Is it a Fairey Kangaroo? (or Kangourou?)

It is the only Fairey I haven't found photos for... if it is a Fairey than perhaps this one:)

Hi Gábor

I know the Blackburn Kangaroo - but I've not come across a Fairey design by that name. Anyway - this is a Fairey prototype fighter and, by way of an extra clue, the name was re-used for a later aircraft from the same company...

All the best

Rowan

The "Fairey Fox" ?

Hi Chuck

The hounds have the scent! Not the Fox (Wow! That'd make a nice 1/48 scale kit for someone to bring out! Eduard?) - but getting close. This is a single-seater from 1926...

All the best

Rowan

Hi again

OK - I think it's high time to put everyone out of their misery! I though the hint that Fairey re-used the name might have given it away...



This was the original 1926 Firefly I - a companion to the Fox (Chuck, you were getting SO close!) and a rival to the Hawker Hornbill, Avro Avenger and Gloster Gorcock.

Right. Now for something completely different! A chance to include a link to my family home on the Isle of Wight. Name the inventor of this WW2 life-boat:



All the best

Rowan

Wow, Firefly I...
Is there a kit of it? It is a very elegant plane. It would look very classy near my Heller Dragon Rapide on the shelf.

Hi Gábor

The Firefly I was a beautiful aircraft wasn't it - and just imagine if it had made it into RAF service! I've never come across a kit of it, but there might be a resin kit from a small producer out there somewhere...

All the best

Rowan

Hey Merlin

Would the inventor be Uffa Fox ?

Griffo

Nice one Peter!

Yes, it was Uffa Fox - an almost legendary character on the Isle of Wight.

All the best and over to you for the next question.

Rowan

Cheers Merlin

This is a photo from a collection of my uncle who served on Tarakan in the Pacific in 1945.



Griffo

Hi Peter

What's the question?

All the best

Rowan

P.S. But apart from that, is there any chance we can see more of your uncle's collection of photos? I'm guessing there could be some amazing stuff in there!

D'oh ! A question...... mmm that would be a good idea

Question.... Can you tell me what aircraft the nose art is applied to.... ?

I don't really think it will be too difficult knowing the knowledgable types that frequent Armorama... :-)

It was difficult to get the photo's in the first place... he's not inclined to discuss the war, which I totally respect.

One of the photo's is actually on a wall of the Australian War Memorial......

How would I go about posting them ?

Cheers

Griffo

Hi Peter

I'll let someone else answer the question but, as regards the photos, if you can get scans and send them either to the Support Center or directly to me at [email protected] I'll upload them into the resource area to keep them permanently without tying up your personal webspace. If you can also include more details about your uncle and his unit, I'll add that along with the photos.

All the best

Rowan

Ok, I'll get the better ones off to you along with his details.

Cheers

Griffo

It looks like a B-24J. But surely a B-24. (Unless Australia had B-32s)

Hey Gabor, that's right !

It's a USAAF B24.

Over to you .....

Let's see if it works. Checking properties is cheating!

So, what is the airplane? I wonder if it is easy for you.

Also the question is the same

Hi Gábor

I know so little about modern jets, I could guess forever without much hope of getting this one! :-)

For me it'll be a question of typing names at random into Google in the hope of matching the instrument panel...

All the best

Rowan

Hi Gàbor!

I must confess I'm like Rowan and I don't know much about modern jets... but I'm also very curious and I opened the picture in another window revealing the URL with the plane's name... so I'm afraid I'm out of the game!
But for the others who play within the rules, I'll say it's a Soviet plane!

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

Interesting! I wouldn't have guessed that, because I thought modern Soviet / Russian a/c had pale blue interiors. I'll do some hunting!

All the best

Rowan

MiG-23

Hi there

It doesn't look like the standard MiG 23 cockpit shown here, but it does look like a previous generation aircraft with a modern avionics refit. I think I'm stuck. :-)

All the best

Rowan

How about a Mig-15 or one of the export variants?

It's something in between!

Jean-Luc