Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Who was the first jet pilot to shoot himself down? What was the jet?

Test Pilot Tom Attridge flying a Tiger F11F.

Tango Juliet

Test Pilot Tom Attridge flying a Tiger F11F.

 

Alright.  Let me see...

Name the one thing common to the YB-35, YB-49, and the B-2A.  

(And it's not the fact that they are all Grumman designs, or the fact that they are flying wings)

Wingspan

Jack Northrop

Tango Juliet

Alright.  Let me see...

Name the one thing common to the YB-35, YB-49, and the B-2A.  

(And it's not the fact that they are all Grumman designs, or the fact that they are flying wings)

 

They are all bombers... 

They certainly were not all Grumman designs. The B-2 is the only one such, and that's like saying that the Wildcat was a Northrop design.

Meh, done with this thread.

B-2 is Northrop/Grumman. It was designed pre merger under Northrop.

That's why I like you

Lol! No worries my friend...

Daniel Ficke got it with wingspan.  

All were 172'.  And yes, the B-2 WAS a Northrup design, pre-merger with Grumman.  In fact, Jack Northrup was shown a model of the B-2 prior to his death, and he has been quoted as saying, "Now I know why God kept me here this long."  The fact that the B-2 wingspan was 172', excactly the same as the YB-35/YB-49, turned out to be a happy accident.  It was the 'optimum' wingspan for a flying wing of that size.  I was a Phase Maintenance Tech./Crew Chief on the B-2 from April 1993 (prior to USAF Delivery) to June 1995, then again from June 1996 to February 1998.

Ok here's one. Which experimental aircraft was a mixture of other successful airplanes, including the Dauntless dive bomber and a variety of fighters including the P-51 and P-40. The huge engine was located in the middle of the airplane, driving the two contra-rotating propellers by a drive shaft with an Allison V-3420, a huge 24-cylinder engine that was actually two V-1710 engines mated into one.

P-75?

Milairjunkie

P-75?

 

You got it.

OK, Cheers.

This aircraft started life as a bit of common furniture, became a type of animal, then became a specific breed of that type of animal.

The thrust provided to it although rated in force, comes from a horse of sorts, so could also be called horsepower?

Milairjunkie

OK, Cheers.

This aircraft started life as a bit of common furniture, became a type of animal, then became a specific breed of that type of animal.

The thrust provided to it although rated in force, comes from a horse of sorts, so could also be called horsepower?

 

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course"-Mr. Ed

Lemme guess "Sopwith Camel"?

Started out as the "Pup", became the Camel?

T-T,

Nope, thrust for this aircraft is rated in lbf / kN, not in hp, so the Camel was 20 years plus too early?

Although this aircraft engine is not rated in Horsepower, it could still be said that it was powered by horsepower of a certain colour?  

The common funiture is typically found in an upstairs room & this particular one is preserved for all to see.

Milairjunkie

T-T,

Nope, thrust for this aircraft is rated in lbf / kN, not in hp, so the Camel was 20 years plus too early?

Although this aircraft engine is not rated in Horsepower, it could still be said that it was powered by horsepower of a certain colour?  

The common funiture is typically found in an upstairs room & this particular one is preserved for all to see.

 

I am sorry, my friend, a very clever, but appearantly a very obscure question. See the establishing first-posted rules.

Unless you can make it more sensible to the average participant who does not eat haggis as Scotts do, I, as the owner of this forum, as is my perrogative I can and will change to a question that will involve our general modelling community.

This question seems too much like a "How much wood could a Wood-Chuck chuck if a Wood Chuck could chuck wood" type of silly question.

Your decision, sir

Pegasus engine? Fairry Swordfish? Am I on the right track?  Btw love the cryptic question....Sherlock Holmes like.  If I only had a Watson....Or am I Watson?

T_Terrific

a very clever, but appearantly a very obscure question

Actually, it's not all that obscure.

Tom, just because you don't know the answer doesn't mean someone else doesn't. To quote yourself,  "N.K.E., E.K.S."

One just needs to think laterally. I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I'm not playing this one and anything I say will likely reveal the answer.

DasBeav

Pegasus engine? Fairry Swordfish? Am I on the right track?  Btw love the cryptic question....Sherlock Holmes like.  If I only had a Watson....Or am I Watson?

 

Take your pick, Beav!

Let's do a typical "American Boxing Match" countdown!

It looks to me like you got something! 

10

9

8

7

6

5-is this guy "for real"?

DasBeav

Pegasus engine? Fairry Swordfish? Am I on the right track?  Btw love the cryptic question....Sherlock Holmes like.  If I only had a Watson....Or am I Watson? 

I believe the bird doesn't have scales

DasBeav

Pegasus engine? Fairry Swordfish? Am I on the right track?  Btw love the cryptic question....Sherlock Holmes like.  If I only had a Watson....Or am I Watson?

 

I believe the bird doesn't have scales