 5:18:38 PM PST by norton
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To: Fresh Wind

Thats easy.. Brewster Buffalo!


30 posted on 11/30/2010 5:18:49 PM PST by crazydad
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To: HerrBlucher

Oh good. That’s what I thought.


31 posted on 11/30/2010 5:19:10 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: norton

Yes, built by the only aircraft company that somehow succeeded in going out of business during WW-II (management and union problems).


32 posted on 11/30/2010 5:19:51 PM PST by Fresh Wind
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To: central_va

That’s what I thought. A p47 with an online motor but the intake is p51ish


33 posted on 11/30/2010 5:20:09 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: central_va

That’s what I thought. A p47 with an online motor but the intake is p51ish


34 posted on 11/30/2010 5:20:09 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ccmay

35 posted on 11/30/2010 5:21:05 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Swamp gas.)
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To: HerrBlucher

Nope p39 had nose gear and rear engine


36 posted on 11/30/2010 5:21:24 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: HerrBlucher

Nope p39 had nose gear and rear engine


37 posted on 11/30/2010 5:21:28 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: 1rudeboy

It is a Free French aircraft. Not a Bloch...


38 posted on 11/30/2010 5:22:10 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Interestingly not a pure jet as it appears to be. A recip engine compressed air which was then run through a combustion chamber resulting in thrust.


39 posted on 11/30/2010 5:22:15 PM PST by pfflier
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To: ccmay


40 posted on 11/30/2010 5:22:28 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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