Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
04-24-2019, 07:56 PM
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If no one posts a question by tomorrow afternoon, I will do so. However, I would prefer some one else take the lead. I've asked several questions lately, and don't want to bore people. Thanks; Ernie P.
04-25-2019, 04:51 PM
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Okay; here we go. Thanks; Ernie P.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
04-25-2019, 05:31 PM
Engine sounds like the Liberty V-12.
BTW, I would have done a quiz since FIO wasn't able but, unfortunately, I'll be without internet access for the next several days.
BTW, I would have done a quiz since FIO wasn't able but, unfortunately, I'll be without internet access for the next several days.
04-25-2019, 07:55 PM
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What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920s and 1930s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
04-26-2019, 06:13 AM
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Morning clue. Thanks; Ernie P.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
04-26-2019, 02:34 PM
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Evening clue. Thanks; Ernie P.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
5. Our subject engine first ran in the early 1920’s.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
5. Our subject engine first ran in the early 1920’s.
04-27-2019, 02:53 AM
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Morning clue. Thanks; Ernie P.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
5. Our subject engine first ran in the early 1920’s.
6. It powered several iconic aircraft.
What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
5. Our subject engine first ran in the early 1920’s.
6. It powered several iconic aircraft.
04-27-2019, 07:37 AM
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What warbird engine do I describe?
Clues:
1. This was a very influential engine in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
2. Several well-known engines trace their design to this engine.
3. Those engines powered aircraft on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. And both sides of the coming cataclysm.
5. Our subject engine first ran in the early 1920’s.
6. It powered several iconic aircraft.
7. The engine was widely imitated, if not outright copied, by several leading aircraft manufacturers.
8. In fact, one of its imitators was specifically built by order of the government of the country, as that government was irritated by its aircraft manufacturers all using a “foreign” engine.
Answer: The Curtiss D-12.
The Curtiss D-12, sometimes identified with the military designation Curtiss V-1150, was an aircraft engine of 18.8 liter displacement. It was a water-cooled V12, producing 443 hp (330 kW) and weighing 693 lb (314 kg). It was designed by Arthur Nutt in 1921 and used in the Curtiss CR-3 for the 1923 Schneider Trophy race. Fairey Aviation of England imported 50 Curtiss-built examples in 1926, renaming them the Fairey Felix. The D-12 was one of the first truly successful aluminum cast-block engines, and was extremely influential in the interwar period. Numerous subsequent engines trace their design to the D-12, among them the Packard 1A-1500, Rolls-Royce Kestrel and Junkers Jumo 210.
Applications
D-12· Boeing Model 15
· Curtiss CR
· Curtiss Falcon
· Curtiss P-5
· Curtiss PW-8
· Curtiss R2C
· Fokker D.XII
· Macchi M.33
· Wittman D-12 BonzoFelix
· Fairey Firefly I
· Fairey Fox
Specifications (Curtiss D-12/Felix)
General characteristics· Type: 12-cylinder liquid-cooled 60-degree V · Bore: 4.5 in (114.3 mm)
· Stroke: 6.0 in (152.4 mm) · Displacement: 1,145 cu in (18.8 l)
· Length: 56.75 in (1441 mm) · Width: 28.25 in (717.5 mm)
· Height: 34.75 in (882.6 mm) · Dry weight: 693 lb (314 kg)Components
· Cooling system: Liquid-cooledPerformance
· Power output: 443 hp (330 kW) at 2,200 rpm · Compression ratio: 6:1
Last edited by Ernie P.; 04-27-2019 at 07:41 AM.
04-27-2019, 08:11 AM
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Hmm. Didn't really expect to win with that guess. But I'll try to get a question going later this afternoon.
I'm not really an engine guy. But I do appreciate how important they were in the early days of aviation. My father was a barnstormer for a while in the 30's. Many years later, when he talked about airplanes, what he talked about was engines. I don't think he knew much about things like aerodynamics or navigation, but he could tell you what engine pretty much any airplane had, and he could keep $50 cars running well enough to get us where we needed to go.
I'm not really an engine guy. But I do appreciate how important they were in the early days of aviation. My father was a barnstormer for a while in the 30's. Many years later, when he talked about airplanes, what he talked about was engines. I don't think he knew much about things like aerodynamics or navigation, but he could tell you what engine pretty much any airplane had, and he could keep $50 cars running well enough to get us where we needed to go.
04-27-2019, 11:31 AM
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Here we go again:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
04-28-2019, 05:02 AM
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Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
04-29-2019, 04:18 AM
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Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
04-29-2019, 04:02 PM
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Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
04-30-2019, 04:32 AM
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Not the Kfir. In response to Ernie's comment, while I can't say what war it fought in (figuring that out is half the fun), I will say that it was not the fastest airplane used in that war. But I'm fairly sure that when it first flew it was faster than anything else being flown in that war.
Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while..
Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while..
05-01-2019, 04:22 AM
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Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
05-02-2019, 04:24 AM
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Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
05-02-2019, 11:03 AM
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Today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
05-02-2019, 02:42 PM
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Since getting Ernie to give up on a guess counts as a major achievement in this game, here's a bonus clue.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
05-02-2019, 05:48 PM
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Since getting Ernie to give up on a guess counts as a major achievement in this game, here's a bonus clue.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
Answer: The Grumman F8F Bearcat
The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engine carrier-basedfighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations. It was Grumman Aircraft's last piston engined fighter aircraft. Modified versions have broken speed records for piston-engined aircraft, and are popular among warbird owners and air racers. The Bearcat that became Rare Bear was a severely damaged wreck when discovered by Lyle Shelton in 1969. It had been abandoned next to a runway in Valparaiso, Indiana after it crashed there from a throttle-on torque roll in 1962. The airplane had been stripped by parts hunters, so Shelton found a fuselage, wing center section, landing gear and a right wing panel, but little else. Shelton bought the wreck and had the pieces trucked to Orange County and restoration began. One of the major modifications made during the rebuild involved installing a more powerful Wright R-3350 (from a Douglas Skyraider) in place of the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine that is standard for a Bearcat. A Douglas DC-7 propeller and cowl were used and Shelton bought the landing gear fairings and doors from the wreck of Bob Kucera's Bearcat. Bill Fornoff loaned him a left wing panel and Gunter Balz supplied a rudder. The windshield and canopy were supplied by Edward T. Maloney. The rebuild was finished with the first flight on 13 September 1969.
Rare Bear has set many performance records for piston-driven aircraft, including the 3 km World Speed Record of 528.33 mph (850.26 km/h) set August 21, 1989, which still stands in this class, and a new time-to-climb record (3,000 meters in 91.9 seconds set in 1972 (9842.4 ft - 6,426 fpm), breaking a 1946 record set in a stock Bearcat).
05-03-2019, 04:30 AM
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Not the F8F, though I will admit to trying to write some of the clues so that they would suggest that airplane. Here's today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
10. All but one of the few that were sent to war zones went to places other than the place where the most active aerial combat was going on. And the one that did go to the scene of the most intensive fighting may have been sent there only for evaluation, according to one source.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
10. All but one of the few that were sent to war zones went to places other than the place where the most active aerial combat was going on. And the one that did go to the scene of the most intensive fighting may have been sent there only for evaluation, according to one source.
05-03-2019, 07:59 AM
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Not the F8F, though I will admit to trying to write some of the clues so that they would suggest that airplane. Here's today's clue:
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
10. All but one of the few that were sent to war zones went to places other than the place where the most active aerial combat was going on. And the one that did go to the scene of the most intensive fighting may have been sent there only for evaluation, according to one source.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
10. All but one of the few that were sent to war zones went to places other than the place where the most active aerial combat was going on. And the one that did go to the scene of the most intensive fighting may have been sent there only for evaluation, according to one source.
05-04-2019, 04:26 AM
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Here's today's clue, which adds a bit to Ernie's mention of his unbuilt kit of this airplane.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
10. All but one of the few that were sent to war zones went to places other than the place where the most active aerial combat was going on. And the one that did go to the scene of the most intensive fighting may have been sent there only for evaluation, according to one source.
11. Sadly, there are far fewer kits of scale models being manufactured and sold today than was the case a few years ago. But one company still offers a kit of this airplane. I'd get one myself if my stash weren't already too big for me ever to build all of them. And there's no room in the basement for more built planes.
Looking for the name of a warbird.
1. Single-engine fighter.
2. Fast. Perhaps the fastest fighter in existence when it first flew.
3. First flew during the one war in which it was used.
4. An order for the production version was placed more than a year before the end of the war in which it served.
5. Only one pilot shot down as many as five enemy planes while flying this airplane.
6. Not many were produced, for reasons that seem unconvincing today. It was somewhat unconventional by the standards of the country in which it was designed and built, although other countries had produced roughly similar designs, one of which had been quite successful, for a while.
7. After the war, some were sold to civilians, and some of those were raced. One of them, which had a different engine than all the others, won a major race.
8. Total production was somewhat more than 100, and only about a quarter of those were sent to combat zones.
9. Only one original aircraft survives, in a museum. It's an airplane that achieved a first, several years after its war had ended. A few replicas have been built, and one of them still flies.
10. All but one of the few that were sent to war zones went to places other than the place where the most active aerial combat was going on. And the one that did go to the scene of the most intensive fighting may have been sent there only for evaluation, according to one source.
11. Sadly, there are far fewer kits of scale models being manufactured and sold today than was the case a few years ago. But one company still offers a kit of this airplane. I'd get one myself if my stash weren't already too big for me ever to build all of them. And there's no room in the basement for more built planes.
05-04-2019, 04:34 AM
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Here's today's clue, which adds a bit to Ernie's mention of his unbuilt kit of this airplane.
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11. Sadly, there are far fewer kits of scale models being manufactured and sold today than was the case a few years ago. But one company still offers a kit of this airplane. I'd get one myself if my stash weren't already too big for me ever to build all of them. And there's no room in the basement for more built planes.
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11. Sadly, there are far fewer kits of scale models being manufactured and sold today than was the case a few years ago. But one company still offers a kit of this airplane. I'd get one myself if my stash weren't already too big for me ever to build all of them. And there's no room in the basement for more built planes.