Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Well, its been over a month, So ill throw something up.

This radial engined aircraft was frequently modified to appear as another aircraft in alot of movies. Any military pilot over the age of 50 is likley to have flown this aircraft.

Whats the aircraft (nice and easy)

Scorpiomikey

This radial engined aircraft was frequently modified to appear as another aircraft in alot of movies. Any military pilot over the age of 50 is likely to have flown this aircraft.

Some synchronization (as why do propellers "spin" backwards when being filmed)?

North American's Texan

My second guess would be the Link Trainer, although it's not an aircraft and doesn't always have a radial engine, and while there's been quite a few in the "movies", they usually are what they are.

My father in law, who was a military pilot, never flew a T-6 but he did fly a lot of Link jobs.

It came in handy a number of times when he took various aircraft up for "magneto tests".

The T-6 is right, over to you bondo.

Its was frequently modified to look like a zero in some of the older movies. 

The infamous tora tora tora zeroes.

SNJ/T-6

Bondo was right with the Texan.

A commercial tri-jet airliner with an unusual nose landing gear arrangement, from the 60's,

It started as a de Havilland project for BEA.  Other companies became involved and it was to be built by Airco but the British Government intervened and de Havilland became part of Hawker Siddeley, other members of Airco became part of BAC so the grouping was broken up and the aircraft became an HS project.

By the time of the first flight in January 1962 the projected RR Medway engines had been dropped, BEA had changed its mind and downgraded its requirements to the detriment of the type and Boeing's engineers had been invited to Hatfield where they were shown the Medway powered plans, were impressed, and went away and built the B727.

The nose wheel was offset to the left and retracted sideways to allow room for avionics connected with the blind landing equipment for which the type was the world leader, making the first truly blind landing of any airliner in a 1965 trial and became the first to do so in commercial service in 1966.

The type:

At the time of development:  DH121 Trident

At the time of first BEA order:  Airco121 Trident

At the time of first flight and its final designation:  HS121 Trident

The main undercarriage also had an oddity.  On retraction the undercarriage leg first shortened, then the leg rotated the wheels through 90 degrees as the leg was retracted sideways into the fuselage/wing centre section.

Bump

Bondoman, please confirm the answer so the quiz can continue.  I note you have been active on other threads during the last 7 days.

Just go for it. Rules state, 5 days inactive, free for all.

Possibly one of the the ugliest military aircraft ever designed and built it has been called a camel among racehorses.  Of 60 ordered only 19 were built, none survive, the last being scrapped in 1967.

Whilst the intended users soon lost interest, the type was offered to two allies, both former protagonists of the country of manufacture, and to a third country, which could have previously been a potential protagonist at least in terms of its political system.

Short Seamew, was designed to replace the Grumman Avenger for anti submarine work.

The type was taken on sales tours to Italy West Germany and Yugoslavia during 1956, the same aircraft crashed at an airshow the same year killing test pilot Walter J. "Wally" Runciman.

My kids are right "Google is love"

Thanks Wikipedia!!

Correct in every respect, over to you Jafa

As soon as I work out how to add a picture I will put up a question

Jafa

Whilst Jafa sorts his photo question, can anyone crack this cryptic question?

A laid back well known battle spawned an upright messenger - though not the later one from the same source.  A regal representative became enobled before taking flight and  quickly extinguished the upright messenger's grandfather's light though all were put in the shade by an astronomical brilliance that all too soon crashed and burned.

I'm looking for 6 types from 4 manufacturers in a single country.

The upright messenger's grandfather's engine type was unsuccessful, but doubled up it gave power to a successful bird.

C'mon guys, this isn't that tough!

More on engines.  It sounds like the first two had engines from mythology and a development version of the "upright messenger", which didn't reach production, had a more up to date power plant named after the founder of an ancient city. 

Two of the other types had engines which might indicate a sharp weapon or equipment used in what some say is a sport but were actually named after something completely different.

The last type sounds as if its power came from a supernatural source, though in later marks it could be said that the power came from a bardic related source!

Extra kudos for naming the "bird" in the previous post.

would one of those mythical names be "Griffin" by chance?

No.

Apart from the "bird", all the aircraft types flew, at one time or another, in civilian and military marks - for one reason or another

Today's clue:

All these types are transports

Im gonna take a guess at some of them.

DH Dragon

DH Dragon rapide.

DH Express

Breda Ba.44

Scorpiomikey, you're the wrong side of World War 2!  Also, go back to the original post - I did say all types were from one country, not continent..

Would Pegasus, Hercules and Perseus figure into this equation?

One of them would :-)) but, whilst there's kudos in getting the engines, it's the aircraft types I'm looking for.

It's probably the F-4 Phantom; however, the F-14 was undergoing final trails and subsequent deployment in 1972, but it was felt that an advanced fighter like that would be a disgrace to the USAF (F-111) and they didn't want the F-14 to be shot down by a SA-2 and the Russians get hold of one!

wychdoctor92394, it might help if you read the question and the other clues.

Today's clue:

None of the airframe manufacturers involved are still in existence in any recognisable form though they all produced aircraft used by air arms and airlines around the world and many of their products were either "firsts" or significant advances for aviation.

PhilB

The upright messenger's grandfather's engine type was unsuccessful, but doubled up it gave power to a successful bird.

Would the bird be from the Fury, Sea Fury, Tempest & Tornado family?