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[SAS~Storebror]

Thanks, so it's my turn:


To avoid the obvious:
Since this is no ordinary Hellcat, you need to be a tad more specific

Best regards - Mike

[sniperton]

XF-35-2

[Spitwulf]

XF6F-6?

[SAS~Storebror]

XF-35-2

Close

XF6F-6?

No, not at all.

Best regards - Mike

[Lone Wolf]

XF6F-2
The first XF6F-1 prototype revised and fitted with a turbocharged Wright R-2600-16 Cyclone radial piston engine. R-2600 replaced by turbo-charged R-2800-21.

[SAS~Storebror]

Cheers, you got it Lone Wolf
Your turn!

Best regards - Mike

[Lone Wolf]

Thanks Mike,

Have a go at this one

[SAS~Storebror]

Oh boy, it's plain to see this is an F-35C. A=Monoplane, B=Biplane, C=Triplane.
The sick bag below the front panel gives it away

Best regards - Mike

[sniperton]

Advertisement of a Milanese design company from 1922 to demonstrate how bamboo and plywood can be utilized in an inventive way when creating decorative outdoor furniture.

[SAS~Storebror]

With a little help from Mr. Google, searching for 3-cylinder engines on triplanes reveales that this plane is equipped with an Anzani engine and therefore probably is a Caproni-Pensuti triplane.

Best regards - Mike

[sniperton]

Very close, Mike, but still not on spot. This is the Caproni-Pensuti:

[SAS~Storebror]

Okay, so it's not the 3-cylinder engine, I see.
That means that this is the successor built under Breda's supervision, the Breda-Pensuti:


The engine makes me wonder.
According to what I could find, the updated Pensuti triplane should have changed from the 3-cylinder Anzani engine to a 10-cylinder one.
The images however show a 6-cylinder engine apparently.
Now that most sources refer to the 10-cylinder one as "Breda-Pensuti B.2", I would be tempted to call this a "Breda-Pensuti B.1" or whatever lol

Best regards - Mike