Aircraft Trivia Quiz

That would be the 8-storey high Vitane C hot air balloon:

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/8921-campaign-is-more-than-hot-air

would it not?

Cheers,

Chris.

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... 

I think this one is even smaller;

In answer to jlbishop's question;

Vin Fiz,

Wright EX,

Milairjunkie you are correct!

 The Vin Fiz was the first aircraft to fly a transcontinental route across the U.S.!

John

Cheers;

This A/C is a supersonic, twin turbo jet, 3 seat bomber/recce craft. It first flew in the 50s, saw action in the 70s & 80s, & was retired in the 90s. To say it was unpopular with its crews would be an understatement.

That would be one of these:

"No good has ever come of an aircraft with only downward-firing ejector seats" Discuss.

Cheers,

Chris.

This 2-seater aircraft, intended for surface strike, was powered by two 5000 hp turboprops, and was defended by two cannon mounted in a tail barbette. Development started in the late 1940s, with first flight in 1955. By this time the aircraft's initial raison d'etre had disappeared, but the test programme continued until being cancelled in 1956.

1) What was the aircraft's name?

2) What was its original purpose?

Cheers,

Chris.

chris hall wrote:

This 2-seater aircraft, intended for surface strike, was powered by two 5000 hp turboprops, and was defended by two cannon mounted in a tail barbette. Development started in the late 1940s, with first flight in 1955. By this time the aircraft's initial raison d'etre had disappeared, but the test programme continued until being cancelled in 1956. 1) What was the aircraft's name? 2) What was its original purpose? Cheers, Chris.

'cept for the powerplants, the Douglas B-66 fits all the other clues... DANG! I'm stumped.

There was, of course, a turpbprop version of the Meteor:

Two Rolls-Royce Trent, for a total power output somewhat less than a single late-model Rolls-Royce Griffin.

But that's not what I'm thinking of. In fact, the Boot's an entirely different foot....

Cheers,

Chris.

chris hall wrote:

There was, of course, a turpbprop version of the Meteor: Two Rolls-Royce Trent, for a total power output somewhat less than a single late-model Rolls-Royce Griffin. But that's not what I'm thinking of. In fact, the Boot's an entirely different foot.... Cheers, Chris.

...is it bigger than a bread box?

I need more clues... my brain is sore.

I doubt it, but closest I could get;

NAA A2J Super Savage,

Carrier based nuclear capable strike.

??

chris hall wrote:

In fact, the Boot's an entirely different foot....

Having had to resort to google myself, I don't deserve the trophy, if the Tu-91 "Boot" is the correct answer.

Nothing wrong with resorting to Google, Bruce. It's not what you know, it's  what you know about finding things out, after all! Tupolev Tu.91 Boot, a maritime turboprop Sturmovik, was the right answer.

http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/bomber/tu91/tu91-c1.jpg

 http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bomber/tu91.html

The one and only Soviet propeller-driven carrier-borne attack aircraft, the problem was, of course, that after Stalin's death, the Politburo decided that the money they were going to spend on battleships and carriers for the navy would be better spent on IRBMs and ICBMs.

Your turn. Consignment of crab crispies  on their way.

Cheers,

Chris.

Clive Robertson Caldwell.

Did the Tu-91 really have twin turboprops???? All references I can find suggest a single engine?

Milairjunkie wrote:

Did the Tu-91 really have twin turboprops???? All references I can find suggest a single engine?

My main reference for this was 'Soviet X-Planes - Experimental and Prototype Aircraft 1931 to 1989' by Yefim Gordon and Bill Sweetman, published by Motorbooks International in 1992. They say it had two 5000-hp range Kusnetsov NK-6s. Checking on the web, I've found three sources, all of which say it had a single turboprop, but all of which differ in detail. Not mpossible that it might have been a coupled turboprop, like the Armstrong Whitworth Double Mamba, or the Bristol Coupled Proteus, with two separate sets of compressors, combustion chambers and turbines turning a single (or two co-axial) shaft.

Apologies if this caused any confusion.

Cheers,

Chris.

Milairjunkie wrote:

Clive Robertson Caldwell.

and of course, you're right.

A very poot shot, until he practised a lot (by shooting at the shadow of his P-40 in the desert). "Killer" Caldwell was once shot down by a Zero when one of his Hispano cannon jammed, and the recoil of the other one slewedhis Spitfire and thus missing the Zero that shot him moments later. There's a lot to be said about centreline weapons.

Over to you. 

Cheers.

This aircraft was a high performance, single seat, single engine (reciprocating), low wing monplane fighter prototype built in the mid 40s. According to all who flew it the aircraft it was superb, however due to interest in the young jet engine, no order was ever placed. 

No examples of this aircraft exist.

The manufacturer is one that has been prevelant in the post war military aviation industry, although many of it products since 1961 don't add up to much.   

Correct, the M.B.5 from Martin Baker - You guys are just to fast - on to you.

Milairjunkie wrote:

The manufacturer is one that has been prevelant in the post war military aviation industry, although many of it products since 1961 don't add up to much.

Are you suggesting that the later MB ejection seats are no good? 

1961 Was the first firing of a 0/0 seat > which doesn't add up to much - if you know what I mean.

I wouldn't suggest for a second that their products are not up to much, to date they have saved 7224 lives - not bad.

For anyone interested, their website makes some interesting reading for anoraks (yes I am);

http://www.martin-baker.com/

Milairjunkie wrote:

I wouldn't suggest for a second that their products are not up to much, to date they have saved 7224 lives - not bad.

Yeah but they killed Goose, so that discounts everything, lol

Nice one!!!!!

Topgun - nice planes, shame about the pilots - I think they must have came from the Cheddar cheese squadron - so no, the crack with Goose does not count. Martin Baker seats as fitted to the F-14 have an intelligent character monitoring system in them, & as such would not attempt to save the likes of these cheesy characters.

Milairjunkie wrote:

Nice one!!!!! Topgun - nice planes, shame about the pilots - I think they must have came from the Cheddar cheese squadron - so no, the crack with Goose does not count. Martin Baker seats as fitted to the F-14 have an intelligent character monitoring system in them, & as such would not attempt to save the likes of these cheesy characters.