What aircraft?
1) It was developed in response to an air force requirement for replacing an obsolete aircraft.
2) According to press reports, it was claimed to be the best climbing aircraft in the world - at the time.
3) The manufacturer's name will ring very familiar to anybody who is likely to read this.
4) The country of origin did not adopt it for military use.
5) About 60 were built
6) 50 went to one export customer, and two other countries bought single examples (for evaluation?)
7) One or two were used in a war - but this design was getting a bit old by that time, so was probably used as a trainer only.
8) It used a license built version of a widely used engine.
9) It could be armed with 2 or 4 machineguns.
10) The war where it played "some" role did not directly involve any of the countries that bought it for military use.
11) It was built with metal construction wings - but wooden wings were, apparently, offered as an option.
12) One example was experimentally fitted with a variable pitch propeller.
13) The usual armament was 2 X 7.7 mm (.303) machineguns mounted in the upper wing
14) Different versions of the same radial engine design were built in several European countries and Japan.
Last edited by perttime; 11-17-2014 at 12:25 PM.