Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
1. Developed before the start of WWII.
2. There was a civilian and military applications of me. We're looking at the military applications.
3. Derived from a one model, I may be known by several names over time.
4. Whilst not the first of my type, I was somewhat successful in a modified role.
5. No other aircraft of my type operates today! (additional: No-one operates like this today, at least that I know of)
6. Other countries adopted this concept during WWII, with limited success.
7. I was derived from a bomber AND still able to support the original bombing role without problems.
8. Depending on version/configuration I carried different numbers of engines!
9. At least six different combinations of existed, and 12 sub-variants!
10. I've destroyed multiple ground targets, and several fighter aircraft.
11. The original/first variant flew in 1931 with the last being in 1942.
12. One pilot is recorded as having died during a test flight accident.
13. Here's an important clue: Depending on version/configuration (see 8-9) I would have multiple engines, multiple wings, and multiple pilots.
14. Besides bombing I was involved in fighting.
2. There was a civilian and military applications of me. We're looking at the military applications.
3. Derived from a one model, I may be known by several names over time.
4. Whilst not the first of my type, I was somewhat successful in a modified role.
5. No other aircraft of my type operates today! (additional: No-one operates like this today, at least that I know of)
6. Other countries adopted this concept during WWII, with limited success.
7. I was derived from a bomber AND still able to support the original bombing role without problems.
8. Depending on version/configuration I carried different numbers of engines!
9. At least six different combinations of existed, and 12 sub-variants!
10. I've destroyed multiple ground targets, and several fighter aircraft.
11. The original/first variant flew in 1931 with the last being in 1942.
12. One pilot is recorded as having died during a test flight accident.
13. Here's an important clue: Depending on version/configuration (see 8-9) I would have multiple engines, multiple wings, and multiple pilots.
14. Besides bombing I was involved in fighting.
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A big guess...but the USS Akron or rigid airships in general?
A big guess...but the USS Akron or rigid airships in general?
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
I knew it was a hard question as it involved a number of aircraft in a strange configuration. I'm not sure that anyone runs parasitic fighters now, although parasitic UAVs are much more feasible with todays technology.
Zveno (Russian: ΠΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΎ, Chain link or a military unit "Flight") was a parasite aircraft concept developed in the Soviet Union during the 1930s. It consisted of a Tupolev TB-1 or a Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber acting as a mothership for between two and five fighters. Depending on the Zveno variant, the fighters either launched with the mothership or docked in flight, and they could refuel from the bomber. The definitive Zveno-SPB using a TB-3 and two Polikarpov I-16s, each armed with two 250 kg (550 lb) bombs, was used operationally with good results against strategic targets in Romania during the opening stages of the German-Soviet War. The same squadron afterwards also carried out a tactical attack against a bridge over the River Dneiper that had been captured by advancing German forces.[1]
Over to you for the next question.
Here's Johnny..... (for those that remember the phrase).
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That was a good one.
OK: new question:
1. It was designed to be a fighter escort for bombers, but the first prototype turned out to be too heavy to be effective in this role.
2. Twin engine, monoplane.
OK: new question:
1. It was designed to be a fighter escort for bombers, but the first prototype turned out to be too heavy to be effective in this role.
2. Twin engine, monoplane.
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Not the Me110, sorry.
1. It was designed to be a fighter escort for bombers, but the first prototype turned out to be too heavy to be effective in this role.
2. Twin engine, monoplane.
3. First flight 1941.
1. It was designed to be a fighter escort for bombers, but the first prototype turned out to be too heavy to be effective in this role.
2. Twin engine, monoplane.
3. First flight 1941.
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Thanks.
1. This plane was the only one of it's type to see service with it's originating country.
2. Four varients were designed but only one would be produced in any quantity.
3. This plane was also used by one other country pf alliance until the end of the war.
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Nope not the f-111
1. This plane was the only one of it's type to see service with it's originating country.
2. Four varients were designed but only one would be produced in any quantity.
3. This plane was also used by one other country of alliance until the end of the war.
4. The plane had some similarities to it's westernized counterparts due to the experience of it's designer.
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1. This plane was the only one of it's type to see service with it's originating country.
2. Four varients were designed but only one would be produced in any quantity.
3. This plane was also used by one other country of alliance until the end of the war.
4. The plane had some similarities to it's westernized counterparts due to the experience of it's designer.
5. This plane had 4 engines.
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
1. This plane was the only one of it's type to see service with it's originating country.
2. Four varients were designed but only one would be produced in any quantity.
3. This plane was also used by one other country of alliance until the end of the war.
4. The plane had some similarities to it's westernized counterparts due to the experience of it's designer.
5. This plane had 4 engines.
6. The total number of all variants built was 35.
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Not yet
1. This plane was the only one of it's type to see service with it's originating country.
2. Four varients were designed but only one would be produced in any quantity.
3. This plane was also used by one other country of alliance until the end of the war.
4. The plane had some similarities to it's westernized counterparts due to the experience of it's designer.
5. This plane had 4 engines.
6. The total number of all variants built was 35.
7. This plane was retired in 1945.
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You got it! Piaggio P.108 is correct. You're up...
The Piaggio P.108 Bombardiere[/b] was an Italian four-engine heavy bomber and the only one of its type to see service with Italy duringWorld War II.<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; " class="reference" id="cite_ref-Matricardi_p._257._1-0">[1]</sup> The prototype first flew in 1939 and it entered service in 1941.<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; " class="reference" id="cite_ref-Matricardi_p._257._1-1">[1]</sup> It was one of a handful of Italian combat aircraft that could match the best manufactured by the Allies.<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; " class="reference" id="cite_ref-Angelucci_and_Matricardi_p._226._2-0">[2]</sup> Four versions of the P.108 were designed, but only one, the P.108B bomber, was produced in any quantity before the armistice. The other variants included the P.108A anti-shipping aircraft with a 102 mm (4 in) gun, the P.108C, an airliner with an extended wingspan and re-modelled fuselagecapable of carrying 32 passengers, and the P.108T transport version designed specifically for military use. Only one P.108A and 24 P.108Bs were built. The combined total number of all versions (and prototypes) was 35.<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; " class="reference" id="cite_ref-Matricardi_p._257._1-2">[1]</sup> Most of the P.108Cs were subsequently modified for use as militarytransport aircraft and could accommodate up to sixty passengers.<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; " class="reference" id="cite_ref-P_3-0">[3]</sup> Nine P.108 Ts were used by Luftwaffe[/i] transport units until the end of the war.<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; " class="reference" id="cite_ref-Matricardi_p._257._1-3">[1]</sup>