Nerd's Corner - Ice cool aircraft recognition game.

[Cacophonix]

Not that I am aware of Mrs Ex-Ascot!

Caco

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Back to the library then!

[Cacophonix]

There was a clue in my message to ALC.

But ze aircraft is so sophisticated mon ami.

The missing letters of the aircraft's name are to be found reversed in the last word of ALC's TOP moniker!

Herein the maker lies the make.



Caco

[Ex-Ascot]

A frog Amiot 351

The 351 light bomber was a development of the Amiot 341 prototype, of which only one was built in 1937. The first aircraft was constructed before war broke out, and it was in part used to try and convince the Nazis that France was in fact capable of building modern aircraft. In fact a prototype was flown to Berlin in the summer of 1938 in an unsuccessful attempt to convince the Germans that the French had some dangerous aircraft at their disposal.

[Cacophonix]

Bravo monsieur Ex-Ascot!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiot_354

http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/ ... -aircraft/

Unlike ALC I think it is a most graceful bird.

The marker is yours.

Caco

[ian16th]

Seeing ALC is slow off the mark, I'll enter this one,

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Hint, I saw it fly!

[Cacophonix]

ian16th, Ex-Ascot is the hero of the hour but he has modestly vanished so I will answer your question and say the Leduc French fighter prototype.

[bbvideo=560,315]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leduc_0.22[/bbvideo]

Caco

[Ex-Ascot]

Wait for it wait for it Ian. It is sun downers time. Yes I had yours anyway: http://aerostories.free.fr/constructeur ... page8.html

Thanks Caco. A pranged one.

[ian16th]

Something Italian in Abyssinia?

[Cacophonix]

Looks like a scene out of that film of the book "The English Patient" Ex-Ascot.

Is that a Fiat CR.42?

Caco

[Ex-Ascot]

Ian, Italian, correct. Not Abyssinia but close and right era.

Gosh this is all going too fast for a retired heavy jet jockey. Caco correct. The main Italian fighter in Libya at the start of the Desert War in 1940. All yours sir.

[Cacophonix]

Tis lots of fun and stops me from doing any worthwhile work which is an added bonus Ex-Ascot!

I give you this and a famous aviator to boot.

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Caco

[ian16th]

To me it looks eastern European, Czechoslovakian or some such, but it looks as though the 1st character of the registration, under the port wing, is 'N' which would make it American.

[Cacophonix]

It is European but not eastern European ian16th.

Caco

[Bob]

Caudron Simoun

[Cacophonix]

Caudron Simoun

Tis indeed Bob. For an extra bonus point can you name the famous aviator?

Caco

[Bob]

Some bloody French Poet

[Cacophonix]

Some bloody French Poet

No, not a poet but author and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry!

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/antoine-de-saint-exupery/

Caco

[Cacophonix]

As Bob has retired with the marker I will go with the Markham, Beryl that is and ask what her aircraft is?

Another author aviatrix this time.

Caco

[John Hill]

The cute little jet is a EM-10 Bielik from Poland.

From Wiki

Margański & Mysłowski EM-10 Bielik
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
EM-10 Bielik

Role Training aircraft
National origin Poland
Manufacturer Margański & Mysłowski
Designer Edward Margański
First flight 4 June 2003
Status prototype
Number built 1
The EM-10 Bielik (English: white-tailed eagle) is a low cost Polish military training aircraft prototype, built by Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze, first flown on 4 June 2003. The single engine aircraft has a composite (mostly carbon fibre) fuselage with a light alloy aft section and the pressurized cockpit is fitted with ejection seats.
Specifications[edit]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 11.90 m2 (128.1 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Single-shaft turbojet General Electric J85, 13.5 kN (3,000 lbf) thrust
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (621 mph; 540 kn)
Stall speed: 155 km/h (96 mph; 84 kn)
Range: 2,500 km (1,553 mi; 1,350 nmi)
Rate of climb: 75 m/s (14,800 ft/min)