UGLY

Jay Leno's private plane

Its certainly ugly,,lol
Seems to me to have a DeHaviland,,or maybe even an Avro look to it.?
But im probably miles off
Nige

Is this a turbo prop? not that the answer will help me any in identifying it. You guys are good at this I have searched the internet and not got a clue yet.

Is it one of the Short Bros finest caviar fish?

Hi Dennis

Well done! - I was all set to post a clue tonight.

Yes - it's the SB.3 anti-submarine development of the Short Sturgeon:



Over to you for the next question.

All the best

Rowan

on 12 July 1907 Louis Bleriot flew 150 metres in his type VI monoplane.The question is ,how did he control the aircrafts height?

Stilts??????

Hi Dennis

The tips of the wings pivoted to act as elevators. Here's a pic from a biography site:



All the best

Rowan

I think Dennis (airraid) is asking how the surfaces were activated, by the pilot, adjust your seat and try again.

Hi Chuck

As you not so subtly hint - the pivoting surfaces were controlled by moving the pilot's seat.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan

Correct the seat was on rollers .It`s all yours

Den

Hi Dennis

I think the next question should really be Chuck's, as he obviously knew the answer - but here goes anyway:

What's this oddball?



All the best

Rowan

Hi all

No ideas yet? OK - just to either confuse you further or give you a clue as to what direction to start looking... believe it or not, this is the same aircraft!



Have fun!

Rowan

I was starting to think I was getting nowhere until you posted the second pic Rowan.
Now I KNOW Im getting nowhere!
Nige

Hi Nige

Ahhh - well try thinking of a rather more famous monoplane that slipped on an extra pair of wings. That might help as a starting point...

All the best

Rowan

I can think of a certain Hawker aircraft that went from a biplane to a monoplane,,,lol
Does that work?
Nige

I couldn't possibly comment...

Thats probably for the best

I was thinking it looked like something that Miles might have come up with (or maybe a pint sized Percival) but slip wing? It's got to be a Hillson Bi-Mono.

Hi Kenneth

Spot on! It is indeed the Hillson Bi-Mono.

Over to you for the next question.

All the best

Rowan

Thanks Rowan

OK. How about an easy one:

What do the Ju 52 and SR-71 have in common?
(sorry, no pictures)

Ken

Um, I didn't think it was that hard (or lame?) a question...

It's obviously not performance,
and it's not even the materials used in construction,
but it does have something to do with construction.

Sorry, I really seem to have killed this thread
Anyway, the answer is they both use(d) corrugated skin:

Hi Kenneth

Great minds think alike - I remembered only last night that the thread had stalled!

Corrugated skin! I was searching high and low for a much more complicated answer! A real case of not being able to see the wood for the trees...

You beat us fair and square. Post another question and we'll try to do better.

All the best

Rowan

I never would have guessed that