Aviation Recognition Challenge Thread

Seversky A8V?

correct!

Another easy one

Looks like a Saab Lansen.
Fun fact: Saab planes have cool names:

Tunnan → the barrel
Lansen → the lance
Draken → the dragon
Viggen → the trident EDIT: Not really, see posts below.
Gripen → the griffon

EDIT: Another less known but still easy one:

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I thought the Viggen was a tufted duck.

IAR 80?

being more descriptive

correct.

…and I also just noticed it is even labeled on the vertical fin… :sweat_smile:

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Probably pretty easy

Dornier Do.24?

It is! I got that wrong, I had a very old source once that claimed it means “Trident” and the word stuck with me.

As far as I recall Viggen means: “Thunderbolt” (some old word, not used anymore), and “Tufted Duck”.
I am not sure why the duck is named that way. It has a completly different name in all languages I know (“Reiherente” in German, “Toppand” in Norwegian if I am not mistaken, and “Troldand” or so in Danish).

@Navynuke99 Dang thats fast!

@Andrew116, I have a bit of a flying boat fetish.

I’m going to need the specific version for this one.

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That’s the so-called “Icannotseeafrikkinthing”-plane. :smiley:

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Isn’t that Lindbergh’s first plane, The Spirit of St. Paul?

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It does have the required zero visibility. Maybe he was scared of heights and preferred not to know? :wink:

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It was called Spirit of St. Louis, not St. Paul. But you are right, it also had no forward visibility!

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had to look in the mirror this morning and do this

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I don’t get the joke either. What is it referencing?

I am German. We don’t get jokes unless they are explained well. :smiley:

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