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Posted: Friday, June 21, 2019 - 12:42 AM UTC

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This particular aircraft was instrumental {cough} in the development of EFIS.



The Hawker Hunter?




Sorry, no. Remember, Hunters can't have back seat drivers.
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Posted: Friday, June 21, 2019 - 12:51 AM UTC

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Remember, Hunters can't have back seat drivers.



Right. There was a double-seater but it was side by side. Hmmm...

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Posted: Saturday, June 22, 2019 - 01:07 PM UTC
Next clue. It was involved in trials for the Microwave Landing System, drag reducing coatings, wet runway braking and microburst detection systems.
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Posted: Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 06:32 AM UTC
Next clue: It was the first of 10478 (and counting).
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Posted: Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 07:35 AM UTC
Jessie was it the Boeing 737
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Posted: Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 12:13 PM UTC
It's a particular one. Do you know which? And do you know why backseat drivers love it?
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Posted: Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 01:59 PM UTC
is it NASA's Boeing 737-515. Backseat drivers likes it because it had a new fangeled thing called a Glass Cockpit.
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Posted: Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 03:26 PM UTC
More precisely, because that cockpit was in the passenger cabin.

It was very literally flown from the back seats. The regular cockpit was occupied by safety pilots whose job it was to keep a lookout to make certain the guys in back didn't hit anything

NASA 515 is on public display at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, beside the first 727 and first 747, among other famous airplanes. It's well worth a trip to see them.

Anyway, your turn now.
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Posted: Monday, June 24, 2019 - 06:36 AM UTC
Now to come up with a good question, please give me a little time.
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Posted: Monday, June 24, 2019 - 09:35 AM UTC
Found something.
What was Lockheed's secret design studio called, were was it first located and why/how did it get its name.
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Posted: Monday, June 24, 2019 - 09:45 AM UTC
From Wiki...

Skunkworks. The term originated during World War II when the P-80 Shooting Star was designed by Lockheed’s Advanced Development Projects Division in Burbank, California, under similar circumstances. A closely guarded incubator was set up in a circus tent next to a plastics factory in Burbank. The strong smells that wafted into the tent made the Lockheed R&D workers think of the foul-smelling “Skonk Works” factory in Al Capp’s Li'l Abner comic strip.[3]
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Posted: Monday, June 24, 2019 - 01:08 PM UTC
That was easier than I thought. Over to you Gary.
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Posted: Monday, June 24, 2019 - 03:17 PM UTC
Which British aircraft was designed and flown before WW2 started and was used after the end of hostilities in Europe for testing a piece of safety equipment now in widespread military use and what is that equipment?
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Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 10:52 AM UTC
Clue. Single engine plane which ended its career as a target tug.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 04:24 PM UTC
A Boulton Paul Defiant T.T. Mk.1 that was fitted with the first ever Martin Baker ejection seat?
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 12:29 PM UTC
That's the one
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 09:00 PM UTC
Here’s an easy one: which WW2 FAA fighter was responsible for most enemy planes shot down?
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2019 - 11:08 PM UTC
Sea Hurricane?
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2019 - 01:55 AM UTC
Negative
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Posted: Friday, July 05, 2019 - 01:36 PM UTC
Could it be the Fairey Fulmar
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Posted: Friday, July 05, 2019 - 04:39 PM UTC
Surprisingly enough, the Fulmar was credited with 112 enemy planes shot down - more than any other FAA fighter. Over to you, Sir.

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Posted: Friday, July 05, 2019 - 05:07 PM UTC
Thanks. What aircraft is this and when was it built?
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Posted: Sunday, July 07, 2019 - 10:49 AM UTC
Is it French?
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Posted: Sunday, July 07, 2019 - 11:48 AM UTC
No, not French
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Posted: Monday, July 08, 2019 - 11:21 AM UTC
American (developed by a Hungarian)— Hoffman Flying Wing 1934-ish?, developed by a Hungarian engineer formerly employed by Arup Aviation, who developed a series of elliptical flying wing surfaces— the S1-S4 1n 1933-36 I believe. But I think this one crashed during testing.
VR, Russ