The Mystery Aeroplane Quiz With No Pictures
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Wow LNS, and I thought you were in the UK - didn't you bring an Auster to Old Warden recently??
Aerohack - I do know the plan, but I didn't think it that sneaky, the Pixie IIIa was the bi-plane and that's the one at Coventry. However, had the first guess been a mono-plane rather than a bi-plane, I would have said 'Yes' to that, which would have been sneaky
Now, back to LNS - Which bit is extant, the engine?
Aerohack - I do know the plan, but I didn't think it that sneaky, the Pixie IIIa was the bi-plane and that's the one at Coventry. However, had the first guess been a mono-plane rather than a bi-plane, I would have said 'Yes' to that, which would have been sneaky
Now, back to LNS - Which bit is extant, the engine?
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I'll guess the propeller...?
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<<I would have said 'Yes' to that, which would have been sneaky>>
Airbedane: In which case I'd still have missed it, 'cos then I'd have gone for the Wheeler Slymph.
LowNSlow: Brabazon?
Airbedane: In which case I'd still have missed it, 'cos then I'd have gone for the Wheeler Slymph.
LowNSlow: Brabazon?
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Come on LNS, where are you?
How about the Bistol 133 - spun in during testing on 8 March 1935, the pilot, Campbell, got out, but only just - his foot caught in the control column as he was trying to egress the cockpit. The engine and remains of the prop were dug up during rebuilding works by the Post Ofice following the sale of the old Bristol Engines site at Filton about 10 years ago. They now rest with the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust at Filton, but the rest of the aicraft went missing following the crash.
How about the Bistol 133 - spun in during testing on 8 March 1935, the pilot, Campbell, got out, but only just - his foot caught in the control column as he was trying to egress the cockpit. The engine and remains of the prop were dug up during rebuilding works by the Post Ofice following the sale of the old Bristol Engines site at Filton about 10 years ago. They now rest with the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust at Filton, but the rest of the aicraft went missing following the crash.
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Sorry for the delay chaps
Mr. Grubby - no
treadders - no, see below
Airbedane - no, it's a wheel
Aerohack - no
mexchiwa - no, I'm not that big
Mr. Grubby - no
treadders - no, see below
Airbedane - no, it's a wheel
Aerohack - no
mexchiwa - no, I'm not that big
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"....in 1973 a California company created a hybrid from a Ford Pinto and a Cessna Skymaster. It generated heated excitement until the aircraft crashed on its maiden flight. "
The mind boggles at the thought of a Ford 337 ... or is that a Cessna Pinto?
"On October 5th 1930 the British-built airship "R101" crashed into a hillside near Beauvais in France...."
Been Googling the last clue!
The mind boggles at the thought of a Ford 337 ... or is that a Cessna Pinto?
"On October 5th 1930 the British-built airship "R101" crashed into a hillside near Beauvais in France...."
Been Googling the last clue!
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You weren't getting a haircut too were you?
Wasn't the Ford 337 Skypinto, or the Cessna 337 Pintomaster used in the James Bond film "Man with the Golden Gun"? Don't believe it actually flew in the film, but the tail group was 337 as i recall - my car knowledge isn't up to identifying the car!
Sorry, Woomera digressed me...
Planet Satellite?
Wasn't the Ford 337 Skypinto, or the Cessna 337 Pintomaster used in the James Bond film "Man with the Golden Gun"? Don't believe it actually flew in the film, but the tail group was 337 as i recall - my car knowledge isn't up to identifying the car!
Sorry, Woomera digressed me...
Planet Satellite?
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Aerohack Twas indeed the one and only Tarrant Tabor. The 131' span six engined triplane started the takeoff for it's maiden flight. First the pilot opened up the four Napier Lions on the lower two wings, once she was rolling he opened up the two engines on the upper wing (
) unfortunately even taking this precaution didn't stop her nosing over, probably to the sound of 'I told you so'. 
All that remains of this wooden monster is an 11' diameter mainwheel in the IWM.
Well done Aerohack
) unfortunately even taking this precaution didn't stop her nosing over, probably to the sound of 'I told you so'. All that remains of this wooden monster is an 11' diameter mainwheel in the IWM.Well done Aerohack
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