Name that plane

Not German or British ... The last time I was in control and 'dropped' a clue I shot myself in the foot (so to speak) ... I'm still trying to find something that wont give the game away.

It's obvious from the photo that it was fitted with a piston driven 'pusher' and 'tractor' engine ... It also has three open cockpits, two for gunners and one for the pilot. Can't reveal the country as yet without giving it away. Keep guessing and I'll confirm or deny appropriately.

 

Is it a derivative of the Kawasaki Ka-87

 

No ... It aint Japanese either. If no one gets close by tomorrow evening I'll give y'all the country.

 

Okay ... I may be about to shoot myself in the foot again, but I think this one has lasted long enough anyway.

The plane in question was in service for (but not manufactured by) the Bolivian Airforce ...

 

Seeing that a lot of Bolivia's planes today originate from the U.S. is it American made?

 

I kind of doubt it was American, maybe Austrian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Russian? IDKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

 

I have got to hand it to you Blacksnake, this is a good one

 

If not French or Italian Dornier also had a liking for the push-pull engine configuration. But can't find anything resembling it.

 

Is it the Comte AC-3?

 

Well done 343 .... It is the Swiss built Comte AC.3, produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte in the 1920's as a bomber/transport plane for the Bolivian Airforce.

Didn't know where else to go with the clues on that 'puppy' ... although I knew what it was, I struggled to find any info on it ... Thought you would have got that T/O/S, what with the push/pull engines

If it was up to me 343, you'd get two go's in control for getting that one !!

 

Thank you, Blacksnake, well here is one that I found that I'd never seen before that I thought looked intersting

 

Hmmm ... Bears a passing resemblance to our Vulcan Bomber that does ... are the 'twin' tail fins for a VTO experimental 'summit or other' ???

 

Interesting indeed 343 ... first thought the intakes on the wings where for jet engines, because you can't see the 'pusher' engine on the back in your photo ...

Whilst taking a closer look at the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender I hit on your one ... The Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. Looks like your image was taken after the second test flight, after the size of the 'dorsal fin' was increased.

 

Wow that was fast, but your correct as usual, it is the XP-56 Black Bullet

 

Thanks 343 ... Well, it looks like it is up to me ... So, have another go my friend.

 

Ok here is another one

 

Interesting 'silhouette' you've posted 343

It has a similar outline to the "Kalkert Ka 430 Glider" posted by JagdtigerI a while back, but the cockpit does'nt match ??

 

More like a poor relative of the C-119, the picture is so bad you can't even understand if it's got engines !!!

 

...or one very big Glider!?

 

AirborneBob is correct it is a glider