Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Yes rudedog72, the Constitution woul be correct - over to you;

I believe the answer to this was the Lockheed R6v Constitution.  They entered service right after WW II and remained until about 1950. 

Cheers!

The largest fixed wing aircraft ever operated by the US Navy was?

I was thinking of the Comet, but that was wrong. 

Good question.

Best wishes,

Grant

That's it, the VC-10!  The 4 Conway engines gave it incredible power, but this is partially because it was designed to operate from short runways that were 'hot and high', where the Boeing 707 couldn't operate, as it was short on power.  This was a need of BOAC, which had many lines to the Empire in Asia and Africa, where these airports existed.  The 'problem' was that most of these locations extended their runways, meaning that the the Boeing 707, and others, could now be used, and a high-powered jet airliner was now an expensive luxury.

However, what was bad for the civilian market was good for the military.  The VC-10 became probably the world's best tanker, in part because the engine arrangement reduced turbulence from jet blast.  Apparently, American pilots prefer to tanker behind it, even over nearer American tankers...

This beastie;

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OK, more clues:

As well as the double deck version, twin and triple fuselage versions were also proposed.  However, the only new version that made it into service was the extended version.  The aircraft remains in service, and will do for another 5 years.

Nope!  Slightly later.  This aircraft holds the record for a trans-Atlantic passenger airliner, as well as everything else I mentioned.  More?  OK, American pilots chose it for something, because it's so good at this, better than American aircraft (for a specific reason), and it shares this interesting engine configuration with a Russian jetliner.

Made Big Typo, I meant to say fastest prop is the B29, 747 was fastest 4 engine airliner subsonic.

I dunno.  Maybe the Dehavilland Comet?  I know that now the fastest subsonic Prop plane is the 747, and the fastest subsonic civilian jet is the Citation X.

It is indeed British!  Quite a remarkable aircraft, but which one?

I think that it's British.

Grant

Convair 990

OK, here are some clues, so, let's see if it can be solved:

Designed to operate in locations where it's greatest competitor couldn't - only for that condition to be changed, leaving it at a disadvantage.

Originally had one fewer engine

Ostensibly lower economics due to fuel, but, high availability countered this

Famous for it's military roles, especially one, where it's probably the best in this specialist class

Almost became a bomber!  Also, a double-decker version was seriously proposed.

Came in two distinct types

It might have had engines from an export version America's top fighter of the period

Noted for being quiet inside, and partially for the same reason, it became a very good aircraft for this specialist role.

It was 4 engined, but it wasn't a Boeing...  The engine configuration was unusual, for this type of aircraft

Boeing 707

Nope.  The answer might surprise you, especially in terms of age

Boeing 747

Actually, it's been over a week, so, I'll jump in:

Which sub-sonic airliner has the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing?

Stikpusher?

You're right.  I must not have had enough coffee when I posted that.  I should have said Intruder, which is for some reason what Revell called the US Martin version of the Canberra.  It get's kind of confusing with the USN A-6 series, but this is pretty old.(1970), I actually have that kit.  probably going to sell it though.  I can't do that small of detail anymore.  It's Kit H-132 from their old Strategic Air Power series.  I's not the best kit around of the Canberra.  It's pretty basic with a one piece pilot/instruments piece.  I need to find a few pieces that went missing before I can do anything with it.

gmat

Sorry,

Marauder was the name for the Martin B-26. Canberra, used by English Electric,  was the official US name for the B-57, although Martin or the USAF apparently also tried to use the name Night Intruder for the B-57. 

Best wishes,

Grant

Sorry,

Marauder was the name for the Martin B-26. Canberra, used by English Electric,  was the official US name for the B-57, although Martin or the USAF apparently also tried to use the name Night Intruder for the B-57. 

Best wishes,

Grant

 Don't forget the US Martin B57 Marauder.  Which I thinkl was based on the A variant which still had the shorter wings.

Scorpiomikey

Ill take a stab and say the Canberra? Been through more incarnations than i can count on 2 hands and still gets called the Canberra. Even the NASA one with the big turbofans on it.

Stikpusher won it, we're waiting for his question.

Not much movement. Is it a post-war English aircraft?

It's not the one I was thinking of, but, it does answer the question!  It was supposed to be the F-96A, but instead was produced as the F-84F.  The aircraft I had in mind was the Bristol Bisley, which entered production as the Bristol Blenheim Mk.V.

Over to you!

How about F-84F? It went from Thunderjet to Thunderstreak, but was essentially an all new aircraft.

Not as far as I know.  Basically, this aircraft company designed a replacement for this aircraft.  This replacement was given an official name.  Then,  it was decided that  rather using this new official name, it was actually just a development of an older aircraft, and was called this, but with an indicator (E, Mk.V, etc) that it was a later development.

Ill take a stab and say the Canberra? Been through more incarnations than i can count on 2 hands and still gets called the Canberra. Even the NASA one with the big turbofans on it.

For an aircraft to have a new development renamed, to reflect that's far removed from the original is not uncommon (such as the Lincoln, which was originally called a Lancaster).  Sometimes a development is not renamed, even when it should, to get the project allowed as a 'development' not a new one.  However, rarer is for a development to be given a new official name by an air ministry, only for it to then be decided that actually it doesn't warrant a new name, the new name annulled, and the aircraft to be simply regarded as the latest incarniation of the original model name.

Name any instance of this (I have one in mind, but, I'm open to suggestions!).  Note, the F-20 Tigershark doesn't count, as, whilst the F-5 was developed into something approximating it, it wasn't an official name regression.