Aircraft Trivia Quiz

The Graf Zeppelin was operated by the Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei, a transatlantic airline jointly owned by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Lufthansa, and the German Air Ministry (from 1936, the RLM). Hence, I would suggest, she was an airliner. Airliners operate flying machines, usually, but not necessarily, heavier-than-air. Any flying machine, or aircraft, operated by an airline for revenue-earning purposes, is, I would suggest, an airliner.

Cheers,

Chris.

BTW, I'm pretty certain that the airliner was this:

Cheers,

Chris.

Yes, but I think you should be disqualified on account of the fact that I know you :)

So, the first person who can identify that photograph wins!

It's the Handley Page HP.42. Thats a great model, I assume it's the Contrail vacuform in 1/72?

Very impressive, I'd like to see more pics.

... and we have a bona fide winner! Not that Chris wasn't bona fide really, but I'm sure he'll get another chance soon (he knows too much!).

I'll let him show you his pics of it, but I'll steal his thunder and say that no, it's not 1:72.

Thanks for backing me up Chris.

The Graf Zeppelin was most certainly an 'airliner' operated by an airline.

But, alas... a wrong answer in chronolgical terms.

I really like the Trivia thread. You guys are doing a bang-up job... quite fun and a good excersise of the ol' noggin'

bondoman wrote:

It's the Handley Page HP.42. Thats a great model, I assume it's the Contrail vacuform in 1/72? Very impressive, I'd like to see more pics.

Thanks, Bondo!

It is, in fact, the Airfix 1/144, albeit somewhat modified. I built it for a GB on the Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum late last year. You can read my build notes, and see piccies, here:

http://gregers.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=5285

and here's another piccy:

Cheers,

Chris.

Who designed this a/c and what is it's name?

That looks very like the Stitts Skybaby.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/middle/9/6/0/0241069.jpg

Designed by Ray Stitts.

Not, incidentally, the world's smallest aircraft any more.

Cheers,

Chris.

   yeah that would be the Bede BD-5, which could be built with either a piston or jet engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede_BD-5

chris hall wrote:

That looks very like the Stitts Skybaby. http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/middle/9/6/0/0241069.jpg Designed by Ray Stitts. Not, incidentally, the world's smallest aircraft any more. Cheers, Chris.

OK.

1) Name this aircraft:

2) a)What was its intended purpose?

b) What special equipment and fittings did it carry in order to achieve this purpose?

3) What was its connection to this aircraft:

Cheers,

Chris.

artabr wrote:

This is a Supermarine P.B.31E Nighthawk ,had nose mounted searchlight , 2 pd. Davis gun on wingtop , enclosed heated cockpit & first use of an A.P.U. (for searchlight) . Built by Supermarine.

Well, that was quick. You missed out the fuel tankage for on-station endurance of 18 hours, and the top speed of 75mph, just sufficient to watch the Zeppelin disappearing over the horizon.

Your turn. Well done!

Cheers,

Chris.

It used to be a common specification for engines to be accessible by the engineer during flight.

The Do 18 had accommodation inside the pylon, underneath the nacelles, so I wouldn't be surprised if this fit the bill.

Art - maybe it could make 75mph in a dive, with a tailwind...

Anyway, I think the German aircraft you're referring to was the Henschel Hs.129. Its heavily armoured cockpit was very cramped, and even space on the instrument panel was very limited. Therefore some were mounted on the insides of the engine nacelles. The gunsight was also mounted outside the cockpit.

Cheers,

Chris.

Except the Hs 129, there was another twin engined plane that had instruments outside and it was the Arado Ar 240, by the way, few years ago RoG produced two very nice kits of this bird in 1/72, one was the normal "Zerstorer" version and the other was the night fighter /if i`m not mistaken, MPM made it in 1/48 in resin/. I really hope you had the Arado in mind instead of the Henshel !

chris hall wrote:

Art - maybe it could make 75mph in a dive, with a tailwind... Anyway, I think the German aircraft you're referring to was the Henschel Hs.129. Its heavily armoured cockpit was very cramped, and even space on the instrument panel was very limited. Therefore some were mounted on the insides of the engine nacelles. The gunsight was also mounted outside the cockpit. Cheers, Chris.

OK - several jet transport aircraft have been powered by three main engines. Name me one that has carried five, and why did it do so? (note - APUs don't count.)

Cheers,

Chris.

The Boeing 747 has a 5th pylon hardpoint to transport spare/replacement engines.

John

Here is a picture:

 http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0635769&size=L

That's the one. Gotta make these harder! Your turn, John.

Cheers,

Chris.

There was a record setting flight whose aircraft was named after a popular soft drink:

What was the name of the aircraft?

Bonus:  What kind of aircraft was it?

John

World's Smallest Flying Jet aircraft, the BD-5J sponsored by Coors Brewing Company... "The Silver Bullet" ?

Coors is considered a 'soft drink' by some...