Aircraft Trivia Quiz

simpilot34 wrote:

Oops!! I didn't mention the year!!!! Well mojo when devros get's back to us with a decision I will give it to you as I have not completed the question as asked.

You're right, Simpilot34. I was waiting to see if part two, of the quesrion, would be answered and Mojo got both parts so he has the honour of setting the next one.

 The Lightning is one mighty fine aircraft, in my opinion. Out performing its competitors for thirty years of its life. It had the ability to intercept the U-2 which is an amazing feat.

I'm with simpilot34 on this one, the hotrod EE Lightning, the prototype did this in 1954.

Dont forget that Concorde was doing it as a matter of course by the 70s & the TSR-2 was also at it in the 60s!

Shame the way the British aviation industry went really.

And another thing, why are you guys awake at 0'dark thirty in the morning?

Is that how you build so many models?

Wikipoop lists this event as follows: The first turbine-powered aircraft to exceed Mach 1 in level flight without afterburners was the P.1 prototype of the English Electric Lightning, on August 4, 1954.

However, just to play the devil's advocate, wouldn't the flight of Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947 be considered the first supersonic flight without an afterburner?

RemcoGrob wrote:

bondoman wrote: Why is that airplane so ugly, or is it just me? It's you, because the Buccaneer is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever build. Right after the Spitfire and the Hunter (I don't know why but brits make the best looking aircraft, just like russians often make mean and intimidating aircraft)

I'll put the P-51 up against the 'Cane. Spit no issue, but the US comes back with the F-80, F-84 and F-86 as a three' fer. EE Lightning vs. Phantom II don't go there.

But really I'm a child of both traditions and Camm and Mitchell and Petter were brilliant, as were Kindleberger and Johnson and Douglas.

Sorry for the delay in coming uo with a new question. Anyway; here it is.

 Supercruise, the ability to maintain supersonic speed without using an afterburner, is one of the features of the F-22 Raptor but which was the first aircraft to demonstrate this ability and in what year?

bondoman wrote:

Why is that airplane so ugly, or is it just me?

It's you, because the Buccaneer is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever build. Right after the Spitfire and the Hunter (I don't know why but brits make the best looking aircraft, just like russians often make mean and intimidating aircraft)

I did, and I'm really sorry because I didn't mean to hijack the post.

The Buccaneer just astounds me though, because I understand that she is/was super capable, but omygod! I'd die of fright first if one were attacking me. OBTW, anyone know of a viddy of that one? Yeah, Youtube, I'm sure.

Time for the next question, I'd say and again mea culpa.

While we are on the subject, how is this for two European, carrier based, turboprop, ASW pigs in a poke;

Milairjunkie wrote:

Cmon, it's hardly that ugly - look at this;

OH! You're sooo cyber-bopped for dising the venerable Gutless! One of the coolest Luft46 musings that ever made it to cut metal!

Cmon, it's hardly that ugly - look at this;

Yes, the Buccaneer.

I was sort of hoping some of our friends from the other side of the water would attempt this one & miss the Buccaneer.

The Buccaneer had a rotating bomb bay for opening at speed, used plenty of milled structural components & also featured a blown wing (Boundary layer control) to reduce landing speed - the rear petal air-brake was fitted to counteract the fact that the engines had to be spun up quite well to supply the blown wing with air.

Sorry for the delay!

This was a very hardy, high speed, low level strike (conv. or nuclear) aircraft, which for it era was as accurate as accurate could be. It was used in both land based & naval variants, featured a novel although not unique bomb bay, used advanced structural manufacturing & featured a rather involved method of making landing slightly easier. 

bondoman wrote:

Simpilot34 got it on the nose, and nicely done- I really like the exhibit he showed...

You would, you whacked out airplane-nut-bar!

You got it Milair!!! Well done!! Yes, the massive wing area of the Vulcan can take a bigger bite on the thin air at altitude than the small wings of the Eagle. I don't think it would fair so well against a Raptor though.

Floor is yours Milair!

Avro Vulcan?

From memory, the long retired EE Lightning can thrash it in a straight line as well!

Ok I'll try and not stuff up this one. We're only humanoids!

What British bomber is capable of outmanoeuvering F-15's in high-altitude mock dogfights?

Simpilot34 got it on the nose, and nicely done- I really like the exhibit he showed.

It's the same one in the Museum- it was subjected to a series of atom bomb blasts in 1952 through 1963, and then used in Broken Arrow weapons retreival practice. (Air + Space, June 2008). It was rediscovered, decontaminated and flown to Wright patterson, where it will be on display in that condition.

Ritchie, your turn.

XF-90, hmmm? Now there's a thought.

Here is the one in the National Museum and the intake with those three gun ports could fit. Hmmm?

I was thinking along the lines of P-80 also for the same reasons, but ruled that out. Look at the hammer lying next to the fuse. It's size would suggest this a/c is small and probably single engined. The cross section is quite flat on the bottom, but I'm not sure the nose gear folds rearward. There may be damage in that area that is confusing me.

It doesn't take much to confuse me!

Also, I don't see any wing spar, so how far aft of this section is the main wing?

Hmmm?