Name that Plane XXX

[Terminus]

Away from the jet propulsion again, name THAT plane:

[RBWhite]

Good one

Your making me work real hard for this one.

VERY, VERY GOOD

[Major Destruction]

Maybe a prototype of the Blackburn Firebrand?

The shape yells Blackburn.

[RBWhite]

I've checked everything I could find on Blackburn aircraft, pre - during- and post WWII.

nothing, not even a close resemblance to that photo.

Still looking

[Terminus]

Before you tear ALL your hair out, let me give you a little hint: it's not a Blackburn aircraft.

[RBWhite]

I'm starting to think it might be a Focke-Wulf ?

[Terminus]

Nope...

[RBWhite]

How about 3 Diamonds (Mitsubishi)

[Terminus]

Nope... It IS a British plane.

[RBWhite]

The only thing British I would place a half hearted guess at would be a Hawker. Mid to late 1930"s.

I can make out the outline of a cannon, probly 20mm. A guess only

[Terminus]

That's not a cannon but a pitot tube. Okay, it IS probably on the difficult side, but I'll let it run for a bit longer...

[RBWhite]

So how fast could that plane go?

[Terminus]

312 mph.

[RBWhite]

Was it made by Commnonwealth?

[Brigz]

This is difficult. At least this time I could actually study it before someone guessed correctly.

You say it IS British, but, the insignia intrigues me. Although this is a black and white photo the gray shading suggests a French insignia, light color (red) on the outside dark color (blue) on the inside. Just the opposite of a British insignia. Or are my eyes playing tricks on me?

[Terminus]

It's a British pre-war prototype aircraft. No more hints. [;)]

[RBWhite]

prototype of the Hawker Sea Fury?????????????????????????????????

[Terminus]

Nope again. Okay, this was probably too difficult. It's called a Vickers Venom, and was a prototype flown before the war as I said earlier. It was very agile, but couldn't match the speed of it's RR Merlin-engined contemporaries and so was scrapped in 1939.

[RBWhite]

Couldn't find anything online.


Good One

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: RBWhite

Couldn't find anything online.


Good One

Vickers Venom
(Britain)

A thoroughly refined Vickers Jockey, with cantilever wings, retractable landing gear, enclosed cockpit and cowled engine. Handling was excellent, but the Venom needed more engine power. The Aquila engine was not produced in quantity and the Venom was too small for other engines. One built.
Type: Venom
Function: fighter
Year: 1936 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 625hp Bristol Aquila
Wing Span: 9.98m Length: 7.36m Height: 3.27m Wing Area: 13.56m2
Empty Weight: Max.Weight:
Speed: 502km/h Ceiling: 9755m Range:
Armament: 8*mg7.7mm