Originally Posted by Hydro Junkie

And neither one of you got it. Time for another clue:
I'm looking for an aircraft:
1) This aircraft was based on an earlier unaccepted design that had a crew of three
2) In it's first configuration, it was also deemed "unacceptable" by it's country's military
3) After two substantial design changes, it was accepted by the military
4) The redesign increased the plane's payload and crew without hurting performance
5) This aircraft had multiple configurations leading to several different ways it could be and was used. One way was, shall we say, highly innovative
6) This aircraft had twin engines(you got that part right Ernie)
7) This aircraft normally carried a crew of 5 though, at times, it did operate with more people on board
8) A famous officer used one of these planes as his personal transport aircraft(just a little trivia thrown in for good measure)
9) One version of this plane, optimized for ground attack, had the pilot controlled forward weapons significantly increased over the other versions
10) All the other configurations had a longer fuselage than the one from clue #9
11) Another version, applicable to clue #10, was equipped with a weapon of the same size as a well known armored vehicle
12) This plane used two radial engines with three bladed electric props
Good Luck