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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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1 posted on 11/30/2010 5:00:44 PM PST by ccmay
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That is a water cooled (Merlin?) version of the P-47 Lightning.


2 posted on 11/30/2010 5:02:03 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: ccmay
OK. What's this one:

3 posted on 11/30/2010 5:04:00 PM PST by Bon mots ("Anything you say, can and will be construed as racist...")
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To: ccmay

That is a P-39 cobra.


4 posted on 11/30/2010 5:04:20 PM PST by HerrBlucher (Defund, repeal, investigate, impeach, convict, jail, celebrate.)
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To: ccmay

Back at ya.

5 posted on 11/30/2010 5:04:50 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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It's the plane that Boehner told Pelosi she would have to use from now on.
6 posted on 11/30/2010 5:05:10 PM PST by JPG (Sarah dedicated her new book to Trig: "I'm glad you're here.")
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To: ccmay

XP-47H.


7 posted on 11/30/2010 5:05:23 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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XP-47H


8 posted on 11/30/2010 5:06:06 PM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: central_va

Caproni-Campini N.1


9 posted on 11/30/2010 5:07:22 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: HerrBlucher

Yep and there were a bunch made in Russia


10 posted on 11/30/2010 5:07:49 PM PST by mosesdapoet ("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor " Frederick The Great paraphrased)
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To: Bon mots

I’m going to say “Swamp gas”, but the picture is a little blurry, so it might be “Ball lighting” instead.


11 posted on 11/30/2010 5:08:07 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Venus.


12 posted on 11/30/2010 5:09:42 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: HerrBlucher

Nope. First of all, the P-39 was not a taildragger.


13 posted on 11/30/2010 5:10:01 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: ccmay

That’s a BFP1E.


14 posted on 11/30/2010 5:10:07 PM PST by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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15 posted on 11/30/2010 5:11:01 PM PST by Fresh Wind
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I know planes pretty well but that one has me stumped. It is obviously a WWII plane. Sort of looks like a cross between a Spitfire and a U.S. Navy Avenger.


16 posted on 11/30/2010 5:11:39 PM PST by yarddog
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That is an inline engine version of the P-47 Thunderbolt designated the XP-47H. It was a variant using a 16 cylinder Allison engine.


17 posted on 11/30/2010 5:12:38 PM PST by pfflier
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18 posted on 11/30/2010 5:12:56 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: central_va; Army Air Corps; darkwing104

An XP-47H it is. A 2300 hp V-16 water cooled Chrysler engine (the first Hemi that Chrysler ever made, in fact), mated to the P-47 airframe. The bulge under the fuselage is the enormous radiator.

Too easy apparently.


19 posted on 11/30/2010 5:13:40 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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20 posted on 11/30/2010 5:13:57 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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