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SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 17 Nov 2005, 23:05

2nd and last attempt

20 July 1956, Vulcan B.1 entered service with Four Rolls-Royce Olympus
engines.

In 1958, the Victor V bomber entered service with 4 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire A.S.Sa.7 (202) Turbojets

The Valiant entered service in January 1955 with four Rolls-Royce Avon 201 turbojet engines, with 42 kN (9,500 lbf) thrust each.

grtz,
Simon

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 18 Nov 2005, 17:31

Your second attemp is a good one! The next question comes from you SN_BigBirdy.

The correct answer of the bonus question was:
Short Sperrin
This aircraft was builded, flew and was rejected by the RAF

The other aircrafts proposed were (but never went of the drawing board):
- Blackburn B66
- Short PD1
- Bristol Model 172

Koen

regi · Post by **regi** » 18 Nov 2005, 23:05

Please SN, I didn't insult you or called you stupid.
Anyway, nice correction.

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 19 Nov 2005, 15:21

I hope this one is not too easy for you guys, probably it is but this is the first time for me...

At the end of WWI, King Albert said that Belgium had to do something for the aviation and he wanted that the Belgian state finally did something.
They founded an association which began with mailflights and later with pax.
Now, may I have please:

-the name of the association (in full)
-the year when it was founded

((Bonus : the writer of the little book that was the reason to found the association.))

good luck!

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 04 Dec 2005, 17:26

perhaps a clue :

the association that I'm looking for is the predecessor of SABENA...
if you go to the site of SABENA and you do the the most logical search you will find the abbreviation and the fullname ...
And when you found the answer, put it in google and you'll find the year of founding too.

grtz,
Simon

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 05 Dec 2005, 20:45

SNETA (Syndicat Aeriens pour l'Etude des Transports Aeriens) which was formed in 1919 as a national airline.

Koen

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 05 Dec 2005, 21:33

Well done Koen! these are the correct answers on my questions.

the answer on the bonus question was commander-pilot George Nélis (he wrote the little book named "The Expansion of Belguim throughout Aviation" which was the reason to found SNETA)
http://www.khbo.be/~oasa/Nederlands/ove ... er_7.2.pdf

Now it's your turn Koen, make us sweat

grtz!
Simon

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 05 Dec 2005, 21:44

I read that in my aviation book.

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 06 Dec 2005, 18:27

If you knew those answers Fokker_f27, you could have answered them with a simple reply

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 06 Dec 2005, 19:46

I didn't see the topic...

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 08 Dec 2005, 18:50

Befored it was named the 747SP, it had another name (original name). What was that name.

How big was the weigth reduction reached by the Boeing Engineers for the 747SP?

Koen

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 08 Dec 2005, 19:02

oh my god! 8O 8O
when I said "make us sweat Koen", I meant truly "sweat" in a metaphorical meaning and NOT "send us through the Internet-desert with your question"

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 08 Dec 2005, 21:24

The original name of the 747SP was the 747SB (747 Short Body)

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 08 Dec 2005, 22:06

That's the answer to the first question, but I'm missing the answer of the second question

BTW, the first answer is correct

Koen

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:18

Weight reduction: 11000 pounds

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:37

The final design was approved, with the SP being 48 feet and four inches shorter than a full size 747 (comparable in length to today's 767-300), and carrying in the neighborhood of 280 passengers. This resulted in an initial design weight reduction of 11,000 pounds, with fuselage sections being removed from in front of and behind the wings, and a redesigned center section.

Lighter materials were used in the wings, and single-slotted flaps replaced the complex triple-slotted flaps of the 100/200 series. The under-wing "canoes" which housed the flap mechanisms on full-size 747s were eliminated entirely on the SP. In all, an empty SP weighed roughly ***** pounds less than an empty 747-200.

I think you have to read a little bit further!
Try again,

Koen

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 09 Dec 2005, 22:44

Oh, yeah: 45,000 pounds

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 10 Dec 2005, 00:16

nice job fokker_f27

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 10 Dec 2005, 09:53

And we have a winner: Fokker f_27

A lot of information about the 747SP can be founded on the following link
http://www.747sp.com/Explained.asp

Greetz

Koen

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 10 Dec 2005, 11:29

Yey!

Ok: why was there never a 767-100 launched?