Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
01-04-2016, 06:51 PM
Clues 2 and 4 are incorrect. The Lockheed U-2 family are tail-draggers and are still in service, still flying missions over hostile territory. The Lockheed YO-3 had retractable main gear. Otherwise, a good choice for a quiz subject since it's one of the more obscure of modern U.S. types. Here's a photo of a preserved example that happens to reside about 30 miles north of me in the Museum of Flight at Boeing field in Seattle. I'll give a bit of thought to the next question and post it later tonight.
01-04-2016, 10:36 PM
Name this warbird
1. Only one built, it is presumed to have been scrapped.
2. During this warbird's short life, the company that built it was absorbed by another company that is still in business today.
1. Only one built, it is presumed to have been scrapped.
2. During this warbird's short life, the company that built it was absorbed by another company that is still in business today.
01-05-2016, 08:52 AM
01-05-2016, 09:05 AM
Hounding, I don't think thats the answer...The A2J did not fly until 1952,and the ensigns(stars) on the aircraft shown has pre 1943 stars.... To me its something from North American and a lumber company .
01-05-2016, 10:42 AM
Name this warbird
1. Only one built, it is presumed to have been scrapped.
2. During this warbird's short life, the company that built it was absorbed by another company that is still in business today.
3. It had a normal crew of three, and a defensive armament of nine .30 cal. machine guns. The guns were probably never installed in the prototype.
4. Pre-war design.
None of the guesses thus far are particularly close.
1. Only one built, it is presumed to have been scrapped.
2. During this warbird's short life, the company that built it was absorbed by another company that is still in business today.
3. It had a normal crew of three, and a defensive armament of nine .30 cal. machine guns. The guns were probably never installed in the prototype.
4. Pre-war design.
None of the guesses thus far are particularly close.
01-05-2016, 10:59 AM
Name this warbird
1. Only one built, it is presumed to have been scrapped.
2. During this warbird's short life, the company that built it was absorbed by another company that is still in business today.
3. It had a normal crew of three, and a defensive armament of nine .30 cal. machine guns. The guns were probably never installed in the prototype.
4. Pre-war design.
5. Today, the name of the company that designed and built this warbird is associated with one other, far more famous airplane, many of which still fly.
1. Only one built, it is presumed to have been scrapped.
2. During this warbird's short life, the company that built it was absorbed by another company that is still in business today.
3. It had a normal crew of three, and a defensive armament of nine .30 cal. machine guns. The guns were probably never installed in the prototype.
4. Pre-war design.
5. Today, the name of the company that designed and built this warbird is associated with one other, far more famous airplane, many of which still fly.
01-05-2016, 02:20 PM
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Its an Stearman X-100 or XA-21.... lost to the B-25...and led to the A-20.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearman_X-100
CB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearman_X-100
CB
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01-05-2016, 02:32 PM
Its an Stearman X-100 or XA-21.... lost to the B-25...and led to the A-20.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearman_X-100
CB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearman_X-100
CB
http://www.joebaugher.com/usattack/a21.html
01-05-2016, 03:22 PM
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OK.....I think I've come up with one....
1) This AC was part of an expedited program to counter another countries advanced development.
2) Somewhere between 10 and 50 were produced
CB
1) This AC was part of an expedited program to counter another countries advanced development.
2) Somewhere between 10 and 50 were produced
CB
01-05-2016, 03:33 PM
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1) This AC was part of an expedited program to counter another countries advanced development.
2) Somewhere between 10 and 50 were produced
3) It is a "Twin Engine" aircraft.....yes...the quotes are there for a reason.....
CB
2) Somewhere between 10 and 50 were produced
3) It is a "Twin Engine" aircraft.....yes...the quotes are there for a reason.....
CB
01-05-2016, 04:48 PM
Thanks, CB. The quotation marks on "twin engine" got me thinking about mixed-power airplanes. Several have been proposed over the years, a few actually got built but very few indeed ever saw double-digit production. The few that did had brief service lives because the development of the jet engine progressed so rapidly in it's early days.
01-05-2016, 05:04 PM
Looking for the name of a fighter pilot. This shouldn't last long.
1. This pilot and his wingman combined for 15 aerial victories in one mission.
2. When this pilot returned home after this mission, his engine quit at the end of his landing roll-out because he was out of fuel. Of the 2000+ rounds of ammunition he took off with, only 2 rounds were left when he landed.
3. He achieved "Ace-in-a-day" status not once, but twice, something no one else from his country ever did.
1. This pilot and his wingman combined for 15 aerial victories in one mission.
2. When this pilot returned home after this mission, his engine quit at the end of his landing roll-out because he was out of fuel. Of the 2000+ rounds of ammunition he took off with, only 2 rounds were left when he landed.
3. He achieved "Ace-in-a-day" status not once, but twice, something no one else from his country ever did.
01-05-2016, 05:33 PM
It's like the old TV program NAME that TUNE. I can name that tune in 4 notes OH I can name that tune In 2 notes then I can name that tune in 1 note... These guys can read each others minds LOL.
01-05-2016, 11:31 PM
Looking for the name of a fighter pilot. This shouldn't last long.
1. This pilot and his wingman combined for 15 aerial victories in one mission.
2. When this pilot returned home after this mission, his engine quit at the end of his landing roll-out because he was out of fuel. Of the 2000+ rounds of ammunition he took off with, only 2 rounds were left when he landed.
3. He achieved "Ace-in-a-day" status not once, but twice, something no one else from his country ever did.
4. All of his kills were scored during one five-month period.
1. This pilot and his wingman combined for 15 aerial victories in one mission.
2. When this pilot returned home after this mission, his engine quit at the end of his landing roll-out because he was out of fuel. Of the 2000+ rounds of ammunition he took off with, only 2 rounds were left when he landed.
3. He achieved "Ace-in-a-day" status not once, but twice, something no one else from his country ever did.
4. All of his kills were scored during one five-month period.
01-06-2016, 04:02 AM
Rene' Fonck scored 6 kills twice, 9 May and 26 Sept 1918
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer scored 5 kills on 25 May 1944 and 9 more on 21 Feb 1945 flying at night
David McCambell scored 7 kills on 19 June and 9 more on 24 Oct 1944 but these were all poorly trained Japanese pilots
Hans Wind scored 5 or more kills in a day FIVE TIMES IN TWELVE DAYS for 30 of his 75 kills
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer scored 5 kills on 25 May 1944 and 9 more on 21 Feb 1945 flying at night
David McCambell scored 7 kills on 19 June and 9 more on 24 Oct 1944 but these were all poorly trained Japanese pilots
Hans Wind scored 5 or more kills in a day FIVE TIMES IN TWELVE DAYS for 30 of his 75 kills
Last edited by Hydro Junkie; 01-06-2016 at 04:13 AM.
01-06-2016, 09:38 AM
Rene' Fonck scored 6 kills twice, 9 May and 26 Sept 1918
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer scored 5 kills on 25 May 1944 and 9 more on 21 Feb 1945 flying at night
David McCambell scored 7 kills on 19 June and 9 more on 24 Oct 1944 but these were all poorly trained Japanese pilots
Hans Wind scored 5 or more kills in a day FIVE TIMES IN TWELVE DAYS for 30 of his 75 kills
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer scored 5 kills on 25 May 1944 and 9 more on 21 Feb 1945 flying at night
David McCambell scored 7 kills on 19 June and 9 more on 24 Oct 1944 but these were all poorly trained Japanese pilots
Hans Wind scored 5 or more kills in a day FIVE TIMES IN TWELVE DAYS for 30 of his 75 kills
01-06-2016, 12:31 PM
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it Is coming Up on a 6th birthday, first post
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& 12571 Posts Later Still going strong
Happy Birthday "Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz"
Here's mopping for Many More to come.
Last edited by HoundDog; 01-06-2016 at 12:38 PM.
01-06-2016, 09:28 PM
Looking for the name of a fighter pilot. This shouldn't last long.
1. This pilot and his wingman combined for 15 aerial victories in one mission.
2. When this pilot returned home after this mission, his engine quit at the end of his landing roll-out because he was out of fuel. Of the 2000+ rounds of ammunition he took off with, only 2 rounds were left when he landed.
3. He achieved "Ace-in-a-day" status not once, but twice, something no one else from his country ever did.
4. All of his kills were scored during one five-month period.
5. He survived the war and died of natural causes at a ripe old age.
1. This pilot and his wingman combined for 15 aerial victories in one mission.
2. When this pilot returned home after this mission, his engine quit at the end of his landing roll-out because he was out of fuel. Of the 2000+ rounds of ammunition he took off with, only 2 rounds were left when he landed.
3. He achieved "Ace-in-a-day" status not once, but twice, something no one else from his country ever did.
4. All of his kills were scored during one five-month period.
5. He survived the war and died of natural causes at a ripe old age.