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Thanks F-8, a good guess!
Here's my question: Which famous aircraft company was famous, or infamous, for it's 'zoo'?
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Left field based on your "zoo" comment.
Lockheed Martin with their Skunk-Works.
"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"
Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming
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Not the Skunk-works, this company had a plethora of 'animals', hence the famous remark about this company's zoo.
Sopwith?
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Indeed so! Here's Sopwith's zoo:
Quite a zoo!
Just a comment, Its interesting that two of their most famous aircraft didn't have animal nicknames, instead are called by their wing structures. I refer to:
Sopwith "One and a Strutter"
Sopwith "Triplane"
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OK,
This aircraft is a twin engined attack bird amongst other things, it's served for a total of 8 nations, has seen active service & has also been used for civilian tasks.
It's capable of carrying cargo, troops & stretcher patients as has been used from both land & sea?
I know its not the PBY Catalina 27 different military users and 7 countries with private owners.
I wanna say the dc-3/c-47 but thats served with nearly every nation on the planet.
UH-1 Huey?
Sorry guys, neither the Cat & DC are it.
Both the those aircraft are somewhat more spacious that the one in question & this aircraft has something in common with a mustang?
Not the Huey either Scorp.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning? Mustang link: Allison engines.
Nope, not the P-38.
The mustang connection has nothing to do with the engines, but something to do with it's behavior & temperament.
MilairjunkieThe mustang connection has nothing to do with the engines, but something to do with it's behavior & temperament.
If it's what I think it is, there is yet another connection to the Mustang which is even more tangible...
North American OV-10 series. Twin boom like a P-38.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco
Colombia Colombian Air Force has 7 in active service and soon will be replaced.[citation needed] Germany Luftwaffe all retired in 1990 Indonesia Indonesian Air Force all grounded and to be replaced Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano[42] Morocco Royal Moroccan Air Force all retired Philippines Philippine Air Force 8 in active service; former Royal Thai Air Force..[25] Thailand Royal Thai Air Force all retired in 2003 United States United States Air Force all retired in 1991 United States Marine Corps all retired in 1995 United States Navy transferred to USMC NASA 4, based at NASA Langley Research Center Department of State (Operated by DynCorp), primarily in Colombia Venezuela Venezuelan Air Force 7 in active service. All to be replaced by Mil Mi-28 attack helicopters.[citation needed] Civil Operators California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Going to take a guess--the B-25? Flown by 8 countries, 9 if you count the RAF unit made up of Free French pilots. And it flew from sea, off the Hornet in 1942. And both aircraft had a feature where they could select partial flaps to increase performance--the Mustang guys called it "combat flaps" and it gave the plane a tighter turning radius, while the B-25 used "quarter flaps" to counter the nose-up tendency, which increased the flyable range of the bomber. By using the quarter flaps, the airframe was in a level attitude, which solved the problem of the 48 or so gallons of fuel that was trapped in the rear of the tank away from the fuel pickup.
gmat North American OV-10 series. Twin boom like a P-38.
Spot on, the useful OV-10 - being like a mustang in that a Bronco is an untrained horse.
This aircraft started as a license to build that was acquired from another country. The first use of this license resulted in an aircraft that was slower and had a lower operating attitude, but this was perfectly acceptable to the customer. The next version had to scramble to replace a very important item or rather items and one notable physical characteristic was also changed from the original licensed aircraft. To cap it off, it suffered an embarrassing oversight when it was first rolled out.
If it is OK, rather than giving the answer, could you give additional hints so that more people can make comments? After two days of hints or 7-10 comments, the first one with a clearly correct hint can take it away.
was this aircraft licensed fromU.S. to a middle-easten country?
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Sorry, it''s not licensed from the US. It's a multiple engined aircraft. The first aircraft adapted from the license had a bomb bay or two.
I believe that the aircraft may have been licensed TO the US, as in it was built here under license from one of our allies.
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This is a post war aircraft. I think that you're getting the path of the story right, but it wasn't built in the USA. This aircraft, along with one built in the US and another made in Europe share one unique conversion.
Canberra?
Sorry, it has more engines than the Canberra. It wasn't built in the US. But the people who did sound awfully like Americans, especially if you're from across the pond, and to many Americans, too. But they don't feel this way. Eh?
The misfortune during the roll out happened when they tried to roll it out.
Avro Canada C-102?
Canadair CL-44
Right, it's the CL-44. Canadair bought the license to the Britannia, but used only the wings and tail section for the CL-28 Argus, which had a bomb bay before and after the wing section. But since it was used for ASW patrol, the lower speed and altitude was be acceptable. The initial specs for the CL-44 called for Bristol Orion engines, which was cancelled so RR Tynes had to be substituted. When the prototype was rolled out, the tail was too large for the hangar doors.
Along with the B377 and A-300, the CL-44 was converted, this time by Conroy, into a guppy type oversized cargo aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CC-106_Yukon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroy_Skymonster
Take it away, gameused01,
This plane came out of the theory that less is more. While it's predecessor was fairly successful this plane built under a project that shares the name of the Son's TV network never made it to the fearsome fours. This plane out preformed many of its contemporaries but due to red tape and perceived favoritism this plane never made it
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