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The Autogyro?
your on target but a ilttle more specific Osher.
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Avro? The only other one I know is the DH one, and that's a 5 minute drive from me, and, I don't recall it being used for that purpose
OK, Osher, you got it. The Chain Home Radars were originally calibrated with three Cierva C.30 Autogyros. They were later replaced by Avro Rotas for the same purpose.
Oh, that's funny, because the aircraft near me is a Cierva, built by DH. Anyway, here's my question: what aircraft did Rolls Royce obtain in exchange for 4 Kestrel engines?
Rolls Royce sent 4 Kestrel engines to Germany in exchange for one Heinkel He-70G, which was then used as a test bed for engine development, most notably to aid in the Spitfire design.
Well, that was jolly quick! Yes, quite so, over to you Sir!
I am looking for an aircraft. The US Navy wanted an aircraft that could be built on the cheap, in SE Asia for patrol duties. Only one was built, and although it met all of the requirements, the program was ended. Total cost of the plane was not to exceed $5000 per copy. The plane stands out as being very different from the aircraft that were fielded by the military at that time--it was nowhere near current technology at that time.
Bonus points if you can tell us what took place on the plane's final flight.
It sounds a bit like the XP-77, but that wasn't USN, so, I'm probably wrong!
Is it the Osprey GP2 Osprey?
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wow, that didnt take long....it sure is!
On to you!
The captain was here...
Its about time I got one right! Now where'd I put my rum?
Here we go for another:
It had been debated whether or not a seaplane could be looped. Name the pilot, year and seaplane type that was successfully looped and youll win a cookie!
First Lieutenant Francis T. Evans
1917
Curtiss N-9
You win a cookie! I hope it wasnt a repeat!
The floor is yours.
OK here goes:
This person was the first to fly a Tran-Pacific route and then repeated it going the opposite direction becoming the first to fly the Pacific in that direction. Today three aviation related items are named after him. Name him and the three aviation items.
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. #1 Southern Cross, #2 His namesake airport in Sydney, and well can't think of a third off hand except for the Lady Southern Cross.
Almost there. Got the person and airport, but the other two items are wrong.
Ok found the other two possibly from wiki,
Qantas will name its sixth Airbus A380 (VH-OQF) after Kingsford Smith. [citation needed]KLM named one of its Boeing 747s (PH-BUM) after Kingsford Smith.
Alright, you got it! While looking up pictures for the Qantas A380 I'm working on his name kept popping up at airliners.net, seeing has their based out of the Kingsford Smith Airport, so that's what I came up with.
Qantas A380: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Qantas/Airbus-A380-842/1671757/L/
KLM B747-200:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM---Royal/Boeing-747-206BM(SUD)/0608791/L/
Over to you Simpilot!
Thanks B17! Ok, onto the next one.
First flown in 1974, modified 747-200s were used by the US Air Force to act as emergency airborne command posts for the president and other members of government. By what unofficial nickname were these aircraft known?
Was it "looking glass"
Kneecap, derived from National Emergency Airborne Command Post.
Although I still think that the C-135 name of "Speckled Trout" is one of the better one's I have heard!
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It wasnt looking glass--that is a Navy project and the Looking Glass planes are used to communicate with our strategic nuclear forces in time of war.
I do believe that you're looking for "doomsday plane"....although, that nickname has been used for both the E-4 that you are asking about and the Looking Glass planes too.
Milair you got it!!!!! WELL DONE!! You have the helm!
Cheers.
This aircraft has now finished service in it's originally designated role, although two still serve in an entirely different role.
It was an early beneficiary of computer aided design & was recently used in a very media intensive "event".
Im gonna take a stab and say either the A-12 or SR-71 (just getting both designations for the same aircraft in to cover my bases lol)
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No, this aircraft still flies.
The "event" that it was involved in was pretty recent.
U-2/TR-1?
No, I think there are more than 2 U-2's in operation, although the ER-2 version could have probably done the same job as the A/C in question.
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