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Well, the definition I found doesn't specify rotation, so it would be safe to say that some Tempests fit the clues whereas others do not.
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Sorry not the Demon.
1. This is a jet aircraft, designed and developed as far as it got in response to a Navy request that must have been one of many in the fever for air supremacy with them new turbine engines.
2. More than 10 were made.
3. A classic case of a design foiled by the poor performance of early turbines, outdated by the time it was developed
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1. This is a jet aircraft, designed and developed as far as it got in response to a Navy request that must have been one of many in the fever for air supremacy with them new turbine engines.
2. More than 10 were made.
3. A classic case of a design foiled by the poor performance of early turbines, outdated by the time it was developed
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1. This is a jet aircraft, designed and developed as far as it got in response to a Navy request that must have been one of many in the fever for air supremacy with them new turbine engines.
2. More than 10 were made.
3. A classic case of a design foiled by the poor performance of early turbines, outdated by the time it was developed
4. Single engine, and I doubt it floated. (But the Seamaster is way cool)
2. More than 10 were made.
3. A classic case of a design foiled by the poor performance of early turbines, outdated by the time it was developed
4. Single engine, and I doubt it floated. (But the Seamaster is way cool)
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How about the Ugly F6U pirate
In 1947, before the flight testing of the prototypes was completed, 30 production aircraft were ordered. They incorporated an ejection seat and a redesigned vertical stabilizer as well as two auxiliary fins, one towards the tip on each side of the tailplane in an attempt to improve the directional stability of the aircraft. The fuselage was lengthened to fit additional equipment and the wing had fillets added at the rear junction with the fuselage.[SUP][7][/SUP]During the production run, the Navy decided to move the Chance Vought factory from Stratford, Connecticut to a much larger facility in Dallas, Texas which had been vacant since the end of World War II; this badly disrupted the production of the Pirate. The airframes were built in Stratford and trucked to Dallas where government-furnished equipment, such as the engines and afterburners, were installed. The completed aircraft were then taxied around the new plant's airfield, but the runway was deemed too short to handle jets. The aircraft had to be disassembled and trucked to an abandoned airfield at Ardmore, Oklahoma with a runway long enough for acceptance testing.[SUP][8][/SUP]
The first production F6U-1 performed its initial flight on 29 June 1949, and 20 of the aircraft were provided to VX-3, an operational evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.[SUP][9][/SUP] The judgment from the evaluation was that the Pirate was unacceptable for operational use.[SUP][10][/SUP] Naval aviators disparagingly called the F6U the "groundhog".[SUP][11][/SUP] On 30 October 1950, BuAer informed Vought of the Navy's opinion of the Pirate in terms both bureaucratic and scathing: "The F6U-1 had proven so sub-marginal in performance that combat utilization is not feasible."[SUP][12][/SUP]
The aircraft ended up being used primarily to develop arresting gear and barriers, but were used operationally for a short time by at least one Texas-based United States Naval Reserve squadron as they transitioned to jets.[SUP][10][/SUP] Between them, the 30 production aircraft had only a total of 945 hours of flight time, only 31.5 hours each. Some aircraft flew only six hours which was enough for little more than their acceptance flight and the flight to their ultimate disposition.[SUP][13][/SUP]
In 1947, before the flight testing of the prototypes was completed, 30 production aircraft were ordered. They incorporated an ejection seat and a redesigned vertical stabilizer as well as two auxiliary fins, one towards the tip on each side of the tailplane in an attempt to improve the directional stability of the aircraft. The fuselage was lengthened to fit additional equipment and the wing had fillets added at the rear junction with the fuselage.[SUP][7][/SUP]During the production run, the Navy decided to move the Chance Vought factory from Stratford, Connecticut to a much larger facility in Dallas, Texas which had been vacant since the end of World War II; this badly disrupted the production of the Pirate. The airframes were built in Stratford and trucked to Dallas where government-furnished equipment, such as the engines and afterburners, were installed. The completed aircraft were then taxied around the new plant's airfield, but the runway was deemed too short to handle jets. The aircraft had to be disassembled and trucked to an abandoned airfield at Ardmore, Oklahoma with a runway long enough for acceptance testing.[SUP][8][/SUP]
The first production F6U-1 performed its initial flight on 29 June 1949, and 20 of the aircraft were provided to VX-3, an operational evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.[SUP][9][/SUP] The judgment from the evaluation was that the Pirate was unacceptable for operational use.[SUP][10][/SUP] Naval aviators disparagingly called the F6U the "groundhog".[SUP][11][/SUP] On 30 October 1950, BuAer informed Vought of the Navy's opinion of the Pirate in terms both bureaucratic and scathing: "The F6U-1 had proven so sub-marginal in performance that combat utilization is not feasible."[SUP][12][/SUP]
The aircraft ended up being used primarily to develop arresting gear and barriers, but were used operationally for a short time by at least one Texas-based United States Naval Reserve squadron as they transitioned to jets.[SUP][10][/SUP] Between them, the 30 production aircraft had only a total of 945 hours of flight time, only 31.5 hours each. Some aircraft flew only six hours which was enough for little more than their acceptance flight and the flight to their ultimate disposition.[SUP][13][/SUP]
The biggest problems with the Pirate and the later Banshee, Panther, Shooting Star and Scorpion was their designer's sticking to old technology more than the poor early engines. By the end or WWII, the German designers had basically dropped the straight wing in all of their designs due to the success of the swept wings used in the Swallow and Komet. It wasn't until the F-86 reached operational status, in 1949, that the US had a fighter with swept wings and could reach the speed of sound. Granted, the F-86 used a better engine than the Pirate, having 4000lbs of thrust to the Pirates 3000, but it was the Sabre's swept wing that made it so much superior
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I'm guessing you're looking for the Gloster Meteor. Other names considered were " Cyclone, Terrifier, Tempest, Avenger and Annihilator". Thanks; Ernie P.
Going back in time, already by August 1940 G. Carter had submitted an initial design of a jet fighter, the Gloster G.41: it was a single pilot, straight-winged aircraft with two engines, given the small thrust of the turbines then available, equipped with four cannons of 20mm and a tricycle landing gear. In November of the same year, the Air Ministry drafted Specification F.9/40, around Glosters design, and ordered 12 prototypes to the company, with allocated serials DG202/G to DG213/G (later, that number was reduced to six and, finally, increased to eight).[TABLE]
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E.28/39 (Gloster G.40 "Pioneer") W4041/G. [/TD]
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F.9/40 (Gloster G.41 "Meteor") DG202/G. [/TD]
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The chosen name for the F.9/40 was the result of a long process; among the countless suggestions, we mention "Thunderbolt", "Cyclone", "Wildfire", "Scourge", "Terrific", "Terrifier", "Tempest", "Avenger", "Ace", "Annihilator" and "Reaper". Finally, the Ministry of Aircraft Production chose and insisted on the name "Meteor", after having given up the name "Thunderbolt", selected for the Republic P-47.
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Thank you, uncljoe. I try to be good, but I have trouble resisting temptation on the first clue. Let's see if this one amuses every one. Thanks; Ernie P.
This pilot’s main attribute or skill was simple survival. He learned his craft perhaps slowly, but in time became a truly lethal threat to his opponents.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
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This pilot’s main attribute or skill was simple survival. He learned his craft perhaps slowly, but in time became a truly lethal threat to his opponents.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
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No, not Captain Eddie; but here's a morning clue to aid your search. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
- He survived the war, but is a relative unknown; although he led the victory roles in at least two categories, perhaps three.
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Evening clue. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
- He survived the war, but is a relative unknown; although he led the victory roles in at least two categories, perhaps three.
- His first combat posting was nearly a year after the war had begun.
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Evening clue. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
- He survived the war, but is a relative unknown; although he led the victory roles in at least two categories, perhaps three.
- His first combat posting was nearly a year after the war had begun.
Hermann Göring
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What an interesting answer, HoundDog. Incorrect, but a really interesting answer. Maybe another clue will help. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
- He survived the war, but is a relative unknown; although he led the victory roles in at least two categories, perhaps three.
- His first combat posting was nearly a year after the war had begun.
- He flew throughout a major air campaign without scoring a single victory.
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No correct answers thus far. However, we have several guesses which should be rewarded; hence a bonus clue for participation. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
- He survived the war, but is a relative unknown; although he led the victory roles in at least two categories, perhaps three.
- His first combat posting was nearly a year after the war had begun.
- He flew throughout a major air campaign without scoring a single victory.
- His first victory came after over eight months of combat flying.
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Charles Mc Gee. Tuskegee Airman.
Has two shoot-down in WW ll claims to have more combat missions than any other American combat pilot.
Flew in WWll, Korea, Vietnam
Sparky
Has two shoot-down in WW ll claims to have more combat missions than any other American combat pilot.
Flew in WWll, Korea, Vietnam
Sparky
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No correct (though several very good) answers thus far; so here's an evening clue. Thanks; Ernie P.
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
Question: What warbird pilot do I describe?
Clues:
- He was a pilot prior to the beginning of his war.
- He survived the war, but is a relative unknown; although he led the victory roles in at least two categories, perhaps three.
- His first combat posting was nearly a year after the war had begun.
- He flew throughout a major air campaign without scoring a single victory.
- His first victory came after over eight months of combat flying.
- He was transferred to a different war zone six weeks later, and quickly scored two more victories.