The official aviation quiz topic!

Post by **sn26567** » 03 Jul 2005, 17:48

sn26567 wrote:How many flights were that?

Nobody? First hint: more than 30,000 for the first time.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 04 Jul 2005, 11:55

30,047.

Post by **sn26567** » 04 Jul 2005, 13:00

Right, Louise!

Your turn!

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 04 Jul 2005, 13:01

Just when i was researching to find the correct answer, Comet beats me to it.

Whats with women and speed these days

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 04 Jul 2005, 13:28

After Andre's last clue, I checked up on Eurocontrol's official website. I had been searching the news reports originally but couldn't find it there

OK, here's one from the annals of British aviation...

It's in three parts...

Name:

(a) The type and registration of the first British aircraft to exceed the speed of sound.
(b) The pilot of the aircraft.
(c) The date of the flight.

Enjoy...

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 04 Jul 2005, 21:42

First British jet to break sound barrier on Sept. 9, 1948 was the deHavilland DH-108 Swallow. Pilot: John Derry

Koen

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 05 Jul 2005, 08:33

Hmn British. Comet was fast anyways, now John Derry takes lead too.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 05 Jul 2005, 09:38

realplaneshaveprops wrote:First British jet to break sound barrier on Sept. 9, 1948 was the deHavilland DH-108 Swallow. Pilot: John Derry

Koen

The answer is right in parts.

The pilot is correct, the aircraft type is correct. The date is wrong and I also want the registration of the aircraft.

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 05 Jul 2005, 17:54

On April 12, 1948, the aircraft set a new 100 km (62.1 mile) closed circuit speed record of 605.23 mph (974 km/h), flown by John Derry, and it was certain that it could better the top speed of the preceding low speed airframes.

On September 6, 1948, again flown by John Derry, the aircraft reached Mach 1.0 in a dive between 40,000 and 30,000 ft. (12192 m to 9144 m) without any buffeting or instability, only some tightening of controls. It became the first British aircraft to break the sound barrier and the first turbo-jet aircraft in history to exceed the sound barrier

Registration: VW120

(Most websites say 9 september 1948)

Koen

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 05 Jul 2005, 18:22

Correct

I have a book about John Derry, he is one of my aviation "idols" and the book shows a page from his logbook detailing the supersonic flight and showing the date as 6th September 1948, so that is the correct answer, not those which say the flight was 9th September.

Your turn...

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 05 Jul 2005, 19:01

Here is my question (4 parts):

1. What was the first flying vehicle to exceed the speed of
sound?
2. Speed?
3. Year?
4. Function of that vehicle?

Koen

Rago · Post by **Rago** » 05 Jul 2005, 19:26

1. The A4 (= first designation of the V2), and to be exact the third one
2. flying speed : 1341 m/s ; impact speed : 3240 - 3600 km/h
3. Oct 03, 1942
4. flying bomb

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 05 Jul 2005, 19:57

Next question comes from you, Rago!

For more info about the V2 Rocket:
http://www.v2rocket.com/start/start.html

Koen

Rago · Post by **Rago** » 05 Jul 2005, 20:28

Ok, here we go; A relatively easy one (in some steps)

1. Which Russian designer influenced with his ideas almost every WIG project?
2. In which era did he start his work?
3. What was his branch of transport means?
4. What is the name off the development plant?
5. What's the most popular military member of the WIG Family? (hint: 550 tons)
6. Who gave his personal support to realise this project?

Good luck!

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 05 Jul 2005, 21:39

1. Lippisch
2. 1921
3. New type designed to move across a surface (water, snow, ice, ground)
4. CHDB (Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau)
5. Caspian Sea Monster
6. Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeev

Picture of an Ekranoplan: the Orlyonok
http://jpcolliat.free.fr/ekra/images/al ... nok_01.jpg

Koen

Rago · Post by **Rago** » 05 Jul 2005, 22:12

realplaneshaveprops wrote:1. Lippisch
2. 1921
3. New type designed to move across a surface (water, snow, ice, ground)
4. CHDB (Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau)
5. Caspian Sea Monster
6. Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeev

Koen

Good try:
1. nope! Lippisch isn't Russian

2. not the "big" era

3. maybe refrase my question: what was the speciality of the designer?

4. CORRECT! :thumbsup2:
5. CORRECT! :thumbsup2:
6. nope!

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 05 Jul 2005, 22:38

Another try!

1. Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeev
2. Cold War
3. Rostislav Alekseev had been designing and building various hydrofoil boats for 14 years and had almost finished his famous first riverine hydrofoil passenger ship “Raketa

4. CHDB (Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau)
5. Caspian Sea Monster
6. No idea

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 05 Jul 2005, 23:03

6 Stalin?
Lenin?

Rago · Post by **Rago** » 05 Jul 2005, 23:11

realplaneshaveprops wrote:Another try!

1. Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeev
2. Cold War
3. Rostislav Alekseev had been designing and building various hydrofoil boats for 14 years and had almost finished his famous first riverine hydrofoil passenger ship “Raketa

4. CHDB (Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau)
5. Caspian Sea Monster
6. No idea

Better!

1. :thumbsup2:
2. we'll accept that (the sixties) so :thumbsup2:
3. :thumbsup2:
4. :thumbsup2:
5. :thumbsup2:
6.

Rago · Post by **Rago** » 05 Jul 2005, 23:12

V-Bird wrote:6 Stalin?
Lenin?

6.