Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
03-10-2014, 09:01 PM
#9476
Not the Harvard/Texan or the Yale. 
1. Used by each major branch of the US armed forces from the mid-1930s through the end of WWII.
2. The first one built was delivered to the US Navy on the same day as its first flight.
3. Single engine.
4. Hand cranked narrow track landing gear.
1. Used by each major branch of the US armed forces from the mid-1930s through the end of WWII.
2. The first one built was delivered to the US Navy on the same day as its first flight.
3. Single engine.
4. Hand cranked narrow track landing gear.
03-11-2014, 07:44 AM
#9477
1. Used by each major branch of the US armed forces from the mid-1930s through the end of WWII.
2. The first one built was delivered to the US Navy on the same day as its first flight.
3. Single engine.
4. Hand cranked narrow track landing gear.
5. Over 500 built.
No more clues without some guesses!!
2. The first one built was delivered to the US Navy on the same day as its first flight.
3. Single engine.
4. Hand cranked narrow track landing gear.
5. Over 500 built.
No more clues without some guesses!!
03-11-2014, 12:14 PM
#9478
Senior Member
Could only be the star of "Murphy's War" The one, the only Grumman J2F Duck Always loved this airplane , just go for the odd ones I guess.
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03-11-2014, 06:53 PM
#9481
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Good one johnny S. There are some good flying and landing on water videos of a Duck on the old "Ba Ba Balck Sheep" series. Back in the early seventies I saw a guy, Paul Mantz I believe it was, roll one at the Reno Air Race. He started out at about 8500 AGL, must have put in full aileron and rudder and it took forever to finish the roll and about 4500 feet loss of altitude, and full power I believe. WoW ! Must have been a hell of a ride! What an airplane. wallace.tharp
03-12-2014, 10:27 AM
#9482
Senior Member
OK I have one . With the wealth of knowlage here I don't think this will last too long , but here goes.
Looking for an aircraft componet/system of a certen manufacture and mark.
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined untill the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
Looking for an aircraft componet/system of a certen manufacture and mark.
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined untill the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
03-12-2014, 06:57 PM
#9489
Senior Member
The last for tonight
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
03-13-2014, 06:51 AM
#9491
Senior Member
No , not the variiable speed prop
I didn't think this would last this long. Kinda dancing around the edges with the questions though.
A couple more
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
5. Long thought of as a national icon ,I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places , one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
I didn't think this would last this long. Kinda dancing around the edges with the questions though.
A couple more
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
5. Long thought of as a national icon ,I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places , one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
03-13-2014, 07:55 AM
#9493
Senior Member
My Feedback: (3)
No , not the variiable speed prop
I didn't think this would last this long. Kinda dancing around the edges with the questions though.
A couple more
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
5. Long thought of as a national icon ,I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places , one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
I didn't think this would last this long. Kinda dancing around the edges with the questions though.
A couple more
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
5. Long thought of as a national icon ,I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places , one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
03-13-2014, 10:16 AM
#9495
Senior Member
OK another one
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
5. Long thought of as a national icon ,I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places , one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
7. A couple of my sub-systems have been designed to add speed to the planes in their own right.
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
3. Although many associate me with fighters , many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
5. Long thought of as a national icon ,I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places , one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
7. A couple of my sub-systems have been designed to add speed to the planes in their own right.
03-13-2014, 01:44 PM
#9497
Senior Member
Way to go Johnny S . The mighty Rolls it is . Your up. I was begining to run out of clues. This is hard to come up with clues for somthing that everyboby knows so well.
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
Development in Derby. “Shadow” manufacturing plants in Crew ,Glasgow, and Manchester .
3. Although many associate me with fighters, many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
Jack Roush, of Roush Racing from NASCAR fame, builders of Merlins for the Reno Air racers.
5. Long thought of as a national icon, I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places, one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
Like the HA1112 Buchon, a license built BF109 and some racing boats.
7. A couple of my sub-systems have been designed to add speed to the planes in their own right.
Ejector exhaust stubs and the” Meredith “effect cooling system in the P-51 D
8. Most think my name is from Mythology but it is from Ornithology.
Rolls named their engines after birds of prey
9. My developer, builder is known for luxury items. My other handed cousin is also made by a firm that is known for luxury items.
Rolls Royce and Packard Motor Cars In the U.S.
10. I was there to win my country’s battle and I turned a pony into a thoroughbred.
The Battle Of Britain and the Mustang I / P-51
1. I was first designed in the early '30s , all through the war years I was refined until the early '50s when production was stopped. I am still being refined today
2. I was designed / developed in one place but major production was in several shadowy places.
Development in Derby. “Shadow” manufacturing plants in Crew ,Glasgow, and Manchester .
3. Although many associate me with fighters, many more were made for bombers and later transports
4. One of the gentlemen involved in my present refinements / uses, is better known for hats and checkered flags.
Jack Roush, of Roush Racing from NASCAR fame, builders of Merlins for the Reno Air racers.
5. Long thought of as a national icon, I am still, to this day, at the top of my class.
6. After the end of the war I wound up in some odd places, one of them being in the planes of my former enemies.
Like the HA1112 Buchon, a license built BF109 and some racing boats.
7. A couple of my sub-systems have been designed to add speed to the planes in their own right.
Ejector exhaust stubs and the” Meredith “effect cooling system in the P-51 D
8. Most think my name is from Mythology but it is from Ornithology.
Rolls named their engines after birds of prey
9. My developer, builder is known for luxury items. My other handed cousin is also made by a firm that is known for luxury items.
Rolls Royce and Packard Motor Cars In the U.S.
10. I was there to win my country’s battle and I turned a pony into a thoroughbred.
The Battle Of Britain and the Mustang I / P-51
03-13-2014, 02:51 PM
#9498
OK, here's a person.
1. He was a fighter pilot who had great success, but he and the members of his flight were not recognized as well as their peers in another service in the same nation.
2. The enemy did indeed recognize the success of this flight, and eventually they copied some of their equipment and practices.
3. He was once lost in a fog and landed by mistake at an enemy aerodrome. When he saw the enemy markings on the parked aircraft, he quickly took off and escaped.
4. The terminal in the airport of the city of his birth is named in his honour.
03-14-2014, 06:31 AM
#9499
A new clue:
1. He was a fighter pilot who had great success, but he and the members of his flight were not recognized as well as their peers in another service in the same nation.
2. The enemy did indeed recognize the success of this flight, and eventually they copied some of their equipment and practices.
3. He was once lost in a fog and landed by mistake at an enemy aerodrome. When he saw the enemy markings on the parked aircraft, he quickly took off and escaped.
4. The terminal in the airport of the city of his birth is named in his honour.
5. He later admitted in his autobiography that his experiences in Russia had been far more frightening than those on the Western Front.
1. He was a fighter pilot who had great success, but he and the members of his flight were not recognized as well as their peers in another service in the same nation.
2. The enemy did indeed recognize the success of this flight, and eventually they copied some of their equipment and practices.
3. He was once lost in a fog and landed by mistake at an enemy aerodrome. When he saw the enemy markings on the parked aircraft, he quickly took off and escaped.
4. The terminal in the airport of the city of his birth is named in his honour.
5. He later admitted in his autobiography that his experiences in Russia had been far more frightening than those on the Western Front.