A dead Eagle, F15.
Regards, Mac
Me thinks maybe an F-4.
No and no. The Joshua Tree means that it is probably an a/c with a particular prefixx.
T-2 Buckeye?
I must have spent the last 3 hours trying & failing to figure this one (sad isn’t it)!
The Trailing front gear suggests a Naval bird (As F-8) or early Mirage, the lack of intake seperation/splitter’s suggests sub-sonic, the width of the forward section compared to the rear suggest something like a Harrier in “little man, big engine/s mode” (as does the front gear, but not the intake trunking), it looks like its low wing & may have twin lower air-brakes.
I thought P80 / T-33, then thought T2V Sea Star due to the landing gear? I doubt this is correct, but it’s as good as I can do.
Nice one by the way.
While scouring the net to try & match the landing gear shown in Bondoman’s latest challenge, I came across this minuture B-58 Biz jet form the 1950s - cool as. I also see some is attempting to restore it - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/4707/mc_119.htm
Would it be the remains of the Lockheed XF-90??? Here is a shot of the underwing from a model review I had found and the pieces of the puzzle fit.
I was thinking along the lines of P-80 also for the same reasons, but ruled that out. Look at the hammer lying next to the fuse. It’s size would suggest this a/c is small and probably single engined. The cross section is quite flat on the bottom, but I’m not sure the nose gear folds rearward. There may be damage in that area that is confusing me.
It doesn’t take much to confuse me!
Also, I don’t see any wing spar, so how far aft of this section is the main wing?
Hmmm?
XF-90, hmmm? Now there’s a thought.
Here is the one in the National Museum and the intake with those three gun ports could fit. Hmmm?
I’ll plump for an F-100, purely on the fuselage cross-section. I don’t know what the structure looked like forward of the cockpit … but obviously, if it IS an F-100, then it’s missing a bit of structure around the inlet!
Simpilot34 got it on the nose, and nicely done- I really like the exhibit he showed.
It’s the same one in the Museum- it was subjected to a series of atom bomb blasts in 1952 through 1963, and then used in Broken Arrow weapons retreival practice. (Air + Space, June 2008). It was rediscovered, decontaminated and flown to Wright patterson, where it will be on display in that condition.
Ritchie, your turn.
Ok I’ll try and not stuff up this one. We’re only humanoids![;)]
What British bomber is capable of outmanoeuvering F-15’s in high-altitude mock dogfights?
Canberra?
No, sorry Brews
Avro Vulcan?
From memory, the long retired EE Lightning can thrash it in a straight line as well!
You got it Milair!!! Well done!! Yes, the massive wing area of the Vulcan can take a bigger bite on the thin air at altitude than the small wings of the Eagle. I don’t think it would fair so well against a Raptor though.
Floor is yours Milair!
You would, you whacked out airplane-nut-bar! [swg]
Sorry for the delay!
This was a very hardy, high speed, low level strike (conv. or nuclear) aircraft, which for it era was as accurate as accurate could be. It was used in both land based & naval variants, featured a novel although not unique bomb bay, used advanced structural manufacturing & featured a rather involved method of making landing slightly easier.
Sounds like the Buccaneer. If I remember correctly it had a rotating bomb bay and the airbrake in the tail would slow it down quick to ease landings.
Yes, the Buccaneer.
I was sort of hoping some of our friends from the other side of the water would attempt this one & miss the Buccaneer.
The Buccaneer had a rotating bomb bay for opening at speed, used plenty of milled structural components & also featured a blown wing (Boundary layer control) to reduce landing speed - the rear petal air-brake was fitted to counteract the fact that the engines had to be spun up quite well to supply the blown wing with air.
