Aircraft Identification Challenge 228

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Aircraft Identification Challenge 228

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Happy New Year all

After John's tease, here's another for you. This one's a little off the wall. As usual, maker and type please

oh and as a clue think Axis

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Could it be a ..........An-2TD Colt, HA-ANB ('Soviet AF \03red')
The exhaust stub seems to match up.
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Sorry John, but no.....
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Quick scan of the reference books!!

Its a Weiss Manfred WM-21 Solyom (Falcon) Hungarian 2 seat tactical reconnaissance aircraft.

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&^&((%£$%!

Is there no end to this man's resourcefuilness??

Cliff is of course correct (groan)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiss_WM-21_S%C3%B3lyom

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... 40&ndsp=44

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No wonder I couldn't get it. I thought we were looking at the starboard wing of a twin engine plane.

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R5868 wrote:No wonder I couldn't get it. I thought we were looking at the starboard wing of a twin engine plane.

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Kerry, I was thinking exactly the same thing ................. sneaky John L.
As for Cliff, well done champion!
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