That is also the fifth Trivia. Was I right, can I ask a question?

Hi Gábor

I think you were right with the Napier Sabre as the M.B.3's engine, but we should wait for Dennis to confirm that.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Gabor

Yes it`s over to you my friend

Dennis

Hi all

Just a note that I'll try to make it our policy to start a new thread each time we hit 10 pages - beyond that it's a bit of a pain accessing the latest post.

All the best

Rowan

Ok. I think this one is easy. What is this plane?

Don't watch for the filename:)

Fokker M.16E which first flew in 1915. Experimental two-seat biplane fighter with one machinegun.
The deep, angular fuselage filled the gap between the wings completely. Prototype only, it was never produced, despite an Austrian order for 26 of these aircrafts.

Andy (++)

Correct - you know more than me, I only knew the name. Your turn!

Thanks Gabor, the power of Google search is wonderful :-) .
My question is - By the end of WW2, how many Dornier Do-17s had survived in a flyable condition?
Andy (++)

Hi all.
Nice question Andy.
Found a great Doriner reference site while looking for this one.
Not sure,but I think the answer is 5.
The survivors of a batch of 15 donated to the Finnish airforce in 1942.

BTW, wouldn't this be a nice model to enter in the campaign Fighters Under the Midnight Sun

Nearly right Nigel, have ONE more guess
Andy (++)

Hi Andy.
Umm,,,,well,,,haha.
On the page where I got the info from it said 5,although some people reckoned on 9 surviving,,,so I'll go for 9 this time :-)

I'll let you have this one as you are nearly right. According to what i read there were 6 survivors, 5 Finnish planes (the last one flying in 1948) and 1 German plane .
Your go Nigel. Make it a hard one .
Andy (++)

Thanks Andy.
I will have to make a note of any interesting facts that come up when I have my head in a book.
But for now,an interior photo.



Name the plane

Hmmmm...obviously NOT built east of the English Channel...or west of the Pacific

Mosquito?

Hi Fred,
Well,,,if that was a guess it was a very good one.
Its a mosquito,,but can you name the variant???
haha,,only kidding.
Over to you

S*%#! I was thinking about the Mossie, I just wasn't sure.

Just to be in front.

Hi Nigel,

Just checked in. Give me a day or so and I'll write you with the variant.

I need also figure out a real stumper for everyone--my last ones didn't last 20 minutes!

Hi Guys,

I'll have a pix for you to identify later today (Thursday, 2 Feb,)...

Sorry for the delay.

What am I? What am I known for?

You are a Bowlus-DuPont Albatross.
In September 1934 with Warren Eaton at the controls you set the American soaring (gliding) altitude record of 2,765m (9094ft) at Meadows Virginia.
Amazing what you find out when you type an aircrafts serial number into a google search
:-)

Nigel,

Well done!

I knew I should ahve edited the reg # out! Otherwise, how well known is this bird?

I have what I HOPE are some stumpers, but haven't heard back from the site owners for permission to post.

Just ya'll wait...

Hi all.
I agree Fred,,maybe you should have edited out the serial number.I just did a Google search and came up with loads of info about the glider.
Right then,,my turn.
Hope this proves to be a tricky one.
On Nov 3rd 1939,Fg Off G.Sinclair became the first RAF pilot to do what?

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that he was the first RAF pilot shot down and killed during WWII.