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Aircraft JEOPARDY trivia nr. 7
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Posted: Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 11:46 PM UTC
Heres another photo of the same aircraft



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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 10:52 PM UTC
Would that be the Curtiss AH-18. hydroaeroplane?
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 11:35 PM UTC
No its not the Curtis AH-18. This aircraft was designed by Dr Grover Loening for the USN.

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Posted: Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 02:19 AM UTC
The aircraft in question is the Loening XSL-2. It was design as a submarine launched scout. The sole example was damaged in a flood and USN decided the cost of the repairs was to high. so the project was abandoned

http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/loening/xsl-2.htm

David

so over to you Andy
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Posted: Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 03:30 AM UTC

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The aircraft in question is the Loening XSL-2. It was design as a submarine launched scout. The sole example was damaged in a flood and USN decided the cost of the repairs was to high. so the project was abandoned

http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/loening/xsl-2.htm

David

so over to you Andy

Thanks David. Nice hard question that one. The only flying boat designed by Dr Grover Loening i could find was simply called prototype one, and then i couldn't find any pics :-) .
My question is - what is it called and what is it powered by.

I expect this question to last all of 2 minutes :-) .
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Posted: Friday, August 11, 2006 - 01:38 AM UTC
Hi Andy

That's a hot-air balloon! :-)

Actually, I reckon it's the Caproni Stipa, powered by a 120 Hp. DH Gipsy II engine lurking within the tubular fuselage - almost a kind of ducted-fan effect, but with the entire fuselage acting as the duct.

All the best

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Posted: Friday, August 11, 2006 - 01:41 AM UTC
Spot on Rowan, i would have accepted the first answer as well :-) . I don't know what the designer was drinking when they designed it, but i want some :-) .
Your turn.
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Posted: Friday, August 11, 2006 - 02:20 AM UTC
Cheers Andy

Try this one - it's a taster for an upcoming Walkaround



All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Friday, August 11, 2006 - 03:02 AM UTC
ME-262!

Guess how I know?
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Posted: Friday, August 11, 2006 - 01:14 PM UTC
Nice on Fred!

I hoped you'd spot it! The staff at RAF Hendon were really kind and let me crawl around under the aircraft, so I've got some neat detail shots of the wheelwheels etc. :



Over to you for the next one and all the best

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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2006 - 01:56 AM UTC

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Since Betheyn (a.k.a. Andy) got the flying pig, I defer to his puzzler Andy, if you defer, then I will wing it, I've got one waiting in the wings (pardon the puns)

If its OK with you Fred i will defer the question to your good self, as i haven't got one lined up :-) .
Fire away Fred .
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2006 - 09:15 AM UTC
Hi Guys,

What are we looking at here?

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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2006 - 11:43 AM UTC
Hi Fred!

It looks like a Texan with fixed landing gear (NJ-1). But the propeller isn't bipale? A prototype?

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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 07:00 AM UTC

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Hi Fred!

It looks like a Texan with fixed landing gear (NJ-1). But the propeller isn't bipale? A prototype?

Jean-Luc


Hi Jean-Luc,

Oh goodie, a stumper!

No, not a prototype. A total of 176 were built.



TTFN,

Fred
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 12:27 PM UTC
A Stearman BT-17 ?
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 07:28 PM UTC

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A Stearman BT-17 ?


Hi Chuck,

Getting colder...

Keep trying. --Fred
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 01:44 AM UTC
Hi Guys,

A week has passed and no answer??

A hint--Jean-Luc is close, but think Japan.
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 01:57 AM UTC
Hi Fred

Thank heavens for a clue! :-)

I found this on a Harvard page:

"Even the Japanese built a variant under license in 1940, albeit with a Japanese engine..."

All the best

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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 02:39 AM UTC

Ive got a 30 minute flight booked in that Harvard the week after next!
Cant wait!!!
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 02:51 AM UTC
Hi Nige

You lucky b*****d! :-) I had the chance years ago, but I couldn't afford the fuel...

All the best

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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 02:58 AM UTC
Rowan.
My dad trained on harvards in Texas 44/45. The trip is a present from him Have a look at this thread I posted today on IPMS. LINK
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 05:33 AM UTC
Nigel,

Wonderful! You will love it!

It was only two years and three days ago that I got a ride in an SNJ.

It almost did not happen. The rear cockpit rudder pedals are high, the seat narrow, and to get my feet up there I got a charlie horse in my thigh! But I suffered it through and enjoyed a ride of loops and rolls and wingovers--some by my own hand!

The flight was topped off by the pilot pulling a cool trick--he backed us into the hanger! Can any of you figure out how?
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 08:58 AM UTC

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"Even the Japanese built a variant under license in 1940, albeit with a Japanese engine..."


Hi Rowan,

So can you name that plane?
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006 - 11:44 AM UTC

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Hi Rowan, So can you name that plane?


Hi Russell

Well I guess it's a Kyushu K10W. I was hoping someone else would take up the trail because I'm going to be away for a few days, so I won't be around to see if that's the right answer.

All the best

Rowan
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