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[SAS~GJE52]

Looks like Mr Noakes gets to tease us now..


 

[SAS~Storebror]

In that case it'd rather be PA_Willy to tease us, he mentioned the Ki-55 first.

To go a little more into detail about this plane, it's a Ki-55 type 99, serial No. 2 (not seen here since the cowling is opened for maintenance) and tail no. 107, of Communist flying school in Tunhua, in 1946.
These planes have been scraped together by maintenance crews and were barely airworthy, but the PLA had no other choice.
You can read more details of that time in the book "Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea" by Xiaoming Zhang (Texas A&M University Press).

Best regards - Mike

[PA_Willy]

Thank you.



Not easy, I think.

[SAS~Storebror]

Holy, that's not my age of planes again.
Good luck to all others, I had to cheat on this one.

Best regards - Mike

[P51vsFw190]

I believe that is the Bristol B.R.7

Sincerely,

James

[Alfie Noakes]

It certainly is......bit of a flop for Henri Coanda
What you want in an a/c is good sturdy four square undercarriage.......a bit of lift generated by the wings helps as well   

Mind you, couple of years earlier he came up with this.......







He said he flew it  ......I think he was fibbin' 

Cheers

Alfie

[PA_Willy]

I believe that is the Bristol B.R.7

Sincerely,

James

Absolutely correct.

[Fresco23]

Unfortunate it wasn't more successful... It's a rather attractive design.

[P51vsFw190]

Try this one on for size:



It's another tough one

[P51vsFw190]

no cheating either

[PA_Willy]

It was too easy. I searched: "first vstol jet" and I got:

Bell VTOL Experimental Vehicle 1954. Derived from Bell ATV (Air Test Vehicle). Model 65.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Model_65

[P51vsFw190]

Good job Willy.

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