Aircraft Trivia Quiz

chris hall wrote:

OK, this aircraft, powered by a total of three supercharged engines, was armed with two large-calibre (by the standards of the day for aircraft) cannon. Nevertheless, it wasn't a fighter, in the normal sense of the word, or a ground attack aircraft. Name the manufacturer. Cheers, Chris.

 Hmmm the Germans made a three motored job that had two wing nacelles with a motor each and a fuselage installation as a third driving a massive blower for supercharging... but what was it's intended use? I dunno... Hmmm

chris hall wrote:

OK, this aircraft, powered by a total of three supercharged engines, was armed with two large-calibre (by the standards of the day for aircraft) cannon. Nevertheless, it wasn't a fighter, in the normal sense of the word, or a ground attack aircraft. Name the manufacturer. Cheers, Chris.

I assume that this one has been Microsoft certified as being "Guaranteed Google Proof"?

chris hall wrote:

This one? The Nord 1500 Griffon - a ramjet-powered, delta-winged, French supersonic research aircraft, developed in the late 1950s. It was capable of a top speed of Mach 2.15. The data developed was used in the design and development of the Dassault Mirage. Cheers, Chris.

Good work, Chris!

I've done an illustration on an old audio cassette cover from that very photo...

OK, this aircraft, powered by a total of three supercharged engines, was armed with two large-calibre (by the standards of the day for aircraft) cannon. Nevertheless, it wasn't a fighter, in the normal sense of the word, or a ground attack aircraft. Name the manufacturer.

Cheers,

Chris.

The very one, & you have even saved me from posting a pic.

Your question.

This one?

The Nord 1500 Griffon - a ramjet-powered, delta-winged, French supersonic research aircraft, developed in the late 1950s. It was capable of a top speed of Mach 2.15. The data developed was used in the design and development of the Dassault Mirage.

Cheers,

Chris.

Duh.  The question doesn't even say it's a twin engine jet.  It's probably the NORD 1402 ramjet powered delta-winged prototype.  I'll bet it competed against the Mirage and NORD did in fact go on to build many transport aircraft.  After a couple of mergers it became part of Sud-Aviation.

I'm confusing myself now.

The problem is that the Arrow versions that flew used a set of J-75 engines which are nothing particularily unique.  Even with the Iroquis engine by Orenda I'm not sure that qualifies as a unique powerplant.

Might be that French ramjet twin which I think was built by NORD but I can't remember the aircraft type number.

Sorry folk, none correct so far.

This Particular manufacturer had no real sucsess with mach+ aircraft, most of its products were at the slower end of the market, trainers, transports, liaison............ The company no longer exists as such, following more than one merger.

Milairjunkie wrote:

OK, this aircraft was developed, flown & wrapped up in the 50s. It featured a delta wing, unusually powerplant type & mach 2+ performance. An aircraft competing in the same program was however sucsesfull, and has resulted in a family of aircraft which continue to serve today.

Sukoi, SU-9 Fishpot with AL7F-1 engine.  It lost out to the Mig-21 Fishbed.  The SU-9 was a precursor to the SU-15 Flagon, which did enjoy some success as production fighter, including shooting down the Korean 747 airliner KAL 007.

Darwin, O.F.   

trexx wrote:

Milairjunkie wrote: OK, this aircraft was developed, flown & wrapped up in the 50s. It featured a delta wing, unusually powerplant type & mach 2+ performance. An aircraft competing in the same program was however sucsesfull, and has resulted in a family of aircraft which continue to serve today.   Lockheed's A-12?

Swedish? ...something that competed against a Saab... I'll bet.

YF-107A?  (Super Sabre)  This aircraft lost in the feasibility competition to the F-105....

John

Milairjunkie wrote:

OK, this aircraft was developed, flown & wrapped up in the 50s. It featured a delta wing, unusually powerplant type & mach 2+ performance. An aircraft competing in the same program was however sucsesfull, and has resulted in a family of aircraft which continue to serve today.

Lockheed's A-12?

chris hall wrote:

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.

...that's a raw deal!

OK, this aircraft was developed, flown & wrapped up in the 50s. It featured a delta wing, unusually powerplant type & mach 2+ performance.

An aircraft competing in the same program was however sucsesfull, and has resulted in a family of aircraft which continue to serve today.

The answer sure was quick, but dont bet on my question being as quick. I will try and figure something more taxing - if I can make it more taxing than Gordon Brown, it will likley take several decades for the correct answer to be posted.

Later (I really must get back to the day job).

Milairjunkie wrote:

The Lavochkin La-174D first flew in 1948, lost to the Mig-15, was later developed into the La-15, which went into production & service.

       That was quick .        ART

The Lavochkin La-174D first flew in 1948, lost to the Mig-15, was later developed into the La-15, which went into production & service.

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.

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.