Aircraft 'JEOPARDY' Trivia 4
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 01:00 AM UTC
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I found three nicknames, presumably one is right.
The flying shoe
The flying clog
The flying sabot
Dave
Hi Dave,It's The Flying Clog.Named after the distinctive 'clog shaped' profile of it's main fuselage.
Well done,Your turn.
Lena
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 01:15 AM UTC
My aircraft knowledge is pretty lame, so this is probably really easy.
What is this, who used it, and how did they come to use it?
Dave
Moselle, France
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 12:58 PM UTC
Hi Dave!
This is a He 112 with a rocket installed in the tail by Werner Von Braun. It was meant to demonstrate the safety of a rocket powered aircraft... Warsitz (the pilot who later flew the first jet in history, the He 178) crashed the plane on it's first (and last) test flight! More can be found
here for those who can read french! :-)
Jean-Luc
Better think one hour and build five minutes...
Than think five minutes and build an hour!
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 01:49 PM UTC
That's correct! I would read more, but my French is, well, shocking.
Your question!
Dave
Moselle, France
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 06:41 PM UTC
Hi Dave!
You can use Bable Fish if you want to translate the page!
Here's one wich is a little more... subjective. But I'm sure you will find the answer in no time!
What WW2 plane seems to be the adulterine child of a Morane Saulnier MS 406 and a Hawker Hurricane?
Jean-Luc
Better think one hour and build five minutes...
Than think five minutes and build an hour!
Borsod-Abauj-Zemblen, Hungary
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2006 - 03:05 AM UTC
The Finnish LaGG-Morane? We get gradually Finnish ourselves, as we have so many Finnish-related questions... ahh, I know now, Santa lives there... that must be the reason... :-)
Moselle, France
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2006 - 05:13 AM UTC
Hi Gábor!
Sorry, it was not the plane I was thinking of!
The "Mörkö-Morane" you were refering to is the adulterine child of a MS 406 and a Klimov engine... not a Hurricane!
You don't have to go Finnish for this one, more into the east of Europe!
Jean-Luc
Better think one hour and build five minutes...
Than think five minutes and build an hour!
Västra Götaland, Sweden
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2006 - 05:20 PM UTC
Tough question! I'm gonna go with the Yugoslav Rogožarski IK-3.
Cheers!
Moselle, France
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2006 - 10:40 PM UTC
Hi Björn!
That's the one I was thinking of!
A 1/48 resin kit was even made by
Classic Resin Airframes !
Jean-Luc
Better think one hour and build five minutes...
Than think five minutes and build an hour!
Västra Götaland, Sweden
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 01:35 AM UTC
Sigh!
Let's have some easier questions for a while! (At least I think this will be easier).
We had a thread about Aces a while ago. My question is threefold: - Who has been the most successful fighter ace in the jet age? Which nationality? And how many kills?
Cheers!
#029
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:39 AM UTC
Im going for,
Giora Even (Epstein)
Israel
29 kills
It's not the same, better, but not the same...
Västra Götaland, Sweden
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 06:27 AM UTC
Nigel,
I would say that Giora Epstein and Israel is correct. I've only seen 17 kills (
inter alia in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces #59 - Israeli Mirage and Nesher Aces). All Egyptian. 12(!) during the Yom Kippur war.
Anyhows, the question is yours!
JPTRR
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 06:42 AM UTC
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Nigel,
I would say that Giora Epstein and Israel is correct. I've only seen 17 kills...
Hi Guys,
I can't find my Osprey Luftwaffe Jet aces book, but recall there was an ME-262 pilot who has credit for 22.
I've read that Epstein has mid-20s kills. Don't recall where.
If they demand your loyalty, give them integrity; if they demand integrity, give them your loyalty.--Col John Boyd, USAF
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#029
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 06:51 AM UTC
OK,,here we go with my first ever question.
What aircraft is this?
It's not the same, better, but not the same...
Merlin
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 03:49 PM UTC
Hi Nigel
That looks like a Fairey Spearfish. Now wouldn't that make an awesome 1/48 scale model!
All the best
Rowan
BEWARE OF THE FEW...
As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me. - H. Rider Haggard
#029
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 04:09 PM UTC
Spot on there Merlin,,it is indeed the prototype Fairey Spearfish
It's not the same, better, but not the same...
Borsod-Abauj-Zemblen, Hungary
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:23 PM UTC
Its been Heinz Bär with the 22 ME-262 kills, and Erich Rudorffer with 16 or 18, I am not sure.
Västra Götaland, Sweden
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 06:29 PM UTC
Yes, but that was against prop aircraft!! Epstein fought against jets! (At least 16 of the downed aircraft were jets, mostly Mig-21 and Su-7).
betheyn
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 07:43 PM UTC
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Yes, but that was against prop aircraft!! Epstein fought against jets! (At least 16 of the downed aircraft were jets, mostly Mig-21 and Su-7).
Here is the list, All the craft shot down by Epstein were part of the Egyptian Air Force and consisted of:
9 Mig-21
1 Mig-17
4 Su-7
2 Su-20
1 Mi-8?
The last airplane Epstein shot down was on October 24, 1973, and he has held the modern-day world record ever since.
Andy
(++)
All info taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
It's not the same, better, but not the same...
Merlin
Senior Editor #017
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Posted: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 03:45 AM UTC
Hi there
I don't think this one's nearly as obscure as some of my "golden oldies", but you don't see it too often...
What's this aircraft?
All the best
Rowan
BEWARE OF THE FEW...
As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me. - H. Rider Haggard
Borsod-Abauj-Zemblen, Hungary
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Posted: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 06:29 PM UTC
De Havilland DH.93 Don
Uhh, it was not easy...
Merlin
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Posted: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 06:32 PM UTC
Excellent Gábor! Over to you...
All the best
Rowan
BEWARE OF THE FEW...
As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me. - H. Rider Haggard
Borsod-Abauj-Zemblen, Hungary
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2006 - 01:04 AM UTC
Ahoy! So my question is (actually twin questions):
1. The first man to fly a looping (and the first to score a suicide air victory, so that he actually died)
2. The first man to fly a forward looping (and the only one to survive the Gee Bee Super Sportster)
They're not that difficult are they.
#029
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2006 - 01:20 AM UTC
Im going for,,
1. Pyotr Nesterov
2.Jimmy Doolittle
It's not the same, better, but not the same...
JPTRR
Managing Editor #051
Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:51 AM UTC
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Yes, but that was against prop aircraft!! Epstein fought against jets! (At least 16 of the downed aircraft were jets, mostly Mig-21 and Su-7).
Then he is merely tied with USAF Korean ace Capt. Joseph McConnell, who killed all fighters operating in air-to-air--no attack types nor bombers.
That said, there are some latter-day adjustments to his score after consulting Soviet records, which puts Epstein back on top for jet VS jet top Honcho.
Capt. Joseph McConnell If they demand your loyalty, give them integrity; if they demand integrity, give them your loyalty.--Col John Boyd, USAF
“Any plan where you lose your hat is a bad plan.”
