Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Yup, you got it trexx!

The AUT.18 was a prototype fighter aircraft developed in Italy by Aeronautica Umbra shortly before the outbreak of World War II. It was designed in 1934 by Ing Felice Trojani, who at that time was collaborating with Umberto Nobile on the Arctic flights of the airships Norge and Italia. The aircraft's designation came from initials of the manufacturer, the surname of the designer, and the aircraft's wing area (18 m²).

Whatcha got fer us?

Cha-Ching!

I'm slam dunking this one!

 It's the:

Aeronautica Umbra AUT.18

Sorry Richie, it's not a Savoia-Marchetti of any kind.

Another try?

S.M.--- thingamajig 235?lol only serious part is the SMbit.

Cheers, Richie

Okay, let's try this prototype on for size.

I think it was the only one built? It's designation comes from the initials for the manufacturer, it's designer and the wing area! ;)

bondoman wrote:

The answer to my original question is: no port side horizontal(ish) stabilizer. Seems as tho FSM cropped it.

Glenn Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska assembled the plane but it was manufactured by Boeing.

I hope I hit all bases on this one?

OK, the middle of page two just won't do. I realize you all were in church all day, but it's time for another question.

What company built this aircraft?

The answer to my original question is:

no port side horizontal(ish) stabilizer. Seems as tho FSM cropped it.

It might be Frog. The trees are marked B-17E F123. They are just trash.

I have something else in mind on page 46, along the lines of a missing part.

Bill, I'm pretty sure the B-17 parts in your kit are the Frog molds, though I haven't had one myself.

The picture on page 46 looks like the bottom of the fuselage got washed out by too much light from the backdrop, perhaps.  Effective stealth camouflage! 

Ah yes another eBay treasure. It also smells so badly of cigarettes that I've cleaned it twice, but not much I can do about the box. I also can't figure out the provenance of the gray B-17, which I'll probably replace with an Academy one.

That must be a nice book, the photo is beautiful and now that you've explained it, makes sense. I don't think the real thing had uplights at the base of the columns!

Whats wrong with the picture on page 46 of the Sept. FSM?

As for me, I'm sticking to my vacform conversion.  You're not really going to try and build that thing are you, Bill?

OK, you now get the punishment we call a prize here, Next Question...

By the way, the picture is from a book I bought recently, of photos taken using architectural techniques of airplanes in the Smithsonian.  "In The Cockpit", by Eric Long, Mark Avino, and Dana Bell.

Well, I don't know if there are trees that near, but there is a C-124 handy to look at at Travis

But now I have to come up with a question.  Let's see, what's another good body part.... Name the plane:

Unnnhhh!!! Well yes it is, and how often does one look up at a wing while standing next to a tree?

Your turn John.

Whuddat?

Holy crap! I've never heard of that airplane!

Great question! Good work guys!

Hmmm...I see the C-5 starting to take shape!

Ok, I'm going to guess again though its not sporting:

Lockheed R6V Constitution/ L89

Landing gear and San Antonio have me

Is it the C-130/L-100????? Or could it be the C-5 Galaxy/L500?????

Cheers, Richie