Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Phil_H

 

osher:

As a clue: the designer of the aircraft was one of Britain's best.  However, ironically, he's best known for another aircraft, from another company, which he did not design.  Kudos if you can guess the designer, the other aircraft, and why he's associated with it.

 

This should be a no-brainer. In fact, he has several associations with this aircraft, but is best known for one in particular.

A No brainer if you know about it. im not so up to speed on british aircraft/designers. I dont know much about associations. i just like how they look

The aircraft is the Vickers Wellington, possibly the best medium bomber of any nation, at the start of WWII, and one of the finest aircraft of the entire war.  It's unique construction, a development of that used in the Vickers Wellesley, made it strong but light, able to sustain damage that would down any other aircraft.   The only significant changes made to the aircraft were different engines (radials or in-lines), and different variants, but no significant changes to the airframe.

The designer was Barnes Wallis.  Later, he developed the Upkeep (or bouncing) bomb.  This could only be carried by the Avro Lancaster (in 1943), and the two became in many ways synonymous with each other.  Later came the Earthquake bomb, and the Grandslam bomb, both from his pen, both again, only for the Lancaster.

Apologies if I wasn't clear: Scorpio, over to you!

Yay, my turn, hmmmm, A 4 engined passenger aircraft from the 1930's, The last example of this aircraft was burnt out in 1958. This aircraft was British (im being obscure deliberately, its too easy otherwise lol)

Handley Page HP-42?

simpilot34

Handley Page HP-42?

Nope, thjis only had 2 engines, im thinking of a 4 engine,

The HP-42 had been my fitst thought but when I checked, I found that none lasted through WW2. And it does hve four engines.

http://www.imperial-airways.com/Misc_hp42_airfix_kit.html

Would it be the Empire class flying-boat?

osher

Would it be the Empire class flying-boat?

Nope, the manufacturer went of to produce one on the most famous twin engine fighter bombers of ww2. And my appologies about the HP24 only photos i could find i could only see 2 engines.

In that case, it's the DH.91 Albatross

told you it was easy. balls in your court now osher

This German aircraft shared an interesting instrument feature with the HS-129, and some BF-110, to do with it's size, as well as the same engine layout.  As an aside, this aircraft was so extraordinary, the RLM refused to believe how fast it was, and assumed the readings were wrong...!

The Arado Ar 234, twin engined jet withe the gun/bomb sight on the outside......

Arado Ar-240, with engine control instruments on the nacelles. If i remember corectly it was the fastest prop plane in Germany before Do-335 arrived.

It's not the Arado, either one.  This aircraft was designed as a single-seater, but forced to be a dual-seater.  It's a prop too.  The aircraft was used operationally by the Germans, but, not by the Luftwaffe (at least, in a regular sense).  Yes, the instruments were on the nacelles, due to the cramped space.

Blohm & Voss Bv 141...just a stab, i really have no clue lol

This aircraft was used in the defence of the factory only, as the Luftwaffe wasn't interested in it.  It was supposed to use the DB engines.  Unlike most German aircraft this one was very 'slippery' in design, with a slight resemblence, in my view, of a Dinah

He 100D-1 of the Heinkel  Factory Defense Unit near Rostock.  Built to compete with the Bf 109 and actually superior in many ways ie faster but the 109 was already in production so it was the de factor winner.

A very good answer - except this is a twin-engined aircraft, with external instruments...  Sorry!

Henschel Hs 125...Maybe too big. possibly not

Wait. changed my mind. Focke-Wulf FW187

Nope not that one.  OK, another clue...hmmmm,

This aircraft was designed in 1936, to use 2x DB600 engines.  It finally flew with Junkers Jumo 210 engines, and achieved 325mph.  Later with DB600A engines it achieved 395mph.  Some of the prototypes flew unofficially with the Luftwaffe, but most were used for factory defence.  It carried 4 MG17 machine guns, and 2 MG FF cannon.  Six prototypes and three pre-production aircraft were made.

uh huh, fw187 fits thie bill exactly http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/fw187.html

We have a winner!  Yes, it's the FW-187...  Over to you Scorpio

This NZ Ace gained 14 confirmed kills. He was killed early in the war but not in combat. Who was he and how did he die?

Was is SL  Bruce Ingram?  He was wounded and contracted tetanus and malaria and died in hospital.

Nope, he died earlier than this

The only one i can think of is Cobber Kain.....

Is it Edgar "Cobber" Kain?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_James_%22Cobber%22_Kain

He died while "beating-up" the field before returning to England from France.

julez got the name right first, but simpilot got the COD, who gets it?