Shipbucket

Excellent work, always good to see early biplanes in FD.

The Reggiane Re.2006P, this design was closer to the the Re.2000 than the Re.2006 and was designed as a mail plane of all things. It was to be powered by an imported P&W or Wright Radial engine with a power rating of 1500hp.

Spain. Barcala-Cierva-Díaz BCD-3



The Barcala-Cierva-Díaz BCD-3 was a prototype of a trimotor of bombardment that was presented to the contest of the Spanish military aviation of 1919. The trimotor was the final degree project of Juan de la Cierva, an engineer interested in aeronautics. Barcala and Diaz were La Cierva's companions, and the aircraft was built in the workshop of Diaz's father, who was a carpenter.

The BCD-3 performed well on its first two flights, but crashed when tested by Captain Julio Ríos Agüeso, who had no experience with large aircraft. The pilot made a low speed turn and the big plane went into stall. Rios survived unharmed, but La Cierva didn't try to rebuild the plane, and went on to study safe flight at low speed. Years later he invented the gyroplane, predecessor of the helicopter.

The colors of the prototype are based on later inventions by La Cierva, since there aren't any color pictures of the BCD-3 (a few in black and white, and only two of good quality). The military version has the colors and markings of real planes that flew in the Moroccan War.

Greetings

A wonderful addition!

Nice work, though if it actually flew, then it belongs (the prototype, at least) to the real-life section.

The Reggiane Re.2006PP, this design didn't have many details in common with the Re.2006P. Both were radial engine aircraft designated Re.2006 that could carry mail and had classic Reggiane design details. But that's where the similarities stopped.

An interesting addition.

The final installation of the Re.2006 series, the Re.2006C

The Re.2006C has an interesting backstory as it was a racing version developed from the Re.2006, and using racing as the design's purpose, Reggiane was able to continue work on the Re.2006 without the german authorities or the partisans getting a whiff of what was going on
Note: I plan to make a version of this with martini stripes

Great Britain, Airspeed A.S 47
Something I hesitated on posting after completing in November 2018, because I'm either lazy or I was busy with other projects

Japan, Kogiken Plan III Heavy Fighter
Been busy with a lot of real-life stuff, including my recent election onto a student council posting, but anyways, here's what I have for today to make it up (the katakana on the tail is "uma", or horse)