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With over 500 views and no answers, I seem to have achieved a degree of difficulty in this quiz. Here are the answers, which may surprise you. 1a. CONVAIR 1b. XFY-1 1c. "POGO" 1d. VTOL point defense f...

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Congratulations to Sunvisor Flyer-you nailed it! My answers predicated on the prototypes as only a "handful" made production. 1a. Focke Wulf, 2b. TA-154, 2c. MOSKITO, 1d. 1943, 1e. Kurt Tank. 2a. Junk...

Yes! I saw Steve uploading more photos, and they are dated. But hey, the dated ones are the ones I love to see! Makes you feel like you're going into the past. Always good to see what the airports wer...

With over 500 views and no right answers; here they are. The British Bristol works was an unsuccessful contender for a large torpedo-bomber requirement in 1917 with their Bristol Braemar four engine t...

Well Rob, you have come through again with flying colors. I salute you and your search diligence! The Count Gianni Caproni CA.60 NOVIPLANO Italian flying boat of 1921 could be considered a triple trip...

Pretty good whirl, Rob! Here are my answers. 1. Glenn L. Martin Company. 2a. Same. Designed/prototype built without ANY military contract as Martin Model 123. Unusual at the time. 2b. 1932 2c. Yours p...

Walt, you are close enough on most answers so I can't deny you and ask for more. Congrats! My answers from the database of Robert S. Dudley with Walter J. Boyne: 1a. "Czar Bomba", 1b. 58 megatons. 2a....

In a nutshell, the General Dynamics F-111 variable geometry (swiveling) wing underwing stores mounted outboard of the cuff-(to visualize-wearing a long-sleeve cuffed shirt, extend your arm and hand ho...

Thank you Rob, My standard for airfoil research is The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage at http://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html That is an old link, but just tested OK now; I just go to m...

The Saunders-Roe SR.53 mixed power-plant high performance interceptor used as main engine a Armstrong-Siddeley A.S.V.8 Viper 101 turbojet of just 1,640 lb thrust mounted high in the narrow fuselage ju...

The F-111 project was first known as the TFX, conceived in the early 1960s. First flight was on 21 December 1964. The US Navy version, the F-111B was cancelled in 1968 for being too heavy for CVN airc...

Of interest is an oddity about the NAA XP-82 first article sample test aircraft 44-83886. It was completed in May 1945 and underwent run-up and taxi tests, but-IT WOULD NOT FLY! Three runway attempts ...

Pretty good shooting! Again, I must congratulate you Rob, for your good and quick response. The 2a. Designer was also Boeing. The U.S. Army Air Corps P-26 Peashooter was a speculative Boeing design be...

Thank you Rob, for the great photo of a SAAB Viggen. It clearly shows the unusual for its time aeronautical design elements. Photos always add to the quiz value and interest here.

Here is some further information on some of the developed versions of the X-26A that Walt included above and showed a photo of a NASA application. (Does that photo look like a mockup drawing?, Just wo...

Congrats to Rob! Close enough. Here are the quiz answers. 1. The Soviet Kazan Aircraft Plant built the PE-2; Vladimir M. Petlyakov was the engineer/designer while in a Soviet prison as first the VI-10...

Thanks for the clarification Doug. I really need to brush up on my US State abbreviations!

Close enough, Rob, and I commend you! There were 104 U-2s built in various models, first flight in 1955. The original 40 were U-2As, then U-2Bs, U-2Cs, U-2Gs, 5 all-matt black U-2Ds and after being pu...

Yes, thank you. The HSL-1 engine compartment is semi-see through near the top with a large circular shroud behind the engine and diagonal bracings at the lower compartment corners. I have several refe...