Aircraft Trivia Quiz

I think I found the answers! 

The Man:

Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning

The Aircraft:

Sopwith Pup

The Date:

August 7, 1917

The Ship:

HMS Furious (First to have the ability to launch and retrieve aircraft on deck.)

Sadly on 7 August Dunning drowned trying to make the third (or second as some reports state) landing which he did successfully on August 2 thus making him the first aircaft carrier landing fatality.

Getting much closer. 

Hint: Not a takeoff.

GS

First takeoff from a moving ship

1. Commander Charles Rumney Samson
2. Short S.27
3. May 2, 1912
4. HMS Hibernia

The five day thing does make it more challenging.

Still incorrect, but in the right Navy.

Try much, much earlier in history.

GS

Logic tells me that if it isn't the US, then it will be the RN Fleet Air Arm - the outfit that originated much of what aircraft carriers are today (shame we didn't keep it that way). 

1) Eric brown

2) D/H Sea Vampire

3) 3/12/1945

4) HMS Ocean

(first carrier jet landing / takeoff)

This is probably also incorrect as I cant tie up the "5 day" thing, any chance of something else to go on?

1) James H. Flatley III

2) C130

3) 30/10/1963

4) Forrestal

Wow, that's a good one, but not the one I'm looking for.

 Hint:  Not the US.

GS

trexx wrote:

Milairjunkie wrote: off chance on this one? 1) James H. Flatley III 2) C130 3) 30/10/1963 4) Forrestal   ooh. sneaky! I bet you're right

I doubt it, but you never know. To be honest I have sat looking at this one for a while, not really even noticing that part 4) narrowed it down somewhat (couldn't see the wood for the trees).

Milairjunkie wrote:

off chance on this one? 1) James H. Flatley III 2) C130 3) 30/10/1963 4) Forrestal

ooh. sneaky! I bet you're right

off chance on this one?

1) James H. Flatley III

2) C130

3) 30/10/1963

4) Forrestal

Close, but not quite...

The Man -- wrong man

The Aircraft -- wrong aircraft

The Date -- wrong date

The Ship -- wrong ship

but the "event" is close

Landing an aircraft on a ship

Eugene Ely

Curtiss Pusher

January 18, 1911

Cruiser USS Pennsylvania (not BB-38)

??? Blind guess off the top of my head.

Well, a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then...

Okay, here goes:  What is the "first"?

The Man

The Aircraft

The Date

The Ship

Hint - it occurred 5 days after another first, same man, same aircraft model, same ship.

Milairjunkie wrote:

Yea, I was sort of thinking that - last time I do a multipart.

...twas hard to get into that one, once I realized it didn't involve a snow-cone machine or something fun like that...! HA!

Yes Greenshirt, Yes, Yes, Yes;

1)The B-2,

2)Pant & coating stripping,

3)It doesn't damage the many composite & sensitive surfaces, it's environmentally friendly.

During block 30 upgrade the B-2 is stripped of all its paint, RAM & coatings so that its stealth profile can be brought back to where it should be. Northrop-Grumman have developed a patented process (Envirostrip) to carry this out, using crystallized wheat starch & compressed air. The first completed airframe was AV20, spirit of Pennsylvania.

The most prominent contributor would be Jack Northrop, who was shown design drawing & models of the A/C before his death in 1981. The A/C has become news worthy on more than one occasion, with confidential information apparently being passed to both Russia & China.

On a trivial note, as most will probably be aware, the rendition of the B-2 cockpit in "broken arrow" was whatever the next thing after pathetic is.

Interesting A/C, but still prefer the SR-71 though.

Greenshirt, the floor is yours.

Milairjunkie wrote:

There was another military A/C response, not that many ago. It is not a X-Plane. Come on, you are so nearly there.

1. B-2A, Block 30

2. I'm not familiar enough with stealth maintenance to know why a crystalline substance is necessary for maintenance ... but if I'm close, it may be dry ice crystals but I'm not sure what for.

3.  Already got this one right, but IMHO, for the wrong reasons.

One of the 2 Block 30 B-2A's is Spirit of Pennsylvania but I'm not sure what that has to do with another "state" other than Congressman Murtha may have used his considerable leverage to get it named for his state instead of another.

Tim

There was another military A/C response, not that many ago. It is not a X-Plane.

Come on, you are so nearly there.

Milairjunkie wrote:

Your answer does fit the bill, but is not what I am looking for. 1) is incorrect, 2) is part correct, 3) is correct. 1) has been answered correctly by someone else, but they did not offer anything for 2)& 3). The aircraft is much newer & unique than the VC-25, it remains in service & will do for some time, it has been involved in political scandal, Pennsylvania & 30 are very relevant.

Yikes!  Only other military aircraft response was the SR-71.

Does the X-30 of the '80s and the X-43 series of now have any relationship?

Tim

Your answer does fit the bill, but is not what I am looking for. 1) is incorrect, 2) is part correct, 3) is correct.

1) has been answered correctly by someone else, but they did not offer anything for 2)& 3).

The aircraft is much newer & unique than the VC-25, it remains in service & will do for some time, it has been involved in political scandal, Pennsylvania & 30 are very relevant.

Your last hint gives it away:

1.  The Aircraft- VC-25

2. The process-  Media blasting with ice crystals (you said crystalline)

3.  Two reasons- Environmentally friendly and little or no chance of damaging underlying materials.

Tim

Actually crushed walnut shells is a good agent for cleaning and polishing metal as it is a very mild abrasive. They actually have an airbrush attachment for this. I have seen one person actually use the technique to peel paint on a model with good results.

Mike T.

In the Navy, we media blasted our airplanes with water, which also didn't damage the enviornment.  And our airplanes were special too, to us!

Running walnut through jet engines to clean the compressor blades has been a standard practice for almost as long as there have been turbine engines. 

I'll take a stab,...although I have no clue what question to ask If this is right.

1.  The Aircraft- VC-25

2. The process-  Media blasting with walnut shells

3.  Two reasons- Environmentally friendly (the AF loves this) and little or no chance of damaging underlying materials.

The fat chick has not had the chance to sing quite yet;

1) The A/C

2) The process

3) the two reasons for using this specific "ingredient".

Airman Jim used to be on a detail with pushbrooms where they pushed MEK around on B-36s but that's not my answer.

Northrop.

B-2

Like said, this process is used ON the A/C during an upgrade/maintenace op. The process happens on the ground, the ingredient is not used by the A/C itself. The A/C is pretty much state of the art, this has a connection with Pennsylvania.

The most visibly prominent contributer to the A/C passed away several years ago.

There was a notable story re. this A/C a few years ago that involved an "opposing" state.

I know that WWI aircraft used castor oil as an engine lubricant which gave a semi-gloss appearance to the front of the aircraft and amazing things to the pilots, but it wasn't a crystal.

Pesticides are usually pre-mixed prior to being loaded into aircraft.

Sterile Medflies are released from small aircraft for better coverage.

This is a stumper

Mike T.