Guess the plane..........

Post by **Niner Delta** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:14 am

Try this one...........

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:48 pm

I give up.
What is it ?

Tom-May · Post by **Tom-May** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:54 am

Woftam wrote:I give up.
What is it ?

Probably the entire RAF once this current bunch of clowns have finished!

Seriously, it looks a little like a 1930s Gloster, but the livery seems Scandenavian, so...something by Saab?

Tom

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:13 pm

Italian? Meridionali Ro.37bis,

Post by **Niner** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:23 pm

I can't get over how much Joe and Vern in particular know about airplanes. I saw this photo in a like string at another site where guys were doing the guess what this is thing. Looks like it was designed by a group on drugs. I did manage to get the name of it. Anybody care to identify it?

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:52 pm

Looks like something designed to be dropped from a larger aircraft . . . . . .and the sooner the better

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:34 am

I'm going with the XF-85 Goblin. And yes you were supposed to drop it off a bigger aircraft and get it back

I find that pretty amazing.

Post by **Niner Delta** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:32 am

Joe, as usual, is correct.

XF-85 Goblin is correct, woftam.
It would have been amazing if it had worked.

It was designed as a parasite fighter to hang under a Convair B-36 bomber.
The problems were many, it was no match for Soviet fighters, short range, no landing gear, and worst of all it was nearly impossible to get it re-attached to the bomber.
One test pilot almost got killed when when trying to hook back up to the bomber and the landing hook-up piece on the bomber went through his canopy.
It was a bad idea that luckily never went far, only 2 prototypes were built.
Photo - being tested under a B-29, looks very complicated.

Vern.

Post by **Niner** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:35 am

Woftam was the first. Vern even had followup information. Maybe we should just call this forum the things that fly forum? Amazingly fast reply.

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:31 pm

Getting back to seaplanes.....

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