A little quiz from the top of my head:
Q1: Which patrol squadron (VP) was the only one to operate the P4M-1 Mercator ?
Q2: What engine(s) propelled the FR-1 Fireball ?
Q3: Which aircraft carrier did GMGRU-1 operate from ? and which aircraft did they fly ?
Q4: Name which Fighter squadrons that operated the F7U Cutlass.
Q5: What was the intended name for the Phantom ? (there´s more than one correct answer)
Hope You enjoyed my little quiz…
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By: Ja Worsley - 2nd May 2006 at 06:52
(This is for Ja.)
What did I do Wan?
Still thanks for thinking of me 😉
By: SOC - 1st May 2006 at 20:34
Also, the original name for the Phantom II in USAF service (not Navy, but still) was the F-110A.
By: Entropy - 1st May 2006 at 20:25
Wanshan answered that… VF-84 and -81.
edit- whoops SOC beat me!
By: SOC - 1st May 2006 at 20:24
#5: F4H-1
#4: VF-81, VF-83, VF-122, VF-124, and they were operated by VF-151 before it was redesignated VA-151.
By: profile drawer - 1st May 2006 at 19:55
regarding question no. 4:
It is what FIGHTER squadrons operated the gutless Cutlass!
By: Wanshan - 1st May 2006 at 18:35
(This is for Ja.)
Q1>A1= VP-21
Q2>A2= FR-1: Wright R-1820-72W Cyclone Radial piston engine (1,425 hp) plus General Electric J31 Turbojet (1,600 lb thrust)
(XFR2R-1: General Electric XT-31-GE-2 Turboprop plus General Electric J31 Turbojet. On June 25, 1944, the first prototype XFR-1 made its maiden flight. It only had the nose piston engine installed on the first two flights that day but the success of these trials led to the installation of the General Electric I-16 jet engine a few days later. The Army asked Ryan to build a aircraft based on the XF2R-1 but with an Westinghouse J-34 turbojet engine instead of the General Electric I-16. The aircraft Ryan designed, the XF2R-2 was a major redesign of the “Darkshark” incorporating the intakes from the XFR-4)
Q3>A3= USS Lexington (CVG 12) and FJ-3Ds
Q4>A4= 288 F7U aircraft equipping 13 fleet squadrons, four test squadrons, and one reserve attack squadron, including:
VX-3
VX-4
VX-5
VA-12
VA-23
VA-34
VA-66 (VF81/VA81)
VA-83
VA-86 (VF-84)
VA-116
VA-122
VA-124
VA-126
VA-144
VA-151
VA-212
Naval Air Facility CHINA LAKE, CA
Blue Angels
Q5>A5=
McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Aliases > “Super Demon”,”Satan”, “Mithras”
Nicknames > “Rhino”, “Double Ugly”, “DUFF”, “World’s Leading Distributor of MiG Parts”, “Flying Anvil”, “Big Iron Sled”, and “Louisville Slugger”, “Eisensau” (Iron sow), “Fliegender Ziegelstein” (Flying brick), and “Luftverteidigungsdiesel” (Air defense diesel)
(but for dinner being served I would have beaten Entropy to the punch :p )
By: Entropy - 1st May 2006 at 18:15
A1- Patrol Squadron 21
A2-Wright R-1820 and GE J31
A3-USS Lexington and they flew Furies (FJ-3D)
A4- VA-212 from the Bonne Homme Richard, also briefly flew in Blue Angel colors
A5- Satan and Mithras…
Hope at least some of these are right!
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May 1, 2006 at 4:27 pm