Aircraft Trivia Quiz

T_Terrific wrote:

Milairjunkie wrote: That's what I was getting at - anyhow, more importantly - its your turn now. No question posted within 48H of correct reply results in abduction by special ops team for some strange & painfull s***. Actually, the time frame for a "blank" question or answer is not supposed to be as few as 48 hours. When I first suggested this forum, I then later added a couple of simple rules so no one could unfairly come in and possibly "hang the forum out to dry" (whether the reason is valid or a hostile gesture by an antogonistic troll) by not responding. Since I got tired of re-posting the basic guidelines for when the forum becomes "open" to anyone else, I finally took the time to revise my opening post at the beginning of this string that I origionally posted in '05. See:  /forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&PostID=896447 Tom

OOOP! I was so gleefully celebrating, I shirked my responsibility! OK, Tom... I'm thinking. Give me an hour or so...

Tom,

The post was intend as humour, I thought that would have been indicated by its contents?

Just like to see the ATQ active - some folks seem to post answers & go MIA for a long while. 

Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk, it could catch the trapeze hanging from the "carrier" (either the Macon, or Akron) and be lifted up inside

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron_(ZRS-4)

navypitsnipe wrote:

Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk, it could catch the trapeze hanging from the "carrier" (either the Macon, or Akron) and be lifted up inside

OH man! Too smart!

Good work, Propellor Head!

... dang, didn't take long!

Booooo Yaaaa!!!!!!!!!

 ok, i'm good lol. just been a while since i got one on the first try.

This Allied WWII ETO Ace was shot down by friendly fire while pursuing a formation of FW 190's over the front line on Christmas Day, 1944.

1. What was his name? (rank included)

2. What was the name of his plane?

3. What was his most well known accomplishment?

Bonus: How many kills did he have at the time of his death?

1:Maj. George E. Peddy Jr.

2:Cripes A mighty

3: finding the enemy

B:24

1 and 2 are correct

3, while true, is not what i'm looking for

bonus is close but not quite high enough

  just a little higher, almost there

I not sure this is right squadron signal says 25.83 but I think I heard it was 28

close enough, here is a roundup of the answers

1. Major George E. Preddy Jr.

2. Cripes A Mighty 3rd

3. Scoring 6 kills in one mission, August 6, 1944

Bonus: his official score according to wikipedia is 26.83, including his one confirmed in the PTO, that might be why squadron says 25.83, just counting ETO kills.

Over to you

This post is not to answer the latest question but to comment on the fact that the Sparrowhawk was the answer to T_Terrific's question in April last year.

 I suppose this thread has been running so long now that this will happen again. I know it can be very difficult coming up with something to stump all you knowledgable guys.

Just scroll down this page... /forums/58/567093/ShowPost.aspx#567093

What WWII experimental plane had a pratt and whitteney 2000 HP and was hoped to reached the speed of 507 mph but instead went 377mph. It had bad stability issues so it was canceled.

 What plane is it?

sorry nope. pretty close it is  a cutiss

  the YP-60E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_YP-60

it says the YP differed from the XP by having the 2100HP R2800 

  or the XP-62

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_XP-62

  it says it had a max speed of 448 mph

so i'm not sure

Hmmm...

So NOT the Northrop XP-56 "Black Bullet" ...

...the welded skin with pusher prop?

Not the Ascender?

The Ascender had an in-line. ...the Allison 1710 V12...

Unless some yay-hoo built a version that I don't know about with a radial! (completely possible)

I'm sorry. When I read the question, I saw "Stability issues .. 377mph", then I saw a hint that the P-56 was close.

The ascender did not have a radial. 

Brews wrote:

The ascender did not have a radial.

   well he never said specifically that it had a radial engine, although i don't think P&W ever made an inline

navypitsnipe wrote:

Brews wrote: The ascender did not have a radial.     well he never said specifically that it had a radial engine, although i don't think P&W ever made an inline

Correct, my friend. That being one of the main clues I'm tracking on... but the mainEST clue is the expected speed of OVER 500 miles per hour...

...so it's gonna be a late war design... with a radial... or two... HMmmm

I'm stumped. The P-56 fits... BUT it's not a Curtiss machine! Dang!

Ok ... it seems I DID get it right :)

Which was the first airliner to fly 1 million miles without loss of life through accident?

Brews wrote:

Ok ... it seems I DID get it right :) Which was the first airliner to fly 1 million miles without loss of life through accident?

Uhhh... sooo... what was the Curtiss 500mph contender? I'm not clear of your choice.

Q: Which was the first airliner to fly 1 million miles without loss of life through accident?

The Graf Zeppelin... retired after SIX MILLION miles of flight... NOT ONE death or complaint for that matter... in all those journeys!

First Transatlantic service, Berlin to Rio Dejinero NON-STOP!

Hmmm... Our generation certainly has settled for the dregs!