Aircraft Trivia Quiz

A  couple of pages back  in aircraft trivia I asked what WW2 aircraft was desinged on a match book cover by a Northrop engeener oops! that should havebeen Lockeed engeener. So to make up for my goof I'll give you guys a hint. The Japanese called it  two planes with one pilot.  Sorry for the goof so slap me silly and you can call me Nancy!!                                  ACESES5           

OK, so that narrows it down to a UK design. Not the Hawker Hunter because it was still going very strong in the 1960s and was not retired until the 80s.  But it was a record setter.

How about Supermarine Swift FR.5? Developed from the  Type 510 and Supermarine Attacker.

Percival Pembroke?

And Stik has it.

Development

Supermarine S6b Seaplane, whose lines are very present in....

Supermarine Spitfire, which needed a stronger wing for faster flight, enter

Supermarine Spiteful, which supermarine proposed could be a jet

Supermarine Attacker, was OK in RN service but not happy in general as a tail sitter so lets give it tricycle and swept wings...

Supermarine Swift, had major teething problems so RAF went towards the Hunter but the FR.5 still served well as a PR aircraft.

The lines of each of these aircraft is clearly present in the preceeding aircraft

Andrew

Talk about a thoroughbred pedigree! 

OK, so here we go: this aircraft was deveoped at the request of an export client nation after their great success with it's predecessor, which it was developed from. It would go on to perform admirably in the hands of several nations all across the globe. It would see major combat in two wars roughly a decade apart in two different roles.

again im gonna say the skyhawk. I know it flew anti shipping in the fawklands war and its flown in ground attack roles in other wars. dont know the predecessor though. am i right?

ACESES5

A  couple of pages back  in aircraft trivia I asked what WW2 aircraft was desinged on a match book cover by a Northrop engeener oops! that should havebeen Lockeed engeener. So to make up for my goof I'll give you guys a hint. The Japanese called it  two planes with one pilot.  Sorry for the goof so slap me silly and you can call me Nancy!!                                  ACESES5           

Rules state you must answer a question before you get to ask. Thats probably why noones tried to answer this

Scorpiomikey

ACESES5:

A  couple of pages back  in aircraft trivia I asked what WW2 aircraft was desinged on a match book cover by a Northrop engeener oops! that should havebeen Lockeed engeener. So to make up for my goof I'll give you guys a hint. The Japanese called it  two planes with one pilot.  Sorry for the goof so slap me silly and you can call me Nancy!!                                  ACESES5           

 

Rules state you must answer a question before you get to ask. Thats probably why noones tried to answer this

Exactlly even though I know the answer, and I'm sure alot of us do.

I think the predecessor to the Skyhawk would have been the Skyraider, designed by the same person Ed Heineman.

Not the Skyhawk. But the first aircraft it was modified/descended from is of roughly the same vintage. just a few years newer.

I think that the answer involves sand and a group of small islands. I may be wrong, though. Reading with interest.

Best wishes,

Grant

The F-5?

You are right Grant about your feeling... I am sure this is a giveaway clue, but it has flown against itself in opposing air arms in combat.

P-51 Mustang?

No this aircraft is more recent than the Mustang.

Mirage F.1?

Not the Mirage F.1. either... a tad older.

Next clue- when this aircraft flew against itself by opposing air arms in combat, there was air to air combat and kills.

I guess some Soviet aircraft also used by the Finns - Polikarpov I-153 or Lavochkin Lagg-3?

No, youre going too far back. This aircraft is a fast mover. It was used in opposing air arms as a result of sales to both countries, not because it was captured from another.

Chengdu J-7?

This aircraft was not built in the Eastern/Communist Bloc.

Could it be the F4 Phantom?

No, not the Phantom. This aircraft was not a big visual change from its' predecessor, and was a step in a different direction in its predecessor than the Phantom was over its'. I dont know of the Phantom being used by two opposing air forces in air to air in any war, like the aircraft in question.

I thought it was a long shot. I know Iran and Isreal had Phantoms and thought maybe they  squared off.

My only other thought is the Typhoon or Tempest.

No, this aircraft is a jet, and has fought in two of the more well documented major air wars of the cold war era although one was nothing to do with cold war rivalries, as well as several minor conflicts, clashes. This aircraft was not produced by Russia, China, or the United States.

gmat

I think that the answer involves sand and a group of small islands. I may be wrong, though. Reading with interest.

Best wishes,

Grant

Very much so...

DH Vampire and Sea Venom in the Suez?

fast forward two decades and then you are in the right year and place for the combat debut

It must have been the Mirage/Kfir derivative.  Don't think the Egyptians flew Phantoms and I don't think any MiGs were sold to Israel.