thats the one. very good article on it in the flight global archives 1975, august i think.
A design in the great tradition of back shed boffins everywhere.

Over to mr robot

Well JP, I guess books can be written about what I don't know about that one .

Waiting for next chance Tony

OK, this may be too easy, but what engine lies inside this sleek nose:



As a clue, here is a road sign:

Road sign disturbs me, but it feels like a Mig 3 (speedish testbed of some sort) and then it would be a Mikulin engine.

Tony

No, but the smoothness of the lines in the nose does look similar though.

I'm going to be away for a few weeks, so if someone knows they are right (it should be fairly obvious, as this is an image found through a google search), then they can ask the next question without me confirming their answer, because you could be waiting a while!

Oh dear, so no clues for a while either. Well, I'm having no luck with the answer, but I think I can offer one clue: that road sign is in Britain somewhere. It might even be Brooklands, but don't hold me to that. Now, where in Britain did someone test a small racing-style aeroplane ... ?

OK, so I'm able to check back online this last time before we're off to the Seycehelles- on honeymoon, got marriage yesterday...

So, a clue: the plane was sponsored by someone famous for mass produced cars, and there are lots of Oxford University Depts. and Hospitals that are feature his title.

Napier heston racer?

I was going to guess the engine was a Sabre because I thought it might be the MB.5, but it looks more as though it's the Sabre because it's in the pointy end of a Heston Type 5 racer. 4000hp in this variant, in 1940!

Viscount Nuffield (William Morris, but not the one who did all that wallpaper) was the funder - nice man.

Plus, of course, congratulations, and hope the weeding went well!

Nosewrit - the question was the engine but you got to the Heston before me. I can't think of a new question so do you want to take the next one? If everyone else is happy with this, that is.

Well, I don't have anything right now and I went out of turn a little earlier..

Anyone else have anything?

OK, I'll chuck in a silly. What aero-engine rhymed?

Nice one Sean a bit of literary culture is what is needed around here.

A short snort? I just made that up

Or what we just had

a Napier Sabre

My guess is
Rolls Royce boreas

Is that really a rhyme. A half rhyme perhaps.

Napier Rapier?

Thought that was too easy ... all yours!

Short snort? Sounds a bit like JJ Cales old "Cocain", but only half of it.

You should write something for the Eurovision SC JP! You've got the touch.

(Sorry 'bout that folks) Tony

Us Irish can never win the Eurovision again. We own it winning it three times in a row
Hosting it nearly bankrupted the country. Thats why we now have entries like dustin the turkey



And I'm doubly sorry. This thread is descending into farce.
Post a quiz question quick Graeme.

I'm tied up, Jaypee, can you do this one for me?

Only descending?

OK lets get this show back on the road.

What is this?

Its a western electric vacuum tube, but beyond that I can't say.

ok yep that is right what I should say is why is this important
to aviation?

Because it made airborne radar a practical proposition?

thats it sean two of these in push pull configuration formed the first airborne radar.
installed into ansons. first to detect ships and later aircraft.

over to you

Ooh, can I use them to get a digital TV signal round here?

Right, then: which aircraft reputedly had part of its structure based on toilet paper?