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Well if it's not the E28/39 and it's merely a mock up, it does have certain P51-type characteristic and with the clipped wingtip and C1 roundels on that wing at the back, it suggests a mock-up for the Martin-Baker MB5.

Dave.

A Miles Product, i dont think its the canard although the shot could do with being a little longer to confirm.

Not a mock up, and not a jet. No ones got it so far - one hint, it's got two engines

I'd bet quite a bit that it isn't a British built aircraft, but something either lent from the US or captured from an axis airforce

If its not a Miles or a Gloster what about a Westland Welkin or maybe a Short Seamew, surely no Balliol survives.

I think we can count all three of those out, they look (according to google) nowhere near to what the photo shows.

Heres one to google Blackout AW Double Mamba its an engine that might fit the bill. Am i on the right track rlangham?

G'Day Gents

Could it be a Westland Whirlwind (very rare beast)

manna

None of those - it is British though

Regarding the Balliol, there are a few preserved - 2 in the UK and 2 in Sri Lanka. RAFM Cosford has a Sea Balliol (there's a link at Cosford with this mystery aircraft if it helps), and a Balliol under restoration at the superb Boulton Paul Association http://www.boultonpaul.com/

De Havilland Hornet or Sea Hornet?


Cheers
Owd Sweedy

52D wrote:Heres one to google Blackout AW Double Mamba

The only aircraft with a double mamba that I know of is the Fairey gannet

Not a de Havilland product

Yawn

What's confusing me then is that it's a single seater but appears to have twin end-plate fins. I was thinking of a Miles product, but the only twin fins I know of theirs aren't single seaters.

Dave.

It's not a single seated - there is another cockpit not in view, where the pilot sits in a rather different position. Not a Miles product either. If it's not guessed by around midnight I'll post up the answer