Aircraft Trivia Quiz

osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, September 10, 2006 1:12 PM

rudy_102 wrote:
Opened his canopy in mid-air, and it still stayed on? A Pugachev Cobra? A tailslide?

No No No

Come on...have a think!

Hmmm, here's a clue: 2 foot.

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rudy_102

Member since
December 2005
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by rudy_102 on Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:27 PM

Opened his canopy in mid-air, and it still stayed on? A Pugachev Cobra? A tailslide?

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david

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September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:26 PM

i give up

DAVID

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:10 PM

No & no!

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rudy_102

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December 2005
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by rudy_102 on Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:05 PM

Carrier landing?

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david

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September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:57 AM

a font flip

DAVID

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:38 AM

david wrote:
a wild guess a backflip?

Nope!

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david

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September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:36 AM

a wild guess a backflip?

DAVID

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:38 AM

mykroft wrote:
F2H-1 Banshee is correct. Osher got this one first by the looks of it.

Cool!
OK, hmmm, my question...
In the 1980's a pilot on a training course, in an F-15, did something which the computers 'proved' was impossible, and which MDD refused to believe possible, until sent the pictures. What did he do?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:34 AM

F2H-1 Banshee is correct. Osher got this one first by the looks of it.

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david

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September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Sunday, September 10, 2006 4:05 AM

F2H banshee?

DAVID

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:50 AM

Banshee?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 9, 2006 9:28 PM

I'm afraid not, the RCN was almagamated with the RCAF and Canadian Army in 1968, 14 years before the Hornet entered Service. The Hornet is operated by AIRCOM, the RCAF descended portion of the Canadian Forces.

Note the RCN's only Jet Fighter was indeed operated from a Carrier, which is something Canada hasn't had since 1970.

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 7:31 PM

Hornet?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 9, 2006 7:28 PM

This might be easy for some, but what was the RCN's only Jet Fighter.

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 6:58 PM

mykroft wrote:
I believe that would be the Arava.

That is correct! Your turn!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 9, 2006 3:46 PM

I believe that would be the Arava.

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david

Member since
September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Saturday, September 9, 2006 2:39 PM

aclaya?

DAVID

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david

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September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Saturday, September 9, 2006 2:37 PM

alcaya?

DAVID

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david

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September 2006
From: ireland

Posted by david on Saturday, September 9, 2006 2:35 PM

acaya?

DAVID

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 1:43 PM

One of your guesses was so close...but only the first one! Have fun working it out, I'll look in later!

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rudy_102

Member since
December 2005
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by rudy_102 on Saturday, September 9, 2006 1:26 PM

Alaya? Amaya? Agaya? Adaya? Asaya? Layla! Ya got me on ma knees, LAYLA! OK, I'm just taking wild guesses. Awaya? Aqaya? Ataya? Apaya? A playa? Tongue [:P]

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 12:54 PM

OK, here's some clues:
It's named for a valley in Israel, part of the East African Rift Valley. Come on folks...I'm sure you can easily Google the answer! Let's see, it starts with an A, has in fact 3 letter a in it's name, and is 5 letters long...

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rudy_102

Member since
December 2005
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by rudy_102 on Saturday, September 9, 2006 12:40 PM

Something-aya?

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 12:27 PM

rudy_102 wrote:
Maya?

Nope, I work with a Maya, had a date with a Maya (in fact, two Mayas!), and my neice is called Maya, but no, that's not the answer!

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rudy_102

Member since
December 2005
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by rudy_102 on Saturday, September 9, 2006 12:21 PM

Maya?

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 12:17 PM

rudy_102 wrote:
I think I see Araya on the nose of one of them.

Close, close, but no cigar just yet...

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rudy_102

Member since
December 2005
From: Ontario, Canada

Posted by rudy_102 on Saturday, September 9, 2006 12:14 PM

I think I see Araya on the nose of one of them.

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, September 9, 2006 11:44 AM

Here's some pictures of the aircraft. Clue: if you look carefully, there is a massive clue to the aircraft name! The aircraft are in Thai, Israeli, Swazli, and some other service.