Bank Hol Puzzler!

Air and Space magazine, the magazine of the Smithsonian Institute did a great artical about this plane some years ago, very interesting.

well donr Frank!:D

OK Frank, I’ll donate the prize elsewhere. I’ll do my best to dream up another puzzle so stay tuned!

I saw it once in a book, and I remembered that odd, ill fated plane.

Another one? 😉

Btw, I won’t take my prize… Not interested :p

Blimey, I would never have got that? Well done Frank. 🙂

Well done Frank……you’ve got it! Yes its all that remains of the 2nd prototype of the VEB/Baade 152. Built in the German Democratic Republic, first flight was in Aug.1960. First prototype crashed due to fuel starvation caused by the collapse of the internal military spec “bladder tanks” in the wings. As you said it was based on a Luftwaffe wartime design for a bomber and used that monotrack landing gear-although on this second airframe the u/c config was changed to conventional multiple units mounted aft of the engine pods. Developement ceased following a directive from the USSR that only licence built Soviet types could be built in the GDR (ie: the VEB/IL14. I understand that an exhibition concerning this aircraft has recently opened in Dresden.

No, I was referring to the Baade 152 (Found it back…)

Find it here

http://airlines.afriqonline.com/aircraft/paper/

Originally posted by frankvw
Wasn’t it that East German airliner based on a bomber design? (With a monotrace landing gear)

ur refering to HE 111….but thats a prop. drivern a/c.

Wasn’t it that East German airliner based on a bomber design? (With a monotrace landing gear)

You’re both getting closer but it’s not Polish or Russian, and yes it did fly in the prototype stage. Clue, it was jet powered!

tupolev of some sort??

Ok so its Polish?

No and yes in that order.

Is the pic taken in this country?? And is the aircraft of a european origin?

TU 114 or DC 7?

Nope!……..Sorry mate its not an Asian or Oriental design.

Harbin Y/5-Y7?, TU 114 or DC 7.