I think that’s a Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke. I don’t know the variant, I’m afraid. (Looks an early one)
I don’t mean to nitpick but I would say a Focke Wulf FW187 V3
Cheers
Carson1934
I bow to your superior knowledge sir.
Actually, it’s the V2 being evaluated at Rechlin in the summer of 1937. It can be identified easily because it’s a single seater like V1, but it has Jumo 210G engines. This aircraft was later written off when one of the main gear struts failed on landing.
The V3 prototype was a two-seater like the production run aircraft and had the registration “D-ORHP” painted in black letters on the fuselage and wings:
In any case, I’m awarding this to Ealdwita, since he was the first to correctly identify the aircraft. Your turn!
This one shouldn’t be too difficult. (I’m feeling generous tonight!)
That is probably one of the best known photographs of the Douglas Dolphin and was taken in 1936 at the East Boston (now Logan) airport.
Here’s a better version of the same:
Dear Wingsofwrath
you just preceded me by two minutes or so: my PC is too slow! I’ll try next time…
Carson1934
Can’t see your pic though!
Hmm… that is odd - I can see it, but it might be just a local copy of the image stored in my browser’s cache. I tried replacing the link and it should work now, but maybe the site I’ve filched it from doesn’t allow hotlinking. Who knows…
Later edit: I’ve rehosted the bloody thing and it works now.
In any case, since I’m not at all sure of my schedule this weekend and I might be away from the computer for extended periods of time, please allow me to add my next riddle before receiving confirmation on my answer (I’m pretty sure I’ve got it right, though…). For tonight, I’ve upped the ante somewhat, with a thoroughly obscure piece of aeronautical engineering. Enjoy!
Thanks I can now see pic of your beautiful “Dolphin”.
Concerning your new challenge I have no idea and even the registration number doesn’t lead anywhere…I will keep on searching though…
Have a nice weekend
Carson1934
Could this be a Klemm L25, also known as the BA Swallow?
Goodafternoon Ealdwita,
well according to my investigation [b]NC103M = Aeromarine Klemm ALK25A[b] however before granting you the laurels of victory I feel we should wait for Wingsofwrath’s confirmation as he is the one who proposed the challenge.
Of course if he delays his confirmation you are obviously authorized to carry on with the next challenge in order not to block the thread
Cheers:D
Carson1934
Good evening gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that the mystery aircraft was indeed the Aeromarine-Klemm ALK 25 A, an American licence- built copy of the German Klemm 25 (known as British Aircraft Swallow in the UK) thus the laurels of victory should rightfully rest upon Mr. Ealdwita’s head. Good job!
Good evening once again, dear friends. That last one was a bit obscure, and with a very complicated pedigree. Hopefully, my challenge will be a bit more restful…
Ah, the Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly, a planned heavy ground attack airplane armed with one 75mm cannon (visible in the pictures) and two .50caliber machineguns in a forward fixed position and two remotely controlled turrets for close defense. The project was killed by the end of the war and the emerging jet-age, despite this being a very capable design.
I must confess that my first reaction to the picture was “A-26 Invader with some kind of a weird probe sticking out the front”, but then I took a closer look and realised how wrong I was - still, it was indeed a rather relaxing search which finally lead me to this aircraft previously unknown to me. Thank you!
By the way, here is a better picture of this beast, seen from a slightly different angle:
Yes, the Grizzly it it - well done! I would have like to have flown this one - it’s just got a certain neatness about it - hard to explain.
Over to the rest of you then…
Well, it does have a certain aggressiveness to it, but frankly, I think I will stick to single engined aircraft - there are two I’ve always wanted to fly: the Me 109 G6/U4/R6 and the Fi 156 “Storch”.
I hope the new enigma will be easy enough despite the relative obscurity of the aircraft and lack of specific clues (such as registration):
Hello Wingsofwrath
your enigma is a bit obscure considering that there are numerous touring and liaison aircrafts corresponding to your challenge.
Maybe you’ll be kind enough to give us a clue in order the shrinken the field of research…like for instance is it european?
Carson1934
Agreed that the search field is a bit on the large size, so to narrow it down, I can certainly state that the aircraft pictured is indeed of European manufacture.
Thanks for the clue…well she has a eastern european flavour…maybe an early Benes-Mraz?
Carson1934
There is indeed a certain superficial resemblance with our mysterious aircraft and the Benes-Mraz B50, but this is in fact an earlier design from a famous manufacturer…