Aircraft Trivia Quiz

Was it the Ryan S-T?

Scorpiomikey

axis or allied? why am i the only one interested in answering this question?

I am watching, but as stated trainers are not my strong point, I am not familiar with the A/C in question, I have looked but can't find anything relevant.

Possibly due to the lack of response, more info would be an idea?

I cant think of many companies that made famous by trainerss per se...this is a tricky one. NAA, Stearman and Vultee all came to mind... How about deHaviland?

axis or allied? why am i the only one interested in answering this question?

a total of eleven were built.  The plane was supposed to cost less than $1000, but the outbreak of WWII interfered with those plans, and after the 11 were completed the project came to a halt.

was this aircraft developed or scrapped?

guys, look again at the question:

OK, this aircraft was designed to be built at a total cost of less than $1,000.  It was built by a company that would go on to be famous during WWII.  Only eleven of the type were completed before WWII began, and the cost ended up being quite a bit more than originally planned.  The design was meant to be a plane that anyone could learn to fly easily.

The plane we're looking for had only 11 examples built before the war ended any hopes of production.  And the plane wasnt a trainer per se, but rather it was built by a company that would become famous for a WWII trainer. 

T-6?

Curtiss Jenny?

nope, not the NA-16......the plane in question is decidedly older

How about the North American NA-16?

Sorry, not strong on trainers - figure it is possibly an early product of NAA, but can't find anything.

wow, no takers?

OK, a hint, the company that built this plane went on to become famous for their trainer aircraft

OK, this aircraft was designed to be built at a total cost of less than $1,000.  It was built by a company that would go on to be famous during WWII.  Only eleven of the type were completed before WWII began, and the cost ended up being quite a bit more than originally planned.  The design was meant to be a plane that anyone could learn to fly easily.

Your questions, give them to us.

Osher called the code name first, but F8fantic got all the particulars correct, save one. It is the Ki-100, the Ki-61 was the sire of the Ki-100.

Over to you F8.

The airplane youre looking for is the Japanese Ki-100, and not the Ki-61.  Youre looking for the second derivative, from the way you posted it.

The Ki-61 was the earlier aircraft.  It was the only Japanese combat aircraft to use the inverted liquid-cooled inline engine instead of a radial.  It was also the first Japanese aircraft to use armor and self-sealing fuel tanks.

The Ki-100 was designed as an emergency plan, to fit a radial engine onto the Ki-61 airframe.  The first visible change was the different nose on the plane that resulted from the engine change.  The second visible change from the Ki-61 came with the Ki-100-1-Otsu model--a bubble canopy for better vision, and of course, the cut-down rear deck that goes with it.

Was is the Fiesler Fi-103r and its Japanese equivalent Kawanishi "Baika" - Mk.I,II,III (Fieseler Fi-103 R derivation) Pulsejet Suicide Attacker?

Hien/Tony?

Axis...

Can we go 50/50?

Axis or Allied?

Several of those features are shared by this aircraft, but it is neither the P-51, not the Tempest/Typhoon/Fury family.

2nd thought of the day, the P-51 which was introduced with some prompting from a foreign government, a laminar flow wing & new radiator layout.

The aircraft eventually proved successfully in the later licence built engine / teardrop configuration?

The only thing I can come up with is the Typhoon / Tempest / Fury family, the family introduced a thicker wing & the Fury had a radial as opposed to the in-line's which were fitted to most other British aircraft of the time?

Second hint, the change that truly differentiated this aircraft from its direct predecessor reversed what set that aircraft apart from nearly every other aircraft type built by its' parent nation during that era.

first hint, a single engine, single seat monoplane.

The Question- This aircraft was a derivative of an earlier aircraft. When the earlier aircraft was designed and introduced, it was a departure from its building country's traditions by introducing several features that were non standard to them at that time. When it was first encountered, it was thought to originate from a separate nation. The aircraft in the question had a separate designation from the first one, as well as one then later two visible differences from its' sire.

The torpedo attack and two MOHs. The Navy VA Squadron Dambusters (VA-195 I believe)  got that name from a successful topedo attack on a North Korean Dam. One MOH was  for a rescue which I recall was in the A Shau Valley (cant recall the other one offhand). And of course the shooting down a jet put it in the bag.

I'll post a question in the morning.

Wow that was quick.  What gave it away?  And for a bonus question, what was the 6 millionth pound of ordinance?

Douglas AD Skyraider.