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[locopiston]

Seems old glider wings...
British or German?

[P51vsFw190]

No, the wings are original to the craft.

You figure out the country, otherwise it would be too easy.

[LameHawk]

In spite of my miserable memory I actually remembered the name of this one.

Shapley Kittiwake

Its Pobjoy engine is quite distinctive. And I guess the inspiration was the gull wing of the BV (which in my opinion is not a very elegant aircraft).

Seems like only two were made - both crashed

[P51vsFw190]

Lame, you got it again!

The Ha-139 was not the inspiration actually. I’ve had that picture on standby for quite some time now.

Your turn Lame.


James

[sniperton]

And I guess the inspiration was the gull wing of the BV (which in my opinion is not a very elegant aircraft).

What? Gull wings with four engines? Not elegant? Name your friends for the duel! 

[LameHawk]

Shouldn't be too difficult to find a couple of inept types.

And duellists should stand a mile apart, each armed with a brick (I think it was Mark Twain who had a suggestion along those lines) 

[LameHawk]

Though it shouldn't be too difficult to find an elegant gull wing type (of aircraft) I'll let them lie for a while.

This one is not among the most elegant either (although better). What's this tree hugging type?

[sniperton]

Douglas B-19?
(I'm myopic, so one mile apart shall be fine not to hit a barn.)

[LameHawk]

That's right: The Douglas XB-19.

Your turn, Sniper - I expect you'll find a nice elegant plane to please our collective eyes.

And as for eyesight, this is a self portrait (early type selfie)

[sniperton]

Thanks, Hawk, let's have this easy one, a respectable piece of traditional British elegance.
 

[Gianky]

Is that a Sikorsky S-58 that finally understood that having your wings flying all around the place is not a very sound way of flying?

[P51vsFw190]

Airspeed AS.39 Fleet Shadower