Aircraft Trivia Quiz

How about the Mirage III?

stikpusher

How about the Mirage III?

No, not the aircraft I was thinking about. Did the Mirage III have offspring which weren't delta?

Yes, the Mirage F-1C, as well as a swing wing variant that was never went in to production.

I know there was an 8 engined variant of the Mirage, but a twin engined too?

DH Vampire- single engine, straight wing.

DH Venom- single engine, straightish wing

DH Sea Vixen- twin engine, swept wing

Alas, no longer in service.

Can't be the DH jet range, as the Vampire first flew at the end of WWII, and even used parts from the Mosquito...

Stickpusher - point taken.

Osher - the Mirage IV was loosley speaking an enlarged twin engined Mirage III. The Mirage 4000, which some political wrangling "put to bed" was also a twin.

The aircraft in question had 5 notable production models, all made in reasonably quantity.

SU-9?  It was re-developed into the SU-11, and the SU-24 with twin engines, and it first flew in 1957.  The 24 is swing wing, the SU-9 fixed delta.

Osher - OH so close.

SU-7?

osher

SU-7?

Spot on, the Su-7 led to the Su-9, to the Su-11, to the Su-15, to the Su-17. The Su-15 was fitted with twin engines & the Su-17 had variable geometry.

and the SU-24 too!

OK, I guess that means it's my turn.  So, what was the first allied bomber to fly using a jet engine?

I think  Lancaster bombers served as a test-beds for early jet engines or it could have been the passenger conversion, the Lancastrian. Would that count?

Nope, not the Lancaster, in fact, I believe this aircraft flew before the Lancaster entered service.

The Martin B-26 was used as a test bed for SNECMA Atar jet engines by France.

So was the He 274. But I suppose that's not an "allied" bomber....

Would someone please sell a new and improved Vautour.

The B-45 was the first operational US jet powered bomber...

It wasnt the B-26, the first Atar engine wasnt built until March 1948.....the first YB-49 jet flying wing bomber flew in October 1947, five months prior.  Before that, the XB-45 Tornado first flew in March 1947.  There was also the Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster, which first flew in May 1946.  That is the earliest one I could find--before that, jet engines were used on fighters and not bombers, aside from the Ar-234 German jet bomber.

This aircraft was not a production jet, but, did use the Power Jet W.1 jet engine.

Wellington W5516/G;

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Spot on!  I can't see the picture (logging on from work and Photobucket is barred), but, yes, before the Gloster was used, a Wellington was used to test the engine out, making the first allied jet a bomber.

Cheers.

This is a twin engined, twin seat, high wing, ground attack (primarily) aircraft which remains in service. It suffered a protracted development & uses a license built version of a well known powerplant.

Nanchang Q-5 - twin engined, using a copy of a Russian engine, ground attack, high(ish) wing, and two seats in some variants

Sorry, no - I think the crew would be in for a tight squeeze in that one?

The aircraft in question uses a licensed built version of a Western engine.

Taking a stab here, Panavia Tornado?

simpilot34

Taking a stab here, Panavia Tornado?

No, sorry. The RB199 was built by the Turbo Union consortium, not license built as such & was only fitted to the Tornado. The aircraft in question uses a strictly licensed built version of an engine which has been fitted to several aircraft - the engine pre-dates the RB199 & is more powerful.

I was close first time!  It's the Xian JH-7 also called the JBC-1 Flying Leopard, a Chinese twin seat twin engined high wing ground attack, using a licence built RR Spey engine.

Yes indeed, the Xian JH-7A. You are the man!

OK, identical question as before, except, this aircraft is single seat for attack, and twin seat for advanced weapons training.

How about Mitsubishi F-1 (single seat attack) and T-2 (twin seat trainer) using a license built Rolls Royce Turbomeca Adour- the Ishikawajima-Harima TF40-IHI-801A