Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
09-11-2010, 06:17 PM
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
my resources say:
The C-130 series began as a 1951 requirement for a military transport with Short Take-Off and Landing capabilities. The series was born as the YC-130 and performed well in the latter part of 1954 with its Allison three-bladed turboprop engines. With successes encountered throughout the war in Vietnam and furthermore in peacetime, the C-130 Hercules spawned a plethora of variants that would include special forces insertion, arctic patrol, meteorological research, communications, close-support and modernized variants of the base transport.
The C-130 series began as a 1951 requirement for a military transport with Short Take-Off and Landing capabilities. The series was born as the YC-130 and performed well in the latter part of 1954 with its Allison three-bladed turboprop engines. With successes encountered throughout the war in Vietnam and furthermore in peacetime, the C-130 Hercules spawned a plethora of variants that would include special forces insertion, arctic patrol, meteorological research, communications, close-support and modernized variants of the base transport.
09-12-2010, 07:04 AM
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
ORIGINAL: Evil_Merlin
I am actually writing two, one on the Bf 109 and one on the Fw 190...
Anyways... on to the question.
I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
I still fly today in active use.
I am actually writing two, one on the Bf 109 and one on the Fw 190...
Anyways... on to the question.
I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
I still fly today in active use.
09-12-2010, 07:09 AM
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
As another guess, would we be discussing the English Electric Canberra? First flight in 1951, used for spy missions over Russia in 1953, still flying today as the PR-9 photo recon.
09-12-2010, 12:28 PM
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Nope and nope
1.) I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
2.) I still fly today in active use.
3.) I was designed originally for the Navy but later found my way to the Air Force.
4.) I still fly on the mostly the same powerplant my original model did way back in 1951.
5.) I will be in service with the Air Force and possibly the Navy until after 2050.
1.) I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
2.) I still fly today in active use.
3.) I was designed originally for the Navy but later found my way to the Air Force.
4.) I still fly on the mostly the same powerplant my original model did way back in 1951.
5.) I will be in service with the Air Force and possibly the Navy until after 2050.
09-12-2010, 06:09 PM
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
ORIGINAL: Evil_Merlin
Nope and nope
1.) I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
2.) I still fly today in active use.
3.) I was designed originally for the Navy but later found my way to the Air Force.
4.) I still fly on the mostly the same powerplant my original model did way back in 1951.
5.) I will be in service with the Air Force and possibly the Navy until after 2050.
Nope and nope
1.) I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
2.) I still fly today in active use.
3.) I was designed originally for the Navy but later found my way to the Air Force.
4.) I still fly on the mostly the same powerplant my original model did way back in 1951.
5.) I will be in service with the Air Force and possibly the Navy until after 2050.
The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was a strategic bomber built for the United States Navy and among the longest serving carrier-based jet aircraft. It entered service in the mid-1950s and was retired in 1991. For many years after its introduction, it was also the heaviest aircraft ever flown from an aircraft carrier, earning it the unofficial nickname "The Whale". Its primary function for much of its later service life was as an electronic warfare platform, tactical air reconnaissance platform, and high capacity aerial refueling tanker.
A modified derivative also served in the U.S. Air Force until the early 1970s as the B-66 Destroyer. The Skywarrior is one of only two Navy attack aircraft intended as a strategic bomber to enter service. The Martin P6M SeaMaster tested well, but never entered service due to the Navy fearing loss of funding for surface ships and submarines if it encroached on the USAF strategic bomber role. The pending elimination of the flying-boat platform from the United States Navy also entered into the decision regarding the P6M. Later the carrier-based supersonic A-5 Vigilante was also originally designed for strategic nuclear strike missions. However, with the removal of aircraft carriers from the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) and the transfer of the Navy's strategic nuclear deterrence mission to the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine force, the Vigilante also saw its mission changed, in its case to carrier-based tactical air reconnaissance.
09-12-2010, 07:58 PM
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
Since the Skywarrior was retired in 1991 and the B-66 in 1973...
Nope.
1.) I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
2.) I still fly today in active use.
3.) I was designed originally for the Navy but later found my way to the Air Force.
4.) I still fly on the mostly the same powerplant my original model did way back in 1951.
5.) I will be in service with the Air Force and possibly the Navy until after 2050.
6.) I have over 200 kills to my record since 1953.
Nope.
1.) I first flew in 1951 but became more effective in 1953.
2.) I still fly today in active use.
3.) I was designed originally for the Navy but later found my way to the Air Force.
4.) I still fly on the mostly the same powerplant my original model did way back in 1951.
5.) I will be in service with the Air Force and possibly the Navy until after 2050.
6.) I have over 200 kills to my record since 1953.
09-12-2010, 11:32 PM
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
now that is thinking out the box man, Aim 9.....wow, that is the best answer I have heard so far
Raytheon (Philco/General Electric) AAM-N-7/GAR-8/AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is the world's most successful short-range air-to-air missile, and will remain the U.S. military's main "dogfight" AAM for the foreseeable future.
Development of Sidewinder began in 1950 at the NOTS (Naval Ordnance Test Station) - later renamed as NWC (Naval Weapons Center) - at China Lake. The idea was to create a very simple heat-seeking air-to-air missile by equipping a 12.7 cm (5 in) air-to-air rocket with a lead sulphide (PbS) photo cell in a hemispherical glass nose to detect IR radiation. Another simple, yet effective, idea was the use of "Rollerons" (sliptream-driven wheels at the fin trailing edges acting as stabilizing gyros) as roll-stabilizing devices. The first test missiles were fired in 1951, and on 11 September 1953, the first air-to-air hit on a drone was scored. In the same year, the prototype missile received the offical designation XAAM-N-7.
General Electric began low-rate production in 1955, and in May 1956, the AAM-N-7 Sidewinder I entered U.S. Navy service. Only 240 Sidewinder I missiles were built, and full-rate production missiles (built by Ford Aerospace (Philco) and General Electric) were known as AAM-N-7 Sidewinder IA. I have found no evidence that the AAM-N-7 designations ever used suffix letters (like AAM-N-7a, etc.). For ease of reference, I will use the post-1963 designations of AIM-9A (Sidewinder I) and AIM-9B (Sidewinder IA) throughout this text, even when referring to pre-1963 events.
The AIM-9A/B used a 4.5 kg (10 lb) blast-fragmentation warhead. This was triggered by an IR proximity or contact fuze, and had an effective kill radius of about 9 m (30 ft). The uncooled PbS seeker of these early missiles had a 4° angle of view and a tracking rate of 11°/s, and the missile itself could turn at 12G. Propulsion was provided by a Thiokol MK 17 solid-fuel rocket motor (17.8 kN (4000 lb) thrust for 2.2 s), which could propel the missile to a speed of Mach 1.7 above launch speed. Because of the limitations of the seeker, the AIM-9A/B could only be used for tail-on engagements of non-manoeuvering(!) targets at ranges between 900 m (3000 ft) and 4.8 km (2.6 nm). The missile was also very susceptible to other heat sources (sun, ground reflections).
Because of the usual inter-service rivalry, the USAF did not adopt the Sidewinder, until a "fly-off" against the USAF's GAR-2/AIM-4B Falcon in June 1955 showed the superiority of the Sidewinder. The USAF subsequently procured the AIM-9B under the designation GAR-8. More than 80000 AIM-9B missiles were produced until 1962.
On 24 September 1958, the Sidewinder achieved the world's first successful use of air-to-air guided missiles, when Taiwanese F-86Fs shot down Communist Chinese MiG-15s using AIM-9Bs supplied by the U.S. Navy.
Raytheon (Philco/General Electric) AAM-N-7/GAR-8/AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is the world's most successful short-range air-to-air missile, and will remain the U.S. military's main "dogfight" AAM for the foreseeable future.
Development of Sidewinder began in 1950 at the NOTS (Naval Ordnance Test Station) - later renamed as NWC (Naval Weapons Center) - at China Lake. The idea was to create a very simple heat-seeking air-to-air missile by equipping a 12.7 cm (5 in) air-to-air rocket with a lead sulphide (PbS) photo cell in a hemispherical glass nose to detect IR radiation. Another simple, yet effective, idea was the use of "Rollerons" (sliptream-driven wheels at the fin trailing edges acting as stabilizing gyros) as roll-stabilizing devices. The first test missiles were fired in 1951, and on 11 September 1953, the first air-to-air hit on a drone was scored. In the same year, the prototype missile received the offical designation XAAM-N-7.
General Electric began low-rate production in 1955, and in May 1956, the AAM-N-7 Sidewinder I entered U.S. Navy service. Only 240 Sidewinder I missiles were built, and full-rate production missiles (built by Ford Aerospace (Philco) and General Electric) were known as AAM-N-7 Sidewinder IA. I have found no evidence that the AAM-N-7 designations ever used suffix letters (like AAM-N-7a, etc.). For ease of reference, I will use the post-1963 designations of AIM-9A (Sidewinder I) and AIM-9B (Sidewinder IA) throughout this text, even when referring to pre-1963 events.
The AIM-9A/B used a 4.5 kg (10 lb) blast-fragmentation warhead. This was triggered by an IR proximity or contact fuze, and had an effective kill radius of about 9 m (30 ft). The uncooled PbS seeker of these early missiles had a 4° angle of view and a tracking rate of 11°/s, and the missile itself could turn at 12G. Propulsion was provided by a Thiokol MK 17 solid-fuel rocket motor (17.8 kN (4000 lb) thrust for 2.2 s), which could propel the missile to a speed of Mach 1.7 above launch speed. Because of the limitations of the seeker, the AIM-9A/B could only be used for tail-on engagements of non-manoeuvering(!) targets at ranges between 900 m (3000 ft) and 4.8 km (2.6 nm). The missile was also very susceptible to other heat sources (sun, ground reflections).
Because of the usual inter-service rivalry, the USAF did not adopt the Sidewinder, until a "fly-off" against the USAF's GAR-2/AIM-4B Falcon in June 1955 showed the superiority of the Sidewinder. The USAF subsequently procured the AIM-9B under the designation GAR-8. More than 80000 AIM-9B missiles were produced until 1962.
On 24 September 1958, the Sidewinder achieved the world's first successful use of air-to-air guided missiles, when Taiwanese F-86Fs shot down Communist Chinese MiG-15s using AIM-9Bs supplied by the U.S. Navy.
