Aircraft Trivia Quiz

jeaton01 wrote:

Gemini: No need to get your nickers up. It's harder to ask a question than it is to answer one, and though no one could get the answer to yours, I at least learned something interesting. Tom started this thread so he is in effect the "owner". I for one am very aware that the SAAF has operated many jets and has contruibuted men and equipment to many conflicts. Perhaps you would like to ask another question, which is more general. The main problem in answering your first one is it was rooted in your local dialect, which makes it very difficult. John

Coming up with a question that is tough enough to get people thinking, but easy enough that it isn't virtually impossible is tricky. 

 Bill

ok an apee is an Apprentice and the aircraft was the f-86 sabre y it was called an apee eater was because the air intake is on the front and during the korean war . (yes the korean war the south africans helped the americans flying f86s that the usaf had sold to the saaf (south african air force ) )there were some cases of a few seperate accidents that an aprentice would walk to close to the air intake during a engine test and needless to say they were killed when sucked up by the intake so the name apee eater was given to the sabres by there crews

one more thing there are other air forces around the world other that american, russian ,british and german out there and the saaf had lots of jet aircraft like f86, vampires impalasmk1andmk2s(mb326and kc326) mirage 3bz+cz+dz+ez+rz,bucaneers, mirage f1az+cz, cheeahC+D+E ,gripens and hawk120 to name a few

jeaton01 wrote:

Perhaps Happy Heater, some type of jet, Tom? John  T_Terrific wrote:  gemini wrote: my question is what south african air frce aircraft had the nick name of appee eater and y? Well, OK, what language is "appee eater", Afrikaans? If so, what does it mean in plain English? I mean "A pee eater" in English could mean some sort of insect such as a moth that thrives on urine or something. Tom

Or Happy eater, I don't know. My research on the internet indicated in one case something clearly indecent was connected with the appearantly Afrikaans phrase.

I am not aware of South Africa having any sort of jet aircraft, their latest something seems to have been the AM.3CM Bosbok (Bush-Buck).

Tom

T_Terrific wrote:

gemini wrote: my question is what south african air frce aircraft had the nick name of appee eater and y? Well, OK, what language is "appee eater", Afrikaans? If so, what does it mean in plain English? I mean "A pee eater" in English could mean some sort of insect such as a moth that thrives on urine or something. Tom

gemini wrote:

my question is what south african air frce aircraft had the nick name of appee eater and y?

Well, OK, what language is "appee eater", Afrikaans? If so, what does it mean in plain English?

I mean "A pee eater" in English could mean some sort of insect such as a moth that thrives on urine or something.

Tom

ollie wrote:

The South African Air Force?? I think you may have made a typo there.

yes the south african air force

I feel like a jerk for asking this question now, lol.

The answer is the spectacular failure Gray Goose, a passenger carrying machine supposed to flap it's wings to achieve flight. It's pretty interesting to see what people can think up.

 I'm sorry, my browser won't let me copy and paste, but you can find some information at:

www.scripophily.net/graygooseairi.html 

Another Hint

Vodka 

A little earlier than that....

It never really "flew," per se.

It was more of an umbrella than an airpalne. 

what howard hughes goose and twa

It's a "Goose."

Ekranoplans are very, very cool. 

Sounds a bit like an Ekranoplan.  If so; it's probably an Orlyonok but I don't know if it flew for any airline.

This aircraft had a very peculiar history. Built by a middle-aged inventor, the flying machine reached a height of fourteen inches on a test flight.

 What was the machine and what airline did it fly for?

Thank you, Jeaton.

Sorry but I'll have to post the question when I get home from school (In a rush right now), if you want to ask it, you can have it Jeaton. 

I yield to Matt to pose the next question.

He at least answered the last one completely.

John

John got the first half and Matt90 got the other.  I don't know what we normally do in this situation.  One of you two has the next question.

 Bill