Aircraft Trivia Quiz

I thought brain44 might have been quicker of the mark (like an Arrow - so to speak) on this one.

I am not familiar with whats shown, but assume it is some sort of flight / aerodynamic modeling to help acheive the then blackish art of getting a big supersonic delta to fly well & match the required criterea?

I guess this is where some of the 30M odd Dollars went on design & modeling.

This bird reminds me of the TSR.2, both ill fated but very capable aircraft - but that whole conversation is another matter!

bondoman wrote:

Wuddat?

Uh... something really neat-O and pointy that flys really fast with a big jet of flame coming from it's arse end!

Wuddat?

Milairjunkie wrote:

Some pics to help move thing's along, one relevant, another less relevant - but to good looking to miss;

According to Canadian Polictical Thought, the Canadian stand was that there were no Nuclear Weapons on Canadian Soil, but once the VooDoo's were knocked from Canadian Military Stores, the 'Genie' Nuclear Tipped Missiles (which were carried in the rotary weapons bay of the VooDoo) were removed from the weapons dump outside of Chatham, New Brunswick.

That was the scuttlebutt anyway.

C-123 + Bird Dog me thought?

 Onto You.

The Voodoo was originally designed as a long range bomber escort, which was a poor design without inflight refueling.

The Phantom is/was a derivative design.

F-101s (r) in SEA would have been gray I'm sure, or  NATO green over gray.

Thats a nice photo for trivia. I'd say a C-123, but is that a J-04?

Milairjunkie wrote:

From what I can dig out, that is correct. This was a three-parter mind!   (This was later in the war, I dont know if the first 101s over there had SEA camo or if they were in NMF?)

Some pics to help move thing's along, one relevant, another less relevant - but to good looking to miss;

From what I can dig out, that is correct.

This was a three-parter mind!

(This was later in the war, I dont know if the first 101s over there had SEA camo or if they were in NMF?)

According to my book "Vietnam Air Warfare" the first US jet powered aircraft to fly in Vietnam officially was RF-101C's in 1961.

Cheers, Richie

"last of the gunfighters" become the SLUF.

I could be wrong here, but that is not what I thought the answer was. If I am correct(?), the first jet was certainally not a gunship!

OK,

What was the first US jet powered aircraft to operate officially in the vietnam conflict?

What was it's original design role?

What aircraft was this a stepping stone to? 

Milairjunkie wrote:

Or maybe the swapability of the PW F135 & GE/RR F136?

OK, is it the "Rolling Transfer" kit?

Or maybe the swapability of the PW F135 & GE/RR F136?

Is it the powerplant's Integrated Power Package, which features a turbine driven starter / genarator which after being spun up for starting, switches over to a generator?

If this is correct, the reason is for reduced weight, increased reliability & to maximise "packaging" - it is also required to sustain the considerable electrical demand that the F-35 will have. 

The SAM-13 is the correct anwser, design work on that one started in 1938.

So you can ask the next question.

I am curious to what other twin boom pusher-puller fighters you have found, I do not know any other ones.

bertman wrote:

Are you allowed to look things up on the net or do you have to know them already? I found some early '40s planes, a German, Soviet and an American--seems everyone dabbled in the idea sooner or later. I won't post em, since I dunno if it's allowed yet :)

I don't know if there is a rule book but I think that looking things up is inevitable.

Just give an anwser, one plane at a time (not "it's either...or.....or maybe the..... But it could also be the...")

trexx wrote:

Knowing the two types and their similarity washes us all in the beaming light of your well-tuned, AIRPLANE oriented brain! GREAT JOB!

Let me explain how I know this one, I live in the Netherlands, Belgium is one of our neighbouring countries. That's why I am not only intrested in dutch but also in belgian aviation history.  And I have been reading about Dutch and Belgian aviation history since I was a little kid.

My question: the Fokker D.23 was a remarkable airplane, with an (almost) unique twin boom, push-pull configuration.

However, there was another late 1930's fighter with the same configuration. Name that aircraft..

RemcoGrob!

Correct.

"Caproni Ca 335"

AND BONUS POINTS TOO...! FOR YOU!

Knowing the two types and their similarity washes us all in the beaming light of your well-tuned, AIRPLANE oriented brain! GREAT JOB!

 I am thining it either the Sabca S.47 or the Caproni Ca 335 Maestrale. The Sabca S.47 was based on the Caproni Ca 335 Maestrale, so they look alike.

I am going to say it's the Sabca S.47.

bondoman wrote:

It's the Piaggio P119. Gotta rename your pics, man.

D'ya have any idea how hard it is to come up with this stuff!!?? Consider yourself, 'cyber smacked-n-da-forehead!

Ohhh! Dirty RATS! (my best Yosemite Sam impression)

 If I can be so bold to go again...!

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And a nice profile shot---->

Before you attempt to answer what's up next, let us all oogle the beauty. Remember... this is 1936!

Question:

What is that?---->

Dang-darned Elegant bird!

Excellent facts you've posted to go along with your "lookie here" question! Good one.

OK... I'm thinking. I'm thinking... (for next question)