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Not a PB2Y or Bv-222.... but a flying boat of some kind.
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Thu Dec 19, 2002 04:52:40 PM
In reply top Re: Mystery Plane posted by Paul Patist on Thu Dec 19, 2002 04:34:36 PM
Sorry to rain on your parade, but a PB2Y is a high wing aircraft, so it isn't one of them... see the following...
http://www.photovault.com/Link/Military/NavalAviation/show.asp?tg=MYNVolume07-08/MYNV08P06_09.0776
It's not a Bv222 either, although it does share a lot of similarities...
http://www.simviation.com/fsdcbainbv222.htm
... that being said, I am not sure what it is. It is almost certainly a flying boat of some sort though, as you can see what looks like the chine of the bow (the light colored area at the base of the fuselage). I still can't think of which flying boat it could be though, because all of the large ones I can think of, save the Bv-222, are high wing aircraft. Perhaps it is a subvariant or prototype of the Bv-222?
Are there any more ideas?
Cheers,
Richard