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HighlandSniper58
19-06-04, 17:23
Identify this aircraft - 50 milcreds

http://www.btinternet.com/~robdw/xnxnx.jpg
Derrick Stephenson
19-06-04, 17:41
Is it a Miles Magister?
Derrick.
HighlandSniper58
19-06-04, 17:47
Negative.
Eagledriver
20-06-04, 23:40
I don't believe I've ever seen an airplane that weird-looking.
Bombardier
20-06-04, 23:41
Is it a Westland of some kind? :mrgreen:
HighlandSniper58
21-06-04, 09:01
No, this aircraft type was not made/designed by Westland.
HighlandSniper58
23-06-04, 17:51
Come on guys, I'll up this to 60 milcreds for the correct answer!
Drone_pilot
23-06-04, 17:58
it looks like budgie the helicopters dad. :D
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~stracks/budgie3.jpg
HighlandSniper58
23-06-04, 21:25
:lol: - Andy, how do I deduct milcreds from D.P. for his cheek! ;)

So come on, what is it?
Bombardier
23-06-04, 21:42
How much would you like me to take off him LOL bm;
Derrick Stephenson
23-06-04, 21:50
Don't fine him, make him suck Fergie's toes every day for a year!!!
lolb; lolb; lolb; rid: rid:
H.S., I'm trying, I'm trying. :shock: :D
Derrick.
Polar
23-06-04, 21:53
Rob I'm still working. Mayby some clue?
HighlandSniper58
23-06-04, 22:11
OK guys - clue and a reduction of ten milcreds - so now 50.

It was a contemporary of the Gannet and didn't see service.
Drone_pilot
23-06-04, 22:18
http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v225/drone_pilot/vomit.gifmake him suck Fergie's toes every day for a yearhttp://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v225/drone_pilot/vomit.gif
rotorwash
23-06-04, 22:53
Was it designed by Fairey? I can understand why it never entered service, everybody was too embarassed to be seen in it.

I have looked in al of my books of Strange and Ugly aircraft and it does not appear, must have dropped through the cracks.

Looks like a radome slung underneath which suggests a naval recon aircraft.

RW
Bombardier
23-06-04, 22:56
Was it designed by Fairey?

I dont know about made by Fairey but you would have to be one to fly in that thing. :mrgreen:
Still looking Hs, not having much luck though :?
Viking
23-06-04, 22:57
You've got me really working on this one vik, cow; burg; viki;
HighlandSniper58
24-06-04, 10:06
OK RW - it was not made by Fairey - they made the Gannet so would hardly have fielded their own competitor. I have to admit it is one of the odder aircraft to have flown, but there again the Gannet wasn't exactly conventional.

This project was rather unusual for the manufacturer who tended to concentrate on larger aircraft.
Bombardier
24-06-04, 11:05
The Short Seamew :mrgreen:

The Seamew was as odd-looking or more so than the Gannet, with a deep, relatively narrow fuselage, a two-placed cockpit perched very high to give the crew a good view, a radome directly under the cockpit, and fixed taildragger landing gear. It had mid-mounted wings, a conventional tail assembly, and was powered by a single Mamba turboprop engine with 1,185 kW (1,590 SHP). The Seamew had a wingspan of 16.76 meters (55 feet), a maximum takeoff weight of 6,800 kilograms (15,000 pounds), and a top speed of 380 KPH (235 MPH).

The Seamew's handling was said to have left something to be desired, and despite work to improve matters the aircraft never proved very satisfactory. Only 19 of the production batch had been completed, with only seven delivered to the Royal Navy, when the program was cancelled in 1957. The cancellation was apparently for reasons of cost, but it is likely in hindsight that the Seamew was faced with imminent obsolescence by the ASW helicopter anyway
HighlandSniper58
24-06-04, 11:38
Yeahhhh..............Himself gets it.

Short Seamew - prototype carrier-born anti-submerine aircraft trailed for the FAA in the 50s but beeten by the Gannet.

50 milcreds to your account sir