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Long time no guess. A interesting fact, but doesn't answer the question: The first American airdrop torpedo test occurred in 1920. The Mk 13, the aircraft launched torpedo. Found this on the Naval His...

Hello Doug I think this was answered in Quiz 133. Don't appear to have had a response to my reply to Quiz 132. Rob

Congrats to you both for getting the quiz's correct answers!

1. Gnome 7 Omega 2. Pressure operated inlet valve in centre of piston crown and single exhaust valve on cylinder head operated by pushrod. 3. I can only specify the year as 1908. Can find no record of...

Thank you, I thought I had already replied, just noticed it never went through.

Thank you! I agree wholeheartedly. The lack of full and exact dating except your input has bothered me. In addition to just year, I would like to see month and day of month that the first woman flight...

Thank you Canonman, you have must of read my mind. People expect the Mods to complete their profiles and move their aircraft to proper profiles, that way they can load more aircraft pictures. Walt - H...

My source has it spelled Charles Furnas, an employee who was taken on that first brief flight on May 14, 1908, otherwise all correct! Furnas was a non-pilot Wilbur Wright employee and the very first a...

My published information is the SUDEST Caravelle was the very first jet aircraft to place twin jet engines at the rear of the fuselage and it was capable of carrying 70 passengers. The pair of Rolls-R...

I goofed on this one. You are absolutely correct. :

With 100 views and no responses, here are the answers. 1. A very first advertisement in America to sell and deliver an airplane announced that the Glenn H. Curtiss Company in Hammondsport, New York wo...

OOPS! My bad. A reread of my data shows that two print sentences were misread by me and you are correct. The Vampire did make it's first flight the day before Germany surrendered. I screwed up my text...

Congratulations to you! I suspect many did not know how very early an airplane was used and successfully in war-time weapon service.

Thanks Malcolm We have to record the lives and the memories passed on to us by our parents and grandparents, particularly those who served our country in the armed services. If we don't they will be l...

Congratulations Rob! I did not know it also powered the Horten. The major weaknesses of the engine were the high fuel consumption and lack of it's reliability. 35 hours and needed a rebuild? Yet, it w...

First, I apologize for the delay in answering. You got it absolutely correct. The experimental aircraft, an XC-123A was America's first jet transport, flying first on April 21, 1951. One Boeing B-47 j...

The wartime advanced American P-51 Mustang had six machine guns, with the most advanced version the P-51H with an 1,800 mile range, service ceiling 40,000 feet, and maximum level top speed of 487 mile...

Congratulations to Canonman! You got every question about the thrill of accomplishment would over-ride any crew personal negatives, if any. I absolutely appreciate your correct; with even more cogent ...

Well Rob, congrats-you basically got it. My date of the US Air Force announcement was in September, 1967. The tank fill was so porous that it hardly affected fuel capacity. The substance was credited ...

Well, Friend Timothy takes the cake, with only my info stating that it entered service in February 1933, with my birthday 4 February 1933. Thanks to all who pondered this quiz.