What is this?

[Commander Stormwolf]

Shiden could have been a good fighter.. if..
they took out all the fuel.. and put 2 guns on the cowling instead of 4 guns in the wings

way too slow by 1944 standards.. but the auto combat flaps were a big innovation

..also if they had 100 octane fuel it would have helped

but it looks pretty cool... really cool [8D]

[Commander Stormwolf]

what is this one?

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

NEVER been to the new Air Museum and would love to go!

Dayton Ohio is way better. I took 1.450 pictures [X(] and could've spent two more days in the museum!

[Dili]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_M.C.72

Still the owner of record for the faster piston engine seaplane.

[Commander Stormwolf]

amazing that a seaplane could reach 440 mph at sea level at a time
when retractable gear fighters only reached 300 mph [:)]

[Dili]

For speed records it is mostly all in the engine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLRLhZJsCh4

[Commander Stormwolf]

would have replaced the floats with some guns..

service rating 5? no problem

440mph fighter in Regia Aeronautica in 1939... that's what they needed to overcome the RAF in the meditteranean

[Commander Stormwolf]

what is this one [;)]

[msieving1]

ORIGINAL: Commander Stormwolf


what is this one [;)]

Kawasaki Ki-64.

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/IJ ... iki64.html

[zuluhour]

this?

[Nikademus]

non google guess......Do-217?

[jcjordan]

I'm guessing HE219 w/o wings & all the radar stuff out front

[JeffroK]

yeah, the bits that make them fly.

A good idea so that a few more fuselages can be put on display rather than lots of space taken up by the wings!!

[Nikademus]

NEIN!

We have in Everett, Washington the nose section of a Lancaster on display. Its nice...but missing the rest of the aircraft....its a sorry sight. Not so good an idea. Just makes me want to see the whole intact beauty.

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Since I'm post happy today, heres an easy one for JFBs:

Wow...that really looks like a P-47 rip-off. Capable-looking aircraft.

And yet it was acutally developed from a float plane with mid-fuselage wings, the Kawanishi N1K Kyofu (allied codename: Rex).

[zuluhour]

Damn, I had to go back to their web site to check on my shot of the bird to be sure. The Udvar location is a great place to visit!

[zuluhour]

A Winner!!

[Buckrock]

It looks like someone is halfway through building the world's largest Airfix model.

[frank1970]

Fw 189 Uhu?
A very strange looking plane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_189

[drw61]

The Heinkel He 219 Uhu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_219

ORIGINAL: Frank

Fw 189 Uhu?
A very strange looking plane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_189