Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Cheers Sim

In 1941 Blenheims flying a mission (circus 81) over occupied France dropped what on the Luftwaffe base at St Omer?????

Sorry Gunner, you must first answer a question correctly before you can ask another and Julez72 is up next.

Quick questions:

What was the primary anti insurgent attack aircraft supported by the CIA in Laos during the late 60s and early 80s?

Bonus Points:

What type of bombs did they carry?

What was the explosive in those bombs?

How were the bombs manufactured?

What beverage container is the same size as a fuze for the bombs?

How were the bombs fuzed on the ground? 

It is the I-16 well done Julez!!!!! Over to you

Just a stab in the dark here.....The Russian I-16

Nothing really gave it away, just put in the right search words in google.

Next up:

Which country developed the first single-engined low-wing fighter that had retractable landing gear and what was the plane?

wow that was fast lol, what was the biggest give away? all yours sim

A-12 (60-6932 / 129)

This aircraft was lost in the South China Sea on 5 June 1968. CIA pilot, Jack Weeks was flying what was to be the last operational A-12 mission from Kadena AB, Okinawa. The loss was due to an inflight emergency and the pilot did not survive. Once again the official news release identified the lost aircraft as an SR-71 and security was maintained. A few days later the two remaining planes on Okinawa flew to the U.S. and were stored with the remainder of the OXCART (CIA) family.

Is this it?

ok, lets try this one

This aircraft was lost in the south china sea on 5th june 1968. No wreckage has ever been recovered and this aircraft is assumed totally destroyed at sea.

The question, what was the aircraft and what was the aircraft serial number?

Bonus points what was the pilots name?

It is indeed the Anson!!!! Well Done!!!!

Scorp you have the podium!!!

im going with the anson

You've said the right one now tell me which you have decided on.

this is true...hmm..simpilot?

Yeah Mikey i'm leaning towards the Anson but the S-6 seaplane was used by the RAF before it...Although i'm not sure whether or not a racer qualifies....

i cant decide between the avro anson or the hurricane. but im probly wrong on both counts lol

Cheers Julez!

Which aircraft holds the distinction of being the first monoplane used by the RAF? (I was at a blank for a question so grabbed my WWII trivia book)

That really was too easy wasn't it Sim.........Over to you mate

Lothar von Richthofen?

Thats a weird looking aircraft there.....

Ok this is a who am i question

I'm the little brother of a high scoring ace and an ace in my own right, I was killed in a post war air crash....

Yes it would - over to you.

That would'nt be the Russian Kalinin K-7 of 1933 would it????

OK, this experimental aircraft has 7 (8 according to some) piston engines & was fabricated from cro-mo steel. The one & only example was lost due to structural failure.

WOW didn't expect it to go that quick lol. Well done Milair!! You have the podium!!

It was used to test the Hercules, Centaurus, Napier Sabre, and the Griffon.

The Folland 43/37 / Fo.108?

Thanks Sticker.

This aircraft was said to be the first aircraft solely designed as an engine testbed, and having such a specialised task, there were only 12 ever made.

Yes it is. Of all the Mirage family, it is the only one not a true delta wing. Over to you Simplepilot.

Would that be th eMirage F.1? The only member of the family to have a conventional wing and empannage.

Cool....

Next question. This aircraft is a single seat, single engine fast mover (although there are two seater trainer versions as well). It is part of a evolutionary family of aircraft all sharing the same name. This particular type differs from the rest on one significant respect. It is widely exported and has served worldwide in war and in peace.

That Sir was the one I had in mind. It is now over to you stikpusher.

On Feb 14, 1991 a F-15E from the 4th TFW was credited with an air to air kill of an Iraqi Hughes 500 helicopter using a GBU-10.