Now the question gets clearer.. But the B52 was modified to carry Sidewinders, and earlier ones had the effective cannon in the tail armament.

The largest fighter I can thing of was the Tu-128...

Okay then, this makes things a bit more complicated

The particular aircraft I had in mind is not a fighter, it has a completely different mission. However, in a conflict, it was modified upon its crew's request to carry Sidewinders to shoot down one particular enemy aircraft. The crew spent the rest of the conflict both performing their ordinary duties and looking out to intercept their target, but they didn't get the chance to try their new weapons.

Since the B-52 is also modified to accept Sidewinders and it's larger... I don't know Warren. If you want I can pass the ball to you or you can keep guessing since I gave the story away. Your choice

No Emre.. it is your question.. The B-52 may have been modified to carry Sidewinders, but I am not sure that they ever did..

Could it have been the BAe Nimrod or the Vulcan?

Emre, how about the 747 (not sure of the designation) that mounts a laser?

Bob

The F-15 maybe


Cheers Nick

Yep, you got it. It was the BAe Nimrod!

As the story goes, during the Falklands War, a Nimrod was deployed to keep an eye on Argentinian naval movements and every day they would see an Argentian 707 pass them by to spy on the British Navy. Since they didn't have any air-to-air armament, they could only watch the 707 go away.

The crew got mad enough to convince an engineer and munitions officer to give them air-to-air missiles and their systems were tweaked to allow them to launch Sidewinders. After that, they took off with 4 Sidewinders until the end of the war, but they never saw the 707 again. Hence, the Nimrod became the largest combat fighter-interceptor The current Airfix kit even includes the Sidewinders and the decals to model that particular airplane.

Warren, it's your turn.

Thanks Emre..

OK, here is a very easy one as I am suffering from brain drain..

What aircraft was nicknamed The Frightener?

And which model company produced it?

Cheers
Warren

You mean the Bristol "Freighter"?

There's more than one firm producing a kit for it. Resin or vacuform?

Yeah I cheated and googled, so I won't give a full answer

Correct Emre.. the Bristol 170 Freighter was the one. I should have specified and said injection moulded as I was thinking of the old Airfix kit I built back in the early 1970s.

Over to you again..

An easy question to pass the ball to someone else, as my ignorance about aircraft makes it hard to ask good questions

Which aircraft is the first turbojet powered Allied aircraft to see action during WW2 and what was it powered with (name one of the engines used for production aircraft if you can)?

That would the Gloster Meteor powered with a couple of Rolls Royce Derwent.

But then again prime marks where also powered by Whittle W2 engines

Correct answer!

Antonatos, I pass the honor to you.

OK here's an easy one for you. Please name a western fast combat jet after WW2 designed and putt in production without ejection seat or seats.

F-80? Do you could that as a fast jet? Didn't get ejection seat till F-80C.

Douglas' F3D Skynight and A3D Skywarrior each had slide chutes rather than bang seats.

Hi all
Thank you for your replies. I'm talking about a really fast jet (Mach 2.5) combat plane still in service.

Sorry WAS in service until last year.

Still in service? That rules out the F-111 and its spiffy escape capsule then.

Jessica that's the one. I didn't know it was phased out last year but I corrected my hint just in time (I hope).
Can't wait to hear your challenge then.

Houses in Canada's arctic regions can be dated to before or after 1951 by simply looking at them. What is the reason for this?

Resupply by air?

Bob

Air supply to the North has been done since the 1920s. Something changed in 1951 that affected the houses, the effects of which change can be seen to this day.

The roofs are painted red?

I am not trying to be smart, but this has something to do with aviation I presume...