The Motormouse 12th Night Quiz

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:23

bored with xmas and new year excesses..try this little lot..
strictly for fun of course

Q1. What was the Avro Rota?

Q2. Mr Samuel Martin was the first man to fly an aeroplane in Ireland, when did he make his second flight?

Q3.What was Col Thomas Gatch, US Army attempting to do in 1974, when he disappeared without trace?

Q4.Who were Zantford,Thomas,Robert,Mark and Edward better known as?

Q5.What was the Vickers type 212 known as, and how many were built?

Q6.Two Macchi M-67 seaplanes contested the 1929 Schneider Trophy,what was their fate in the races?

Q7.The Shorts Sunderland in civil use became the Sandringham, but what was the Short Solent converted from?

Q8.How long did it take to fly by BOAC Short Sandringham from Southampton to Iwakuni,Japan?

Q9.Why was the RAE so named?

Q10.What aircraft type won the first ever King's Cup air race?

ttfn

Pete

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:30

Q4. I know that, they were the Granville Brothers and built racing aircraft. :think:

steve p · Post by **steve p** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:42

q1 - Autogiro
q5 - Vellox, I think that it was a one-off.
q6 - probably sank

q7 - Seaford
q9 - Royal Aircraft Establishment

steve p · Post by **steve p** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:43

VEGAS wrote:Q4. I know that, they were the Granville Brothers and built racing aircraft. :think:

Granville Brothers? Sounds like a group of circus performers.

Best wishes
Steve P

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:00

Q1 - Lunch breaks at Woodford?
Q2 - Surely "at the top o' the morning"!
Q3 - Cross the Atlantic by balloon.
Q4 - The lesser
Q5 - Vellox
Q6 - Both forced to retire due to failure (exhaust and cooling) - a very nice M-67 can be found at transglobalaircraft.co.uk.
Q7 - The Seaford
Q8 - A site longer than it takes today, I'll bet!

No ideas for 9 & 10, but then (as is obvious) not much of a clue about the others anyway!!

Thanks for the brain workout Motormouse, definitely needed to clear the post-crimbo cobwebs.

AndyG

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:10

1 Cierva C-30A Auto Gyro built under license

5 Vellox one built

7 Seaford

8 a long time

Garry

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » 05 Jan 2007, 15:11

Let's see - of the ones that are left:

10. First King's Cup winner: DH-4A G-EAMU, September 1922, Capt Frank Barnard

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2. Difficult one, this, as my "Guinness Air Facts and Feats" says:

"The first aeroplane flight in Ireland is believed to have been carried out by Mr HG Ferguson of Belfast during the winter of 1909-10 in an aeroplane of his own design and manufacture which resembled a Bleriot powered by an 8-cylinder 35-hp air-cooled JAP engine".

It doesn't mention Samuel Martin at all :think: .

8. Based on the pre-war Imperial routes & speeds, I would guess around 9 days

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9. Extending the earlier answer, the RAE was renamed from the Royal Aircraft Factory (RAF) in 1918 for two reasons - to avoid an identical abbreviation with the new Royal Air Force, and to signify to the British aircraft industry that Farnborough would no longer build aircraft. In the late 80's, the RAE briefly became the Royal Aerospace Establishment before losing its identity for good in the DRA/DERA/QinetiQ conglomeration.

Cheers,

Kevin

Post by **TSR2** » 05 Jan 2007, 15:17

They may be using the Ireland (as in Republic of) rather than Island of. I've heard of Ferguson before, infact there is mention of him in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » 05 Jan 2007, 15:24

That may be it, Ben, although in 1909, Ireland wasn't divided.

Kevin

Post by **TSR2** » 05 Jan 2007, 16:01

V true... but the people who produce the stats may not have know... who knows..