Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Matt90 wrote:

Let's see here, built in the late 60's through the early 70's...200 model in service almost a decade later...  Mood lighting, which went out of style?

Brews wrote:

bondoman wrote: Airbus has standardized on a two person cockpit that allows commonality across all airframes. Over 40 years ago two airliners built by different companies shared the same forward section. Which were they? The question is valid, IMO. Service entry of the Caravelle was 1959 ... which was 49yrs ago, which is over 40 years ago.

Brews you are absolutely correct. 49 yrs is OVER 40 yrs. I was like, "WHAT?, OVER?" Scrolled up and there it was, "Over". I apologize

bondo, s'ok no need to apologize mate, I just need to read the questions more carefully.

ok subject

TISAC wrote:

I have a good one for everybody here.....

Pardon me, but the rules are that you need to answer a question correctly before you pose one. I have a question that you're welcome to answer.

Brews wrote:

For ANZAC Day, April 25 (An Australian and New Zealand Statutory Holiday in remembrance of all those fallen in all wars, on the anniversary of those nations' first combat experience under their own nationalities): Part 1: Which New Zealander played a significant role in the Battle of Britain? Part 2: On May 11, 1918, an Australian pilot achieved the rare feat of shooting down four planes in one patrol. a) What was his name (lest we forget)? b) What was he flying? c) What were his victims (three different a/c types)

Just to get us back on track... 

Thanks Brews, and TISAC that's a good question for another day.

I feel like I tied my shoelaces together when I got up this morning.

Thanks card for getting us back on track.

Part 1: Keith Park

Part 2a: Captain Roy Cecil Phillips

Part 2b: SE5a

Part 2c: 2 Dr. I's, LVG. C, Fok. DVII

This site has the date as June 12, 1918

http://www.australianflyingcorps.org/2004_2002/people/aces/phillippsroy.html

Did I get it right Brews?

Cheers

Just trying to enter more of a subject that most might know, rather than some obscure trivia that only a scant few would ever have encountered :)

Thanks

TISAC wrote:

One would need to be an aviation historian to answer some of the questions such as the current one, whereas mine is a result of observing actual aircraft, to those who are real enthusiasts, rather than being of strictly historical in their area of knowledge in their center of Aviation intertest here :)

But that is the fun of the game! You will find MANY guys here that have a MASSIVE amount of first hand knowledge of actual aircraft and are real enthusiasts...The hunt for the answer is the fun. Any clown can answer the Wright Brothers built the first flying machine but can they tell you what type of gas they used? (I'm sure it was regular...) Point being this link has been going on since December of 2005. You have to come up with more and more obscure things to quiz or else we will all be asking questions like "what color was the Red Baron's plane..." Enjoy!!

simpilot34 wrote:

Thanks card for getting us back on track. Part 1: Keith Park Part 2a: Captain Roy Cecil Phillips Part 2b: SE5a Part 2c: 2 Dr. I's, LVG. C, Fok. DVII This site has the date as June 12, 1918 http://www.australianflyingcorps.org/2004_2002/people/aces/phillippsroy.html Did I get it right Brews?

You did indeed get it right, despite the unintentional flawed date I checked my own reference "Men & Machines of the Australian Flying Corps", and I misread the month, which is bad enough (trust me, the text flowed right from May to June) then the date I saw was 11th, then it went on about "the following day" which of course was the 12th, but I didn't read a 12, did I?! That's haste for you.

Throttle forward, simpilot34, but don't rumble the motor.

p.s. If you get an obscure question, you get clues sooner or later. Obviously, my question was nowhere near obscure enough to require clues. Good online research was all that was required. 

Ok here we go!

Most of us know that Robert Morgan was the pilot of the infamous Memphis Belle. What was the other type of plane he flew, and what was the name of it?

Cheers

simpilot34 wrote:

Ok here we go! Most of us know that Robert Morgan was the pilot of the infamous Memphis Belle. What was the other type of plane he flew, and what was the name of it? Cheers

I hope the use of "infamous" is a mistake. Infamous means "Known widely and usually unfavourably" as in "the infamous Benedict Arnold"

After completing his 25 missions in command of Memphis Belle, he was promoted to Major, and transferred to the Pacific. There he flew B-29s. As a squadron commander, he flew in several aircraft, but his personal plane was named Dauntless Dotty, after his first wife. He completed another 25 (some sources say 26) missions with this aircraft, before returning to the US in April 1945.

Dotty continued to operate on bombing missions, completing a total of 53, before crashing on take-off on a ferry flight back to the States on July 8, 1945. 10 of the 13 men aboard were killed.

Cheers,

Chris.

PS - For people who complain about obscure or difficult questions, this was 5 minutes' work with Google. US bombing missions in WW2 are not one of my specialist areas of knowledge.

chris hall wrote:

After completing his 25 missions in command of Memphis Belle, he was promoted to Major, and transferred to the Pacific. There he flew B-29s. As a squadron commander, he flew in several aircraft, but his personal plane was named Dauntless Dotty, after his first wife. He completed another 25 (some sources say 26) missions with this aircraft, before returning to the US in April 1945. Dotty continued to operate on bombing missions, completing a total of 53, before crashing on take-off on a ferry flight back to the States on July 8, 1945. 10 of the 13 men aboard were killed. Cheers, Chris. PS - For people who complain about obscure or difficult questions, this was 5 minutes' work with Google. US bombing missions in WW2 are not one of my specialist areas of knowledge.

Yes, infamous was a mistake. My apologies. You got it right Chris! I actually got to meet Robert Morgan at a book signing in Georgia. It was at the Robins AFB Museum in '98 I think it was. So, I have an autographed copy of "The Memphis Belle" by Menno Duerksen.

Floor is yours Chris! Well done!

Cheers

OK, try this:

Republic F-84D

North American F-100D

Lockheed F-104

MiG-19 Farmer.

apart from being 1950s-era turbojet fighters, what did all these four aircraft have in common?

Cheers,

Chris.

Just about nothing past what Brews stated. Hmmm...

You know-

Having to LOOK it up implies lack of aviation knowledge, not to mention cheating :)

Sorry :)

Simply put-

If you don't know, wait til the next time... Maybe the question will be more 'up your alley', so to speak :) 

I see that the question I submitted has no interest being generated, so forget about it- you all likely never looked that closely at a B747 anyway :)

Brews wrote:

They were all single-seat gunfighters.

True, Bruce, but not what I had in mind. Something specific  to these aircraft, as opposed to these aircraft, and also, say, the Airco DH-2 and the Eurofighter Typhoon F.2. :)

Cheers,

Chris.

TISAC wrote:

Having to LOOK it up implies lack of aviation knowledge, not to mention cheating :) Sorry :)

This thread is not just a test of aviation knowledge. It's also a test of research skills and even logic.

And, to be frank, TISAC, if you've got nothing more positive to contribute than suggest that the people who have kept this thread running happily for almost 2 1/2 years are cheats, perhaps you'd be happier on another thread.

Cheers,

Chris.

TISAC wrote:

You know-   Having to LOOK it up implies lack of aviation knowledge, not to mention cheating :) Sorry :)

Dude, seriously...I watch these trivia questions all the time. Most of the time you have to find the answer by research...I agree with Chris Hall here. This may not be the thread for you. Perhaps you can start a thread for your B747 that you have so much firsthand knowledge about. You could be the one to ask all the questions and provide all the right answers. I doubt you will have any takers because who wants to play with someone who is a sourpuss ...Keep posting whiny comments and you will NEVER get a response anywhere near a positive one. Sorry if this comes across as totally negative but you have a chance to learn more about planes other than your B747. My suggestion would be to start with Wikipedia...I've already wasted too much time responding to this.

TISAC wrote:

Simply put- If you don't know, wait til the next time... Maybe the question will be more 'up your alley', so to speak :)    I see that the question I submitted has no interest being generated, so forget about it- you all likely never looked that closely at a B747 anyway :)

Thanks!! Sage advice from the Great White North!!

...and now we return to our regularly scheduled programming...

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