Name this aeroplane...

[TROOPER117 146]

Name this aeroplane...

[+Muesli 2,158]

It's a Vickers FB, sporting a nice Vickers MG! ;-)

[VFC_Baxter 19]

Vickers FB19 ?

 

[Crawford 570]

1 hour ago, TROOPER117 said:

Name this aeroplane...

Vickers F.B.19 Mk I.

[+Gepard 11,214]

I name this plane Bob, or even better Perry.

[RAF_Louvert 101]

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It's actually an F.B.19 Mk II with the 110hp Clerget  Or Bob for short if you like.  

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[TROOPER117 146]

Well done everyone... must admit, I hadn't seen it before!

[VFC_Baxter 19]

I read on my source that they only made 65 machines. Three were sent for testing to the western front but were rejected as not being suitable because of being underpowered. Palmed off to the Russians who upgraded the engines they proved quite successful  in their war. Reminds me of the P39 in WWII, very popular in Russia (they loved the tricycle landing gear and its low level performance) but relegated to Pacific backwaters in US service.

I wonder why our lot (Australia) did not sell the Boomerang fighter to the Russkis as well. 

[catch 81]

I should think that an aircraft wot shoots holes in the engine cowling lacks a certain panache as a fighting aeroplane. It looks to me that Biggles is the test pilot. Showing off as usual ....