Or a diorama!!

Ok here's another question.

In WW2 the Fleet Air Arm were forced to make modifications to the F4 Corsair to enable them to operate from RN carriers. One in particular made them superior for carrier opps than their US counterparts. What was the modification in question?

Hi Martin!

I know they shortened the wings so the planes could be stored inside the aircraft carrier.
The british also resolved the visibility problem of the F4U Corsair while landing on a carrier. They flew a curve on the final approach so they could have the ship in sight until the very last moment.

It's all I can guess...

Jean-Luc

That's the right answer Jean-Luc. A by product of clipping the wingtips was that it reduced the tendency of the corsair to "float" as it came within ground effect so it was easier to get the thing down onto the carrier deck.

Hi all!

To stay in the "comics" mood, I'll ask you to identify this plane:



Jean-Luc

Hi all!

No idea!? Here's one hint: the hero of this comic is the famous Biggles, a BRITISH RAF pilot...

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

It looks like a bizarre tandem-seat de Havilland Hornet hybrid?!

Does Biggles ever age? He flew in WW1 didn't he? :-)

All the best

Rowan

Hi all!

Rowan, it's actually a non existing plane! I think the artist was indeed inspired by the Hornet and modified it a little bit... in the comic, it is called "Spur"...
I hope you didn't searched in your references too long guys! :-)

Biggles flew in WW1 and in WW2! Let's say he was around 18 years old in 14-18 and 40 years old in 39-45... it could be possible. After all, Zidane did return in the French team lately! :-)

Buck Danny, another comic hero pilot, flew during WW2 and is still flying in the US Navy 60 years later! He didn't get older in that time! That's the magic of comics...

It's your turn Rowan... with something real I hope!

Jean-Luc

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I hope you didn't searched in your references too long guys! :-)

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That was hard, i have been searching through Biggles websites for the last hour and i still couldn't find any thing close (apart from it looks like a Mosquito variant, but that would have been too easy )
I can't believe how many books there are. Well done Jean-Luc you had be completley clueless


Thanks Andy :-)

Hi Jean-Luc

I'm glad to say, being totally comic-deprived... I hadn't got any references to consult! :-) It does look like "the Hornet that never was" - maybe what it might have looked like if it'd been developed further...

OK - here's the question:

If we're talking D.H. Hornets... what was the name of Argentina's Hornet-lookalike?

All the best

Rowan

No ideas yet?

Here's a visual clue:



All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan!

I think it's the FMA IA.30 Nancu... and it looks indeed like a Hornet. Maybe this is the plane Biggles flew!?

Jean-Luc

Spot on Jean-Luc!

Here's the Nancu in its element:



Over to you for the next question.

All the best

Rowan

Hi all!

What's this thing



Jean-Luc

Just a guess , it looks like the test bed for the Vulcan. I'm sure i read somwhere that they built a small version to test the wing configuration out.

Hi Andy

I think you should look the other side of The Channel for the answer...

All the best

Rowan

... direction South West! In fact you shouldn't land far away of the "Hornet lookalike"...

Hi Jean-Luc

:-) I thought it was the 1950s test aircraft prior to the Mirage project... That shows how much I know about "modern" jets! Nasty things!

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan!

I didn't knew this... "thing" until searching for the FMA IA.30 Nancu!

It has a quite interesting story... and it's a real one as you can see below...



Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

It's finding things like this - and what else you come across during the searches - that makes the Trivia Quiz such fun.

The aircraft is Argentina's FMA IA 37.

All the best

Rowan

Definitely! I learned a lot with the Trivia in the past months! While searching for answers, you find in fact a lot more than you expected!

Here some additional infos on the FMA IA 37:
This supersonic delta fighter interceptor was designed with the assistance of Dr. Reimar Horten.
First, a glider was designed as a proof of concept and flew in 1954. Then, a second prototype was built to check the
general concept and design details. Later on, a third prototype was build for the achieving supersonic flight.

I hope the supersonic flight didn't occured with the prototype on the pictures! :-)

It's your turn again Rowan!

Jean-Luc

EDIT: maybe we could let Andy ask the next question. Didn't you send him the wrong side of the channel? Not very gentlemen like! :-)

LOL! I was trying to help Andy... instead, I just proved my ignorance!

OK... here's something I learned while trying to did my way out that delta-shaped hole I'd dug for myself!

What was the first jet fighter adopted by a Latin-American country?

All the best

Rowan

The Gloster Meteor F4

David

Nice one David!

Over to you for the next question...

All the best

Rowan

Which jet fighter was the first to shoot itself down?

David