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Started by hudskit at 12-30-2005 9:37 PM. Topic has 4549 replies.

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12-30-2005, 9:37 PM

hudskit

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	Hello all- new here- and sorry to backtrack to an earlier question-but wasn't the first monoplane with retractable landing gear the verville sperry racer? Underdeveloped at the time- with hand-cranked landing gear- but it was around for quite some time...and then there was the Dayton-wright Racer from the same time period -but perhaps a bit later tho.... Cheers, Keith This whole workin' for a living thing does get in the way of so many things....
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12-31-2005, 12:16 AM

Jeebus

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

smokinguns3 wrote:
iam gona say the P-51

BINGO! You're turn.

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12-31-2005, 12:31 AM

smokinguns3

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	What was the First vietnam era jet fighter built with out any guns? Rob I think i can I think i can
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12-31-2005, 12:51 AM

yardbird78

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	Convair F-102 Delta Dagger Darwin "Yea though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, because I am 80,000 feet and climbing! ,, The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.
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12-31-2005, 1:02 AM

smokinguns3

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

yardbird78 wrote:

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

Darwin

Your turn

Rob
I think i can I think i can

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12-31-2005, 1:13 AM

yardbird78

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	Name 3 Viet Nam era pilot/POWs who earned the Medal of Honor while being held prisoners. Darwin, O.F. "Yea though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, because I am 80,000 feet and climbing! ,, The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.
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12-31-2005, 1:45 AM

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	Didn't our wonderful congress also try to shove the Piper Enforcer (AKA Turboprop P-51) down the AFs throat on the AX flyoff or was that a contractor unsolected "offer"? Good Hunting, G.W.
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12-31-2005, 8:42 AM

Dice

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

rdxpress wrote:

Didn't our wonderful congress also try to shove the Piper Enforcer (AKA Turboprop P-51) down the AFs throat on the AX flyoff or was that a contractor unsolected "offer"?

Good Hunting, G.W.

T_Terrific - You are correct. rdxpress- Congress used the Enforcer as a "sharp stick" to poke the AF every time the A-10 ran into development problems. I don't believe it was ever a contender but, it helped keep the A-10 on schedule and cost.

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12-31-2005, 2:00 PM

yardbird78

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	bump "Yea though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, because I am 80,000 feet and climbing! ,, The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.
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12-31-2005, 3:42 PM

wdolson2

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

yardbird78 wrote:
Name 3 Viet Nam era pilot/POWs who earned the Medal of Honor while being held prisoners.

Darwin, O.F.

Jim Stockdale
Bud Day
Don Cook

Bill

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12-31-2005, 5:25 PM

yardbird78

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	Bill, I was thinking of Capt Lance Sijan as the third person in addition to Colonel Day and Captain Stockdale, but Colonel Cook certainly qualifies. I was not aware of his heroism under such trying circumstances. Your turn, Darwin "Yea though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, because I am 80,000 feet and climbing! ,, The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.
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12-31-2005, 9:20 PM

grandadjohn

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	Name all the aircraft including helicopters that have hit(or will in 2006) 50 years or more of service?
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01-01-2006, 3:16 AM

wdolson2

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

yardbird78 wrote:
Bill,

I was thinking of Capt Lance Sijan as the third person in addition to Colonel Day and Captain Stockdale, but Colonel Cook certainly qualifies. I was not aware of his heroism under such trying circumstances.

Your turn,

Darwin

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What pre-war national hero, who was denied a commission in the USAAF (for political reasons), dramatically extended the range of the P-38 and flew several combat missions and even shot down a few enemy aircraft? Technically he was just supposed to be showing front line pilots the new techniques.

Bill

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01-01-2006, 3:25 AM

wdolson2

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

grandadjohn wrote:
Name all the aircraft including helicopters that have hit(or will in 2006) 50 years or more of service?

I can't think of any helicopters that have been in service that long. I know the B-52 has been around more than 50 years and I believe the C-135 is pretty close to 50. The Phantom is a little young. I believe the prototype flew in 1959.

I was always pretty good with history, but lousy with dates.

Bill

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01-01-2006, 4:44 AM

yardbird78

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Here's a list of the recipients: http://www.nampows.org/#MOH

What pre-war national hero, who was denied a commission in the USAAF (for political reasons), dramatically extended the range of the P-38 and flew several combat missions and even shot down a few enemy aircraft? Technically he was just supposed to be showing front line pilots the new techniques.Bill

Charles Lindbergh

Darwin

"Yea though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, because I am 80,000 feet and climbing!

The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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01-01-2006, 4:57 AM

davros

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

wdolson2 wrote:
What pre-war national hero, who was denied a commission in the USAAF (for political reasons), dramatically extended the range of the P-38 and flew several combat missions and even shot down a few enemy aircraft? Technically he was just supposed to be showing front line pilots the new techniques.

Bill

That would be Charles Lindbergh; first man to fly the Atlantic solo. If I remember correctly the political reasons were that he was considered a white supremacist and Nazi supporter.

Edit.. have to research faster next time.. Got beaten to my reply.

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01-01-2006, 5:35 AM

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

grandadjohn wrote:
Name all the aircraft including helicopters that have hit(or will in 2006) 50 years or more of service?

I assume you mean active service in an AF, and not just demonstrations, etc
Mig-15
DC-3
TU-4 (in that, TU-94 'Bear' was based on it...does that count?)
A-4 Skyhawk
Canberra
C-130 Hercules

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01-01-2006, 9:24 AM

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

osher wrote:
grandadjohn wrote:
Name all the aircraft including helicopters that have hit(or will in 2006) 50 years or more of service?

I assume you mean active service in an AF, and not just demonstrations, etc
Mig-15
DC-3
TU-4 (in that, TU-94 'Bear' was based on it...does that count?)
A-4 Skyhawk
Canberra
C-130 Hercules

Don't forget the ch-47 Chinook, and possibly the Ch-53 or some variant?

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01-01-2006, 12:33 PM

grandadjohn

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	You guys are pretty good with the fixed wing aircraft(and there are alot), but not so good with the helo's the Chinook's first flight was in 1961 and the 53 is newer than that
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01-01-2006, 1:10 PM

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Re: Aircraft Trivia Quiz

	I was going to say H-3, but I think that's a few years short. Dave http://www.DPDProductions.com - Featuring the NEW 'Military Aircraft' Photo CD -
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