Aircraft Trivia Quiz

wrong country

OK then, I'll shift fire left, halfway across the world and say Bagram air base, Afghanistan. No idea whose Hueys they are though.

ill give you a hint which should give away location and sqn. one of the birds from this sqn crashed in fog on april 25th 2010 killing 3 crew members. the sole survivor is doing well in hospital but cant remember the crash

Sadly this one was all over the news, The chopper is from 3 Sqd based at Ohakea AFB near Wellington, crashed in rugged terrain on Anzac day.....

unfortunatly yes. thats the sqn. but where was the photo taken?

in case your interested, heres a news article on the crash

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/anzac-day-crash-rocks-defence-community-3487977

Sorry i forgot to add that bit, the photo was taken at the Wanaka Air show, Wanaka airport....

perfect, your turn, how did you know btw?

I did a google image search for RNZAF hueys and found that pic[

I did a google image search for RNZAF hueys and found the same pic....

OK so this is a Who am I....

I'm an ace of the second world war flying in the ETO and i made history.......

not Hartman

Adolf Galland? Was the youngest General Officer of any nation.

Sim, no mate not a luftwaffe pilot....

Chuck Yeager?

You need to think way outside the box buddy......

Not an US pilot either...

It wouldn't be Ilmari Juutilainen, the top Finnish Ace, would it?

Sorry Jon but no...head east a bit more....

Lydia Litvyak, First & one of only two female aces?

Thats the one Milairjunkie over to you.....

Cheers.

How are DH Mosquito, some British costal towns, & a product of Nissan connected to a a product of Yamaha.

Someone is rebuilding a Mossie in coastal Britain using one nissan engine and one Yamaya?

Yamaha upright pianos are built in Milton Keyes, an NF Mk.II was dug up recently in Milton Keyes, the aircraft flew from Cranston, but I don't think it's a coastal town. Nissan makes a pathfinder. I know that I'm probably on the wrong track.

Best wishes,

Grant

Someone is rebuilding a Mossie in coastal Britain using one nissan engine and one Yamaya?

No, only RR could make an engine good enough to grace the Mossie.

Yamaha upright pianos are built in Milton Keyes, an NF Mk.II was dug up recently in Milton Keyes, the aircraft flew from Cranston, but I don't think it's a coastal town. Nissan makes a pathfinder. I know that I'm probably on the wrong track.

Your Nissan answer is probably getting you about 75% of the way!

& the connection to Yamaha in regards to musical instruments is correct!

cheerfull bump

Mosisie Pathfinder & two locations on the English coast!

Ok im just gonna take a stab and say a nissan pathfinder was used to tow it out? Sorry i dont mean to steal the limelight but this threads been dead a bit too long

Scorpiomikey

Sorry i dont mean to steal the limelight but this threads been dead a bit too long

It's gotten stale, please can we move it along guys? These cryptic questions are clever and a challenge, however, they take up alot of time. Even simple multi-part questions with straight-forward answers keep the thread moving.

We are past the five day limit at getting an answer. I think either more clues are in order or a new question please.

Sorry guys;

Due to the poor success of the RAF night bombing campaign, in 1942 the RAF introduced the Pathfinder Force to make use of the new Oboe radar system. It relied on two transmitters stations on the English coast, one in Dover, the other in Cromer, where operators could direct aircraft by radio to the target. The system could only direct one aircraft at a time, which is why Mossie Pathfinder aircraft were used.

Prior to the introduction of Oboe, night raid accuracy was gauged successful if they fell within 3 miles of the target - when Oboe was introduced accuracy in the order of 200 yards became the norm.

An Oboe control room;

Yamaha, as a manufacturer of musical instruments make the other type of Oboe.

Take it away!

Wow, that was wickedly obscure. Who gets the question?

I figured that with the Mossie Pathfinder being identified pretty early on, that Oboe would follow, as it is because of Oboe that the Mossie Pathfinders came to exist.

As to who's question it is - first come, first served.

First operational jet to fly in new zealand.

Vampire, although, a single Meteor did make an appearance beforehand.