Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Neither the X-1 & EE Lightning have an "all flying" slab vertical stab., although again they do have "all flying" horizontal stab's.

I was thinking jets here only, but I suppose as the question has been asked I will not press on it.

X-15, A-5 Vigilante, SR-71/A-12/YF-12, TSR.2?

Yes simpilot, over to you.

I hadn't considered the rocket powered crowd, but the X-15 does have a slab vertical stab. I was thinking;

A5, TSR.2, SR-71/A-12 & XB-70  -  all stunning, cold war, ground hogging relics now, which is sad.

The first of the bunch (stunning);

Well the main thinking on my answer was 'supersonic' so included every one I could come up with, or thought was.

Ok, in keeping with the pic of the A-5, what was unique about it to be pulled from the attack role and relegated to recon?

simpilot34

Well the main thinking on my answer was 'supersonic' so included every one I could come up with, or thought was.

Ok, in keeping with the pic of the A-5, what was unique about it to be pulled from the attack role and relegated to recon?

In the early 60s the US Navy had a policy change regarding it's strategic role & decided that further nuclear bombing would be carried out by sub launched ballistic missiles. A-5 production was halted & The so far produced A-5s were converted to the recce role, production re-opened in 1968 to produce RA-5s for a further two years.

The floor is yours.

Milairjunkie

simpilot34:

Well the main thinking on my answer was 'supersonic' so included every one I could come up with, or thought was.

Ok, in keeping with the pic of the A-5, what was unique about it to be pulled from the attack role and relegated to recon?

 

In the early 60s the US Navy had a policy change regarding it's strategic role & decided that further nuclear bombing would be carried out by sub launched ballistic missiles. A-5 production was halted & The so far produced A-5s were converted to the recce role, production re-opened in 1968 to produce RA-5s for a further two years.

Well that was one thing I didn't consider. I will have to give it to you as I had no idea of that. the thing I was looking for was the placement of the bombbay and its doors, it was between the engines, and in certain curcumstances the bombs would come precariously close to the aircraft on release due to the exhaust and slipstream back there.

Over to you Milaire!!

I didn't realise that was a ATQ question, I just thought it was a query related to the last one.

Someone else should have a go - first come first served.

If its open, then I got a question:

This aircraft was the biggest aircraft made during WWII, but never got past the prototype.  The manufacture wanted to scrape the aircraft, but the Air Corps wanted them to complete it.  By the time it flew in 1941, it was already outdated.  Name the manufacture and model.

Douglas XB-19

Josh

Yep, you got it!

Take it away.

I don't have anything good to ask, I just happened to know the answer to the last one. Here is something easy.

Name these two planes:

Josh

Is it me, or is the ATQ thread dying a death?

I suspect the new forum front "headline page" may be assisting this?

Any comments?

Is the first picture a self flying aircraft or a glider?  I see no sign of propulsion. The second looks like a Republic build( the stance of the aircraft), perhaps a Thunderbolt with a contra rotating prop. I don't have any references to check these out with at the present.

Jeez, I get the question and not a word in a while, lol.

First, I assume, is a glider. I have not seen it being towed or in self propelled flight and as you said doesn't show any signs of propulsion.

Second, for a hint, is made by Curtiss.

Josh

The first is the Bristol XLRA troop glider (not too hard!)?

The second bird is the Curtiss XP-60, in one of the C variants I think?

You got the glider correct.

And although the XP-60 and this particular aircraft look pretty similar, there are differences. You are very close though.

Josh

the second is the XF14C, the scoops at the wing roots are for the turbo jet engine, the exhaust sticks out the bottom

You are correct! So, now who gets to ask since two people answered correctly?

Josh

well if it's ok with milairjunkie i'll take this one, as i already have a question in mind

That is fine by me, go for it.

I noticed that there was ducting present on the question picture of the Curtiss, but as the Curtiss had 2 different engine fitments, I assumed the limited number of pictures of it possibly showed one installation, but not the other - cant win them all.

thanks. this aircraft was the final development of Kurt Tank's "Butcher Bird". NOTE: NOT the final evolution, this aircraft was the final development of a aircraft that was heavily based on the TA 152.

Hawker Sea Fury?

Could it be the Do-335 Pfiel?

osher is on the right track

The Centaurus engined Hawker Tempest II?

When the Centaurus was fitted to the Tempest, information from captured 190s provided much assistance for optimum & successfull fit of the powerplant. The main benefit gained was the 190s very effective engine mounts.

osher and milairjunkie are sooooooo close. you're both on the same line towards the answer

Hawker Fury, not the biplane, but the one that became the Sea Fury?

I notice that there are various bits of contradicting information regarding  the 190s input into the Tempest & the Fury. looks to me like Air Ministry Specification F .2/43 was a result of Camm's development of the Tempest II into the "Tempest Light Fighter", which was the Fury "prototype", which was Tempest LA610. Tempest, Fury & Sea Fury are really all in the same depending on how you look at it. From what I can make out it was the Tempest II that was the recipient of the engine technology from the 190, although the Tempest Vs windsheild & side windows were also influenced by the 190.

The 190 also had input into the Folland Fo.118, & was rumoured to have had some influence on the Grumman Bearcat & lavochkin La-5. 

you're on the right track with those aircraft, but you need to look at what was developed from them. thin k early british jets

I think the anwser is the Hawker Sea Hawk, it started as a development of the Fury; as the project p. 1035.

That's not the one i was looking for but it's close enough. the answer i was looking for was the Hawker Hunter which was essentially a swept wing version of the Sea Hawk. the prototype P.1035 was a highly modified Sea Fury, the design was redone as the P.1040 which became the Sea Hawk. Over to you