The Mystery Aeroplane Quiz With No Pictures
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No Mr Burns none of these and not even made of the same stuff as BEagle's sleek suggestions. (or the bamboo bomber).
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Thank goodness for that - I was thinking it was too cryptic and I'd have to use subterfuge to avoid being the one who stopped the game. Maybe they're all flying which is as it should be.
The C-93 it was.
http://www.flyingtigerline.org/image..._conestoga.jpg
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/av..._conestoga.htm
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The C-93 it was.
http://www.flyingtigerline.org/image..._conestoga.jpg
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/av..._conestoga.htm
All yours - SB.
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Well! I really didn't think that was it at all. Thanks, SB.
So:
We twins shared a common bloodline, but had different parents. One came from the Iron Works, the other lead the life of Riley.
So:
We twins shared a common bloodline, but had different parents. One came from the Iron Works, the other lead the life of Riley.
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Best that I could think of, not exactly twins :
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (Iron works)
and Consolidated-Vultee TBU/TBY Seawolf (Mr Riley worked as riveter at Cunningham Aircraft in LA in "The Life of Riley").
I'll be away until Wednesday, so if this is it, I'll skip my turn until then. If not, good luck to all
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (Iron works)
and Consolidated-Vultee TBU/TBY Seawolf (Mr Riley worked as riveter at Cunningham Aircraft in LA in "The Life of Riley").
I'll be away until Wednesday, so if this is it, I'll skip my turn until then. If not, good luck to all
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Not tenuous at all, Speechless Two. You're almost there. Jack Riley's Twin Navion (later taken over by Temco) is correct, and was based on the North American (later Ryan) Navion. But there was another, and so the North American/Northrop Grumman connection is a red herring, and not the right 'Iron Works' in this context.
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You've got it. They were actually two independent conversions, the Riley/Temco D16/D16A Twin Navion and Cameron Iron Works' Camair 480, both based on NA/Ryan Navions but somewhat different in execution.
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin - trapeze launched from a B-29?
(But I think that it actually did make its design speed, so perhaps that's not the one.)
(But I think that it actually did make its design speed, so perhaps that's not the one.)
Well done - another hole in one! Here's some info:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...rcraft/x-3.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...rcraft/x-3.htm
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What an amazing looking aeroplane that X-3 was!
Here another, then:
Numerically I could have flown with the Black Arrows, but my complexion would have been better suited to the Red Arrows' predecessors.
Here another, then:
Numerically I could have flown with the Black Arrows, but my complexion would have been better suited to the Red Arrows' predecessors.
Why - you must be the Boulton-Paul P111.....
And here's a piccie:
http://www.blueangel.org.uk/BA/S/H/A1/5600.html
(Sorry - best I could find at short notice!)
The P111 was at Cranfield when I was doing my PPL back in the late '60s - along with a TSR2, CF100, SeaHawk and other interesting types!
And here's a piccie:
http://www.blueangel.org.uk/BA/S/H/A1/5600.html
(Sorry - best I could find at short notice!)
The P111 was at Cranfield when I was doing my PPL back in the late '60s - along with a TSR2, CF100, SeaHawk and other interesting types!
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<<I hold similar views about golf as Mark Twain and Jeremy Clarkson!>>
Me too, which may explain why we are pretty much alone here this afternoon — everyone else watching the U.S. Masters on TV?
Me too, which may explain why we are pretty much alone here this afternoon — everyone else watching the U.S. Masters on TV?