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[sniperton]

In other words, he's a respected specialist author who is also known for singing 

This one should be fairly easy:

[SAS~Storebror]

That's definitely something for our newbies to solve

[Captain Dawson]

This one should be fairly easy:

That's definitely something for our newbies to solve

I am that newbie! 
Yes it was easy like Storebror alluded to!

This is a Curtiss XF14C-2 prototype, to fulfill a request by the US Navy for a better performance carrier fighter. It was a unusual design to say the least, with contra-rotating props and a liquid cooled engine. The Navy had previously required radial air cooled engines on all its aircraft.

It was eventually cancelled due to disappointing performance, limited availability of its engine, and simply the lack of need as the war drew to a close.





I was sure from first seeing it that it was an American prototype, and I had an good clue it looked like a Curtiss or Grumman, so I knew where to look! The longer outboard cannons gave it away.

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_XF14C
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=3970.0

[sniperton]

Excellent, your turn, Captain!

[Captain Dawson]

Try this one. 



Yes this is a real plane. Maybe a hard one? We'll see... 

[Radoye]

Caproni-Stipa, experiment with a ducted fan propulsion. The whole fuselage is a hollow tube with the propeller inside it.

[sniperton]

Believe or not, it did fly. Utterly amazing.

[Radoye]

OK then, what's this?



(it is related to a plane posted not long ago here)

[Captain Dawson]

Caproni-Stipa, experiment with a ducted fan propulsion. The whole fuselage is a hollow tube with the propeller inside it.

Yes, you were correct! 

As for this one:

OK then, what's this?



(it is related to a plane posted not long ago here)

It is a AERFER Ariete, a Italian twin-turbojet prototype.




http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1504

The AERFER Ariete swept-wing jet fighter was given additional boost power through a second, lower-thrust turbojet buried in its fuselage.

Interesting.    Looks like a cool plane to fly!

[Captain Dawson]

Open round chaps! Someone else can post I don't have time now. 

[Radoye]

Yes, Aerfer Ariete is the correct answer.

The plane is a distant relative of Ambrosini SAI.207 posted earlier in this thread. The first stage in its development was fitting a jet engine onto a SAI.7 airframe (which, itself, was a two-seat trainer developed from SAI.207 via its improved variant SAI.403). The resulting Ambrosini Sagittario was then further developed, and end of the line was the Aerfer Ariete.

[Captain Dawson]

Open round chaps!