Corsair & Ducks à la BV P170, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[Tophe]

Belated congratulations for Santa Claus red aircraft powered by reindeers on the swept wing!

[ericr]

thanks a lot ! 

[ericr]

swapping wings ... and legs.

[TheChronicOne]

It's glorious!!!!!

[NARSES2]

Fascinating, I'm now wondering what it would look like with more modern engines, or at least more modern cowlings ?

[jcf]

Fascinating, I'm now wondering what it would look like with more modern engines, or at least more modern cowlings ?

Boring. 

[ericr]

it is contrast that brings joy   

[Tophe]

Congratulations!
Maybe this is the first time ever that I see a swept tail together with a non-swept wing, you are a great inventor! (or a nice dreamer)

[PR19_Kit]

Maybe this is the first time ever that I see a swept tail together with a non-swept wing, you are a great inventor! (or a nice dreamer)

Ilyushin 28?

[NARSES2]

it is contrast that brings joy   

Or at the very least stimulates the brain 

[Tophe]

Maybe this is the first time ever that I see a swept tail together with a non-swept wing, you are a great inventor! (or a nice dreamer)

Ilyushin 28?

Uh, you are right, Kit: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliouchine_Il-28
So: this is the first time for Tupolev and this is very Soviet yes. Congratulations anyway, ericr.

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

the other side of the thing :

[PR19_Kit]

Now that's got to be breezy in the cockpit at cruising speed! 

[Tophe]

Similar question: is this (maybe yes...) the first example ever of a jetplane with open cockpit and swept wing? congratulations...