June 30, 2004 at 4:03 pm
The summer quiz. (Since from tomorrow on I’ll be gone till early/mid September, this is for July & August & September). As usual everything is military and post-WW2. And I’ll try to post the answers sometimes next week from an internet cafe.
#1 — Name at least one of the pilots flying those two Eurofighters bound for Singapore
#2 — Name at least one manned multi-engine jet aircraft with a tail wheel
#3 — Crashes at airshows are not that uncommon. Name at least one manned jet aircraft lost at the same show in different years
#4 — Name the first Western aircraft with a fully retractable inflight refueling probe
#5 — Name the first operational Western aircraft with a HUD
#6 — Name the first supersonic Western aircraft with an acrylic windshield
#7 — On September 14th, 1976 something fell off CV-67 USS Kennedy and the Navy spent eight weeks searching for it. What was it? Where was it?
#8 — First airdrops of nuclear bombs: Name date, aircraft, location
8.1. British
8.2. French
8.3. Russian
8.4. Chinese
#9 — Name at least four manned jet aircraft flown with the insignias of an airforce with Concorde-style moving nose
#10 — Name at least four manned jet aircraft with main intakes firmly on the back (no highsiders or up-on-the-wingers)
#11 — Ident these aircraft below
#12 — Have a nice summer!