Author / Post bpotter Site Supporter Joined: May/31/2016 United States Posts: 871 IP Logged Posted: January/12/2021 at 5:47pm  Quote   Please help me ID this aircraft - thank you! __________________ Brad How many kits/builds should you have in the queue? One more than you have!   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    Admin Admin Group RCSB Owner/Founder Joined: July/22/2003 United States Posts: 5284 IP Logged Posted: January/12/2021 at 6:02pm  Quote   That would be the Bell XP-77 https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft _id=1248 __________________ Mike Chilson, RCSB Owner/Founder -------------------- Update Your Browser!   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search  Web    bpotter Site Supporter Joined: May/31/2016 United States Posts: 871 IP Logged Posted: January/12/2021 at 6:40pm  Quote   Mike: Thanks for the ID. The picture is one of my wife's relatives and I noted in the article you sent only two prototypes were built. A rare photo __________________ Brad How many kits/builds should you have in the queue? One more than you have!   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    bpotter Site Supporter Joined: May/31/2016 United States Posts: 871 IP Logged Posted: January/12/2021 at 8:22pm  Quote   For interest - The plane in the picture I posted was the second and final XP-77 made and following an Immelmann turn, the plane crashed. The pilot bailed out. __________________ Brad How many kits/builds should you have in the queue? One more than you have!   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    Alan Site Supporter Joined: December/10/2003 United States Posts: 14435 IP Logged Posted: January/12/2021 at 8:26pm  Quote   Interesting that it was largely built of wood and yet was a complete failure. Contrast that with the D H Mosquito. __________________ Please engage Brain before operating tongue or machinery. "Scale Detail equals Weight" Alan Woodway, TX   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    Skyediamonds Site Supporter Joined: April/03/2018 United States Posts: 2666 IP Logged Posted: January/13/2021 at 3:43am  Quote   Now this is more interesting than “knowledge quiz.”   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search    bpotter Site Supporter Joined: May/31/2016 United States Posts: 871 IP Logged Posted: January/18/2021 at 10:32am  Quote   FYI I came across a brief video on this plane which was fairly interesting. The position of the pilot and no room for wing fuel tanks was a couple of interesting facts about this plane. Note, the narrator of this Youtube video is a bit melodramatic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH61hxGMSr0 __________________ Brad How many kits/builds should you have in the queue? One more than you have!   Back to Top  Printer Friendly Version  Profile  Search

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