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sorry for the delay, it is not eastern europe at all, in fact its American. And the company that built it also became famous for a certain biplane....
Must be Waco UBF and UBF-2.
Very difficult question.
Stickpusher opened this question up over 3 weeks ago & still no conclusion - I think somewhere in there the 5 day limit has passed (although we would all be gratefull for the answer F8-fanatic).
What version of the F-4 was designed to cruise at Mach 2.4 & dash at Mach 3.2?
What was the official name of the system / technology?
The US's reluctancy to export this F4, combined with the immimnent arrival of another aircraft put paid to whole thing going ahead!
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Hang on, I think I got the answer - see above!
Brews Hang on, I think I got the answer - see above!
You possibly have Brews, but that isn't for anyone else other than F-8fanatic to respond to.
My point is at 3 weeks this has gone on for so long the ATQ is becoming (or has become) a dead duck. Feel free to step in with another question of your own if you want - anything to get this stagnant show on the road!
Anyway, the answer to your question is the F-4X, with MIPCC (Mass Injection Pre-Compressor Cooling)
Yes,
Israel had an ongoing reconnaissance task - to monitor threat from the Egypt, this became more difficult as Egypt, with Soviet assistance started to group it's scattered SAM systems into an effective IADS.
The IDF/AF now required something which could fly fast & high enough to reduce the IADS threat, without the likes of the SR-71 being available to them, they looked at alternative options. The jet engine laboratory at the Israeli Technion Institute of Technology started to look at water injection as a method of greatly increasing performance. General Dynamics eventually developed a PCC system for the F-4, using conformal, self contained water tanks & enlarged intakes. The intakes even made the RR Spey Phantom look girly.
The project managed to get to the mock up stage when the US realised that they were going to be exporting a very hot aircraft, also one that could hamper the up & coming F-15 - so the plug was pulled on the project.
The IDF/AF made-do with the F-4E(S) Shablool, which ended up being an F-4E with a large HIAC-1 camera in the nose. These aircraft still managed to work in excess of 70,000 feet.
Go Brews Go!!
I'm good with giving easy questions. Let's hope we can make this more than a 2-man show.
Q. What was Manfred Von Richthofen flying when he shot down is 61st victim?
Brews I'm good with giving easy questions. Let's hope we can make this more than a 2-man show.
Yea, I can't really say I am a fan of tennis.
Lets see what happens - feel free to bump the thread, as I feel I have been doing a bit much of it this thread latley, maybe I should change my avatar to;
ATQ
The Fokker Dr.1 Triplane.
Close, but no cigar.
I said easy, not dead-easy :)
Then he was probably in the protype, the F.1
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Our B-17 pilot has the correct answer - the Fokker F.1
Over to you, and thanks for coming :)
This modified WWII aircraft was used in the early stages of the Vietnam war for special operations over North Vietnam, because the Vietnamese didn't think it looked like an American aircraft. What is this aircraft?
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Hugh
Nope
B17Pilot This modified WWII aircraft was used in the early stages of the Vietnam war for special operations over North Vietnam, because the Vietnamese didn't think it looked like an American aircraft. What is this aircraft?
The A-1 Skyraider, which was produced but did not take part in World War II, participated in the initial strikes against North Vietnam during Operation Pierce Arrow.
Jason
On the Bench: 1/48 Esci Agusta-Bell AB.205 Iroquois
1/72 Academy Sopwith Camel
No this aircraft actually fought in WWII.
Stab in the dark here, AC-47 Spooky?
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It is actually a RB-17G serial 44-85531.
Refer to the caption on the right. This is in Squadron Signals B-17 in action.
Simpilot, looks like you've read the same thing I did, its all yours. I would've settled for B-17.
I'll throw my $0.02 in and say C-47 (although why it wouldn't look like an American plane is beyond me).
Here is an easy one again.
What was Cessna's ONLY propeller-driven tandem seater?
Cessna 305A, AKA bird dog...
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! Yes, the O-1 Bird Dog (aka L-19)! I could ask what was the other but that can be for another day. If anyone hasn't read, "Hundred Feet Over Hell", GET IT!!!!! You will have as I do now, a new found respect for the guys that flew them and the aircraft itself. Great read!!!!!
You got the floor Stik!!!
Yes indeed! I read a book called "RollingThunder", a novel of mainly Air Force charecters, including a Bird Dog FAC set during the early days (1965 1966) of main US involvement in Vietnam. A very compeling read. But the author has his abckground. He was a fighter pilot there at that that time and later on.
OK now for the new question, keeping in the Vietnam theme, what was it (aside from the Rules of Engagement- ROE) that truly made Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile engagements posible and practical?
Powerful onboard radars and radar guided missiles . Although some claim BVR combat is not really effective, only 2 official BVR kills in Nam out of 61 BVR shots.
Those are the base components. But I am looking for one system in particular. And it was neither of those.
I posted, but it doesnt look like it showed up, so here goes again...
the system was the AN/APX-80 Combat Tree, which could read the enemy's IFF transponders in the MiGs to identify them.
Also, from my earlier question, the plane was the Stearman-Hammind Y-1S. Here's a video about it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3_vGRLewc
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