On the occasion of my 250th posting – my turn for a QUIZ!

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Correct answers so far
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#1 – name aircraft with
a – all-moving and folding vertical tailplane The Vigilante, King Jester was first
b – folding horizontal tailplane The Su-33, SOC got it
c – folding ventral fin The Flogger, King Jester again

#2 – name operational single-engine fighter that was also operational as a multi-engine fighter
G.91/Y is correct. Mustang might also qualify – it got quite some work in Korea. Arthur got that one.

#3 – the BAe Hawk trainer. Match countries and versions.
Countries: Abu Dhabi, Canada, Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Switzerland, Zimbabwe
Versions:Mk60, Mk60A, Mk61, Mk63A, Mk63C, Mk64, Mk65, Mk65A, Mk66, Mk67, Mk115
Abu Dhabi Mk.63/63A – actually it is Mk63A and Mk63C
Canada Mk.115
Dubai Mk.61
Kuwait Mk.64
Saudi Arabia Mk.65/65A
South Korea Mk.67
Switzerland Mk.66
Zimbabwe Mk.60/60A

troung takes it all

#4 – name at least one airfield in the British Indian Ocean Territory and at least one unit stationed there
Yepepyep – Diego of course it is. The USNAVSUPPFACDG. On loan from Her Majesty. Units are hard to tell, a detachment from VP-4 is one of the most recurring tourists. They seem to fancy life in sticky hot tents. PeeAnt got that one.

#5 – name the southernmost airfield ever regulary served by the US Navy. Where is it, which unit?
I thought that one would be easy! It was of course the Amundsen-Scott station right on the pole at S90/—. Unit was VXE-6 based in Pt.Mugu, service ended in 1999. Planes used where mainly LC-130E/H.

#6 – USAF’s first unit flying F/A-22A. Which unit, where is their homebase, who is the current CO?
Well, the 57th FW flies it as well as the 412th TW. To be very precise it is not the 57th FW, it is the 53rd TEG. But what I really meant was PeeAnt’s Tyndell AFB, LtCol Jeffrey Harrigian, 43rd Fighter Squadron 325th FW.

#7 – name the smallest manned jetfighter
McDonnell XF-85 “Goblin” Parasite Jet Fighter. Was said to handle pretty well for it’s size, although imposible to hook-up again due to turbulences from the B-36. PeeAnt again. The Silver Bullet is not a fighter.

#8 – name a tracked cargoplane (exact designation)
Right, a Packet. Exact designation was EC-82A. The tracks were made by Firestone.

#9 – first ever shootdown of a multi-engine jet by a enemy jetfighter. Name date, airplanes involved, location
At last! Dec 4, 1950, a RB-45C Tornado from 91st SRS Det.2 by four MiG-15 near Andung, Manchuria. Story below.

#10 – what countries developed the following air-to-air missiles
a – Velvet GloveCanada
b – Gorgon USA
c – Sispre Italy
d – Red Hebe UK
e – Seekbat US
SOC got those. You are right about the C-7. Started as a Contraves project.

#11 – the MBDA Meteor is not the first AAM with that name. What were the two others?
Bell AAM-N-5 Meteor is one. PeeAnt
The second one was a Canadian project worked in parallel to the “Velvet Glove”

#12 – name at least three jetfighters designed by German expatriates after WW2
FMA Pulqui 2 by Tank in Argentina, Hal Marut by Tank in India, Hispano Aviacion/Helwan HA 300 in Spain and Egypt. Co-production Jester and Skythe

#13 – name five helicopters with multiple piston-engines
Sikorsky S-56/H-37 Deuce/Mojave
Bristol 173 – right, but only the turboshaft-version 193 was called Belvedere
Kamov Ka-26 – grandfather of Ka-28
Jakolev Jak-24U
Nr.5 is the Bratuchin Omega – the first Russian helicopter (if you discount Sikorsky’s) Bratuchin also designed a VTOL cargoplane in 1909, based on an airship.

I wonder what it was like to manage those beasts.

#14 – first testflight of an intercontinental missile. Name type, date.
Nope. It was the Northrop XB-62 “Snark” on Aug 6, 1953. Snark went operational in February 1961 as SM-62A (somewhere in Maine), but was already retired in Juli or August the same year. Snark had an awfully long SDD phase and was surpassed by both Atlas and Titan ICBMs. Same with the giant “Navaho” Mach 3 intercontinental cruise missile.

#15 – name the first German Luftwaffe pilot flying supersonic below sea level (FL000), plus month & year, type and location
Various German pilots *almost* had the chance to fly supersonic years before Chuck Yeager, and I assume somebody would have in 1945 with a rocket- or ramjet-powered Lippisch delta. But the first German Luftwaffe pilot who actually broke that “record” was Lt. Erhart Gödert in an F-104 in December 1961, Death Valley.