Aircraft Trivia Quiz

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I KNEW IT!

Toilets?

Milairjunkie

 

Jafa:

 

Canards?

 

 

 

Nope -this equipment if far simpler than that & can be found in all sorts of places, subsonic aircraft, some buses, larger boats, motor homes, caravan's, houses, shopping malls...................

All on the forum here will most likely see the equipment several times a day, every day.

................The "Mach Crap" club would seem to be somewhat more exclusive than the mile high club - I would love to have the chance to try it out, preferably on the Russian pan!

The Shuttle obviously has a toilet, but it's doesn't really count.

The Su-34 can have a potty like affair fitted, but I don't get it considering the A/C's range.

The XB-70 might have had a toilet had it gone any further?

I can't think of any other aircraft that would have the performance & space to allow a "Mach Khazi" to be fitted?

Oh My Gawd! [dinkywongo] [whatsacominago] [tootsie-frootsie] and [insert appropriate idiomatic colloquialism] I REMEMBER when this was on a list of ‘interesting engineering problems’ being published when I was in college !!!  The only other one I can recall was formulating a heat-proof paint for commercial SSTs.

OK, this is coming up for a week now, so;

The Tu144, Tu-160, ,B-1 & Concorde all have toilets which are capable of being used is supersonic flight "Mach Khazi's";

Tu144;

Tu-160;

Concorde;

B-1B;

Still top secret?

Gmat got the aircraft correct, but the week is just about up?

Jafa

Canards?

 

Nope -this equipment if far simpler than that & can be found in all sorts of places, subsonic aircraft, some buses, larger boats, motor homes, caravan's, houses, shopping malls...................

All on the forum here will most likely see the equipment several times a day, every day.

Cannards?

Anyone up for the equipment/feature/capability shared between these aircraft?

Millairejunkie,

Thanks for the reply.

Grant

gmat

My guess would be the Concorde and Tu-144 for the delta aircraft and the B-1B and TU-160 for the swing wing. The common feature might be the variable intake ramps for the engines during supersonic speeds. If so, the production B-1B has fixed intake ramps to improve its stealth characteristics. 

Examples of the Concorde and the TU-144 are at  the Auto & Technik Museum  at Sinsheim.

Best wishes,

Grant

Grant - you have all the aircraft in question nailed!

The common feature isn't anything to do with the engines (all augmented turbofan's, in paired underwing nacelles), it's nothing that fancy at all & is used in both military & civilian fields?

The Draken was earlier than any of the four in question, it doesn't have quite the same type of engine, nor does it have enough of them. It also isn't capable of carrying the correct equipment for the task

The Viggen is likewise short on engines & can't carry the equipment for the task, although the engine type is correct.

One of the other two is correct & it's got nothing to do with aerobatics, as aerobatics would cause a serious problem with the specific operation / task mentioned!  

My guess would be the Concorde and Tu-144 for the delta aircraft and the B-1B and TU-160 for the swing wing. The common feature might be the variable intake ramps for the engines during supersonic speeds. If so, the production B-1B has fixed intake ramps to improve its stealth characteristics. 

Examples of the Concorde and the TU-144 are at  the Auto & Technik Museum  at Sinsheim.

Best wishes,

Grant

Hmm, not sure how this works, but how about.

Saab 35.

Saab 37.

Tu-160

Panavia Tornado ADV.

All capable of mach 2+

All except the Tu-160 are capable of high speed aerobatics.

It's the two Delta planes that have retired & which examples of are now in close proximity.

Regimes (bands of speed): General, Subsonic, Supersonic & Hypersonic.

More info would be good...

My first thought is the Dump and Burn, a number of Civilian and Military Aircraft can dump fuel, but I only know of one or two that can dump and then ignite it.

The F111 does, and I think one of the Soviets does.

Kia Kaha

Kiwi

Any takers?

More info?

Didn't know about the Swedish thing until I read a bit further....................

OK,

To my knowledge, only four production aircraft have ever featured the correct equipment to allow a specific operation to be carried out (if required) in a specific flight regime. Many aircraft have the same equipment, but can’t use it in the flight regime that the four in question can.

All these aircraft first flew between the late 60s & early 80s, two were delta & two were swing wing, two have retired & two are still operational. All production models of these aircraft used the same type of powerplant in the same configuration. One example of each of the two retired aircraft can be found in close proximity to each other.

The equipment in question is common in both military & civilian fields.

Name the equipment / feature & the four aircraft in question.

Yes Junkers JU87 prototype was built in Sweden power by Rolls Royce Kestrel engine. 120 built as a naval version for the aircraft carrier Graf Zepplin. tese had folding wings, arrestor hooks and additonal floation to keep them afloat for 3 days.

The Stuka is credited for the sinking of the most ships of any aircraft so if the carrier had been launched with Stukas (and BF109's) it could have been deadly for the supply convoy's

over to you Milairjunkie

Ju-87?

RR Kestrel / Sweden

It's amazing the number of German aircraft that used British/american engines during the 30's it seems.

The JU 52 does not appear to meet the prototype part of the question.

How ever I am looking for a purpose built warplane, the prototype was built in a neutral country and powered with a engine from the afore mentioned past and future enemy.

To add a clue over 100 appear to have been built as carrier borne aircraft.

Kia Kaha

Jafa

Ok so this is a stab in the dark.

JU-52. Originally made for civillian use and flew with swissair.

Early models flew with the bristol pegasus engine (Alpha Romeo R.C range.)

Also flew with Armstrong Siddeley Leopard and Rolls-Royce Buzzard Engines in Canada.

nope similar time frame and similar engine manufacturer but not what I am thinking of and this prototype was built in a neutral country.

I'm thinking 109 with the RR Kestrel, but as far as I know it wasn't built in a neutral country - although the final versions were made in Spain.........................

ok here goes my first attempt so be a lil gentle

What am I?

I am an iconic symbol of air power, my prototype was built in a neutral country and  was powered by a powerplant manufactured by a past and future enemy, I saw active service in many theatres.

for bonus points what was the power plant and where was the prototype built.

Kia Kaha

Jafa

Perfect, over to you jafa

a red canoe, the worlds first Airborne life presever....

or not so easy?

Easy one.

What special piece of equipment did Wilbur Wright carry aboard his aircraft when he flew over New York Harbour in October, 1909.

There it is!  Wow, didnt think this one would go so long.  Over to scorpion!