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Topic: Mystery Aircraft of the Week
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Enthor
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posted 01-31-2000 09:45 AM
   
I am stumped.I have what I consider good references and I cannot find this plane.
I looked in Axis and Aliied specific books and Jane's "Fighter Aircraft of WWII"
I looked in "also rans" and "might have beens" and "total losers" type books. The Dutch had a very good fighter at the start of the war(D-XX or something) but I cannot find a picture of it
I do not think it is that one anyhow. I am also a bit sceptical about that saddlebag intake setup behind the cockpit, I have never seen anything resembling that on a single engined WWII plane except the experimental Japanese pusher aircraft.
Please tell us, I am going crazy here and the only thing I can come up with is "COMPOSIT"
There seem to be Japanese, German and Russian components well put together. End the mystery and my misery please? The Dutch plane I referred to is the Fokker D.XX1 and is not it. [This message has been edited by Enthor (edited 01-31-2000).]
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HarryM
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posted 01-31-2000 08:06 PM
Still Japanese...  Info so far... It was a "high-speed research aircraft" powered by a Daimler Benz. It was not made by Mitsubishi. [This message has been edited by HarryM (edited 01-31-2000).]
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Judge
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posted 01-31-2000 09:41 PM
Kawasaki Ki-78Details and a photo here: http://members.aol.com/pelzig/ki78.html In fact, the whole Hikoki:1946 site http://members.aol.com/pelzig makes fascinating reading, as does the Aviation History web-ring (scroll down to the bottom of the main Hikoki:1946 page). [This message has been edited by Judge (edited 01-31-2000).]
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HarryM
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posted 01-31-2000 10:26 PM
Congratulations, Judge!Here's another image... Great looking aircraft IMHO. It at least LOOKS fast, even though it didn't perform as well as hoped.  [This message has been edited by HarryM (edited 01-31-2000).]
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Capitan Manduca
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posted 02-01-2000 04:49 AM
It's a british plane... probably with the Sabre Napier engine (or similar)...Could be a "Hughes xxxx"??? ------------------
"Roll over, spin round and come in behind them. Move to their blindsides and firing again"
Iron Maiden - Aces High
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