name this plane (for fun)

[Spitfire23]

Ok, here is my next one.

This one is with it's wings removed


And here it is WITH wings. (Edited it to make it easier to see and to avoid Cheaters )

[trk29]

Same picture.

[Martinho]

One of teh saabs? viggen?

Originally Posted by kozzm0

All good guesses but wrong... remember, funny name

For another hint, the production of this plane involved spies and stolen plans.

The plane in the tree is a Huff-Daland Duster. Leaving the N-number visible is an invitation to cheat, so I did

[Martinho]

That sounds like concord

Dassault dagger

Originally Posted by kozzm0

Some of the info was heisted via computer espionage, or something like that... but not all of it. It had something to do with lax security because of multiple countries having access to the information.

But in the case of the plane above, ALL the plans were stolen, in one of the biggest spy operations of the 20th century. That should be enough of a dead giveaway. If anyone gets mad when they figure it out, at least it's not an obscure prototype, and it is a different plane from the plans.

[kozzm0]

ok final hint before I reveal the answer: yes, it was, in fact, stolen from Dassault.

I guess the f-35 lovers didn't materialize but it's a good thing I didn't say anything bad about the f-22. Though I think it put all its eggs in the BVR basket too, at least as far as combat vs OVT planes is concerned. [ducks]

I considered posting the Viggen, actually, I like the fighters that can land on roads. More sensible than putting vtol on a plane and then still calling it a fighter.

[Vulcan607]

Northrop tiger II?

[kozzm0]

time's up, the plane I posted is the IAI Kfir. Mirage3 + stolen plans = Kfir. The Mirage 3's plans were stolen by the Mossad after France embargoed Israel. Israel added their own, better engine and their own avionics and a few other things.

[Vulcan607]

so now you know

[Vulcan607]

Originally Posted by Spitfire23

Ok, here is my next one.

This one is with it's wings removed


And here it is WITH wings. (Edited it to make it easier to see and to avoid Cheaters )

Thunderbird 2?

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

time's up, the plane I posted is the IAI Kfir. Mirage3 + stolen plans = Kfir. The Mirage 3's plans were stolen by the Mossad after France embargoed Israel. Israel added their own, better engine and their own avionics and a few other things.

Are you sure about that? I mean Mossad stealing France's blueprints of the Mirage 3. Because I remember reading somewhere, that since France was supplying Israel with planes, tanks, and weapons (before the US took over as the main contributor,) they gave the Israeli's the Mirage 3 because it was becoming outdated for the French Air Force. And also, that's how they got other Mirage's like the IV and another early Mirage (by buying them, and then suiting them up for their own uses, not stealing the prints).